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n'en a pas moins affirmé

English translation: has nevertheless maintained / asserted

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French term or phrase:	n\'en a pas moins affirmé
English translation:	has nevertheless maintained / asserted
Entered by:	Maria Milagros Del Cid

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00:41 Jan 27, 2010

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Journalism

French term or phrase: n'en a pas moins affirmé

I am translating a news report into English and I came across this sentence. Can someone help me with this phrase?

Le Premier ministre ***n'en a pas moins affirmé*** la capacité de l'Etat de faire face à ce défi immense.

Maria Milagros Del Cid KudoZ activity Questions: 205 (1 open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 214
Local time: 13:32

has nevertheless maintained / asserted

Explanation:
Le Premier ministre ***n'en a pas moins affirmé*** la capacité de l'Etat de faire face à ce défi immense.
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The Prime Minister ***has nevertheless maintained / asserted*** the State's ability to cope with this huge challenge.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-27 01:53:33 GMT)
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"has nevertheless declared" is another possibility.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2010-01-27 12:15:13 GMT)
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Chris Hall
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:32

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Thanks! very helpful!
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4 +9

has nevertheless maintained / asserted

Chris Hall

3 +1

nevertheless, nonetheless

Henning Bauer

Even so, the prime minister was no less firm in declaring that the state has the...

MatthewLaSon

Discussion entries: 1

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

n'en a pas moins nevertheless, nonetheless

Explanation:
I'm fairly sure that this is what the phrase means. More common would be "néanmoins" or maybe "quand même," aber manchmal kommt eben diese Wendung auch vor (s. Leo-Einträge).

So the sentence would be, "The Prime Minister has nevertheless asserted the state's ability to deal with this tremendous challenge," or something like that.

Reference: http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=709...
Reference: http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=262...

Henning Bauer
United States
Local time: 11:32
Native speaker of: German