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French: avec le bémol de

English translation: with, on the down side, the fact that



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French term or phrase:avec le bémol de
English translation:with, on the down side, the fact that
Entered by:Charles Hawtrey
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French to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / general
French term or phrase: avec le bémol de
(Finale d'un tournoi de cartes):

Ce montant d’ores et déjà impressionnant est en
fait digne d’un grand tournoi à l’échelle européenne qui voit s’affronter les meilleurs joueurs internationaux, mais avec le bémol d’être réservé à une élite puisqu’une place en finale de ce genre d’événement coûte xxxx euros.
S S
Mauritius
with, on the down side, the fact that
Explanation:
See ProZ glossary http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1494258. This suggestion is not the one the asker selected for her requirement but one of the other 4 answers.
The full phrase would therefore be: '... with, on the down side, the fact that only an élite can take part in the final as a place in this type of event costs xxxx euros.'
Selected response from:

Charles Hawtrey
United Kingdom
Note from asker to answerer
Thank you Charles.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7with, on the down side, the fact that
Charles Hawtrey
4 +2its disadvantage being
Carol Gullidge
4 +1but with the downside ofScott Alexander
2 +3although it must be said that
Jonathan MacKerron
4but the hitch is that...Emma Paulay
3but unfortunately only a select group of people can participate in the finals as it costs XXXX euros
MatthewLaSon
3with the rider that.....xxxCMJ_Trans


  


Answers

12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
with, on the down side, the fact that

Explanation:
See ProZ glossary http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1494258. This suggestion is not the one the asker selected for her requirement but one of the other 4 answers.
The full phrase would therefore be: '... with, on the down side, the fact that only an élite can take part in the final as a place in this type of event costs xxxx euros.'

Charles Hawtrey
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Thank you Charles.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree mistahara: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/bemol
2 mins
  -> Thank you, mh

agree gerard robin
3 mins
  -> Thank you,herge

agree Tony M
28 mins
  -> Thank you, Tony

agree Jonathan MacKerron
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Jonathan

agree suezen
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, suezen

agree Victoria Burns:
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Victoria

agree IC --
1 day6 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
with the rider that.....

Explanation:
with the rider of being ....

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
its disadvantage being

Explanation:
its disadvantage being that it is restricted to the elite.....

depending on the register required, but this has the same meaning as Charles' answer, with slightly higher register

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree malligajm: it sounds crisper than Charles'answer
2 hrs
  -> thanks, malligajm! Yes, it depends on the register needed, and on whether it's important to be concise/crisp!

agree gerard robin
21 hrs
  -> thanks, herge!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
although it must be said that

Explanation:
yet another

Jonathan MacKerron
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Tony M
21 mins
  -> thanks, indeed a good option when getting paid by the word...

agree Richard Benham
3 hrs

agree suezen
3 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
but the hitch is that...

Explanation:
Je pense que c'est l'équivalent idiomatique.

Emma Paulay
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mais avec le bémol de but with the downside of

Explanation:
google ["but with the downside of"] -- over 64,000 hits
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22but+with+the+downsid...

Note that many of the google results above are also followed by an English gerund ("-ing"), so you could continue with the word-for-word translation:

"...but with the downside of BEING (reserved for an elite...)"

I love translations that work word-for-word like this! :-)

Scott Alexander
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree IC --
19 hrs
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1 day15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
but unfortunately only a select group of people can participate in the finals as it costs XXXX euros

Explanation:
Hello,

My try...

I hope it helps.

MatthewLaSon
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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