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un dossier de faveur

English translation: translate freely .....


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10:09 Jun 3, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / Politics
French term or phrase: un dossier de faveur
Est-ce suffisant pour éviter les tentations, les influences ?
Vous voulez que je sois plus clair encore ? J’ai interdit à mon épouse de faire de la politique et des affaires. Le jour où elle m’apportera ***un dossier de faveur***, je divorcerai sur-le-champ. Elle le sait et je l’ai dit assez fort pour que chacun le sache.

West African politician interview (Guinea)
Gilmour
United Kingdom
English translation:translate freely .....
Explanation:
the day she begs a favour for a friend
asks me to intervene on behalf of someone she knows
the day she enlists my intervention

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Note added at 58 mins (2011-06-03 11:08:33 GMT)
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the day she tries to twist my arm for a favour
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polyglot45
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5 +1request for preferential treatmentxxxDomitian
3 +2translate freely .....polyglot45


  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
translate freely .....


Explanation:
the day she begs a favour for a friend
asks me to intervene on behalf of someone she knows
the day she enlists my intervention

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Note added at 58 mins (2011-06-03 11:08:33 GMT)
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the day she tries to twist my arm for a favour

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 32
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Wilson: Glad I'm not his wife :-)
14 mins
  -> true but she probably has all the trimmings.....

agree  Gilla Evans
55 mins
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
request for preferential treatment


Explanation:
I have actually read this article, it was in Jeune Afrique. President Alpha Condé is referring to a known problem in many African countries, where first ladies have generally made themselves and their relatives rich through preferential treatment by their husbands.

xxxDomitian
Israel
Local time: 19:09
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michel F. Morin: Yes: preferential treatment is fine.
11 hrs

neutral  Fr-EnD: The only problem is that the reader could think it means preferential treatment for the wife herself, not people she knows.
23 hrs
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