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French term or phrase:	inachèvement
English translation:	non-completion
Entered by:	liz askew

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20:26 Nov 8, 2011

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Art/Literary - Journalism

French term or phrase: inachèvement

Un inachèvement d’autant plus remarquable si l’on considère le nombre de romans achevés et édités qui auraient mieux fait de rester inachevés pour le bien de la littérature…

My attempt: ''A failure to complete stories even more remarkable in the light of the numerous novels gone to print while they should have better stayed unfinished for literature's sake...''

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Thank you

Source: http://www.sgeveditions.com/bartelby/index.htm

Lawliet Not a translator KudoZ activity Questions: 4 (none open) Answers: 5
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non-completion

Explanation:
A Presumption of Death by Jill Paton Walsh :: Reader Store
ebookstore.sony.com › Mystery & Thrillers › General Thrillers

Rated 3.0 out of 5.0

Review by Jill Paton Walsh
28 Feb 2003 – Jill Paton Walsh is the author of six novels for adults, one of which, ... No definite reason has been found for the non-completion of this novel. ...

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books.google.com/books?isbn=9062036651...C. J. Partridge - 1984 - Literary Criticism - 98 pages
This was a novel about poor-white farming in California. ... and passages of lyric sensitivity, and its non-completion is a loss for American literature. ...
Amazon.com: A Customer's review of MOST ANCIENT SONG (Gods of Ireland)
www.amazon.com/review/R1WZPQ3R6M0PDY
There are actually two novels in this series, but due to failure in the marketplace, ... The reasons for the non-completion of the series is only hear-say, ...

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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-11-09 08:59:12 GMT)
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Non-completion is all the more remarkable if you consider/one considers the number of unfinished novels...

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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-11-09 09:19:18 GMT)
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Non-completion is all the more remarkabe, considering...

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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:33

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non-completion

liz askew

a failure to complete

Benjamin Hall

Discussion entries: 3

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20 mins confidence:

a failure to complete

Explanation:
I think your idea is good. I think it's the usual way to say what you mean.

Otherwise, "incompletion" but my answer is the target term.

Benjamin Hall
France
Local time: 20:33
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English

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Asker: Thanks for your help ;)

3 hrs confidence:

non-completion

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:33
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English
PRO pts in category: 3

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Thanks for your help :)

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