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que les multiples conceptions du droit international lui assignent

English translation: conveyed by various theories of international law


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18:43 Dec 2, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
French term or phrase: que les multiples conceptions du droit international lui assignent
l'école de Reims conçoit que le droit international légitime l'illicite et appréhende cette fonction comme le résultat d'un rapport de force entre les objectifs divergents que les multiples conceptions du droit international lui assignent
jasonwkingsley
France
Local time: 20:38
English translation:conveyed by various theories of international law
Explanation:
One thought... My best effort without changing the sentence structure.
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cc in nyc
Local time: 14:38
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3 +3conveyed by various theories of international lawcc in nyc
4attributed to it by multiple conceptions of international law
Joab Eichenberg-Eilon


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conveyed by various theories of international law


Explanation:
One thought... My best effort without changing the sentence structure.

cc in nyc
Local time: 14:38
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 147

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: conveyed by the myriad [of] concepts of international law. //Agree with dropping "of". Should have done that! Again, without more complete context, difficult to pitch one's answer!
3 hrs
  -> Thank you... Again, I like your phrasing, though I might prefer "the myriad concepts" [without "of"], and it would have to be very many for "myriad" to work. ;-)

agree  AllegroTrans
1 day6 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree  Just Opera: various theories of international law, yes. but not 'myriad' as that implies 'countless' i.e. a great number
1 day16 hrs
  -> Thank you. (And, as mentioned above, I agree regarding "myriad.")
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
attributed to it by multiple conceptions of international law


Explanation:
Quite simple

In addition to the examples below, consider this as well:

In periods of great instability, like that which exists today, these differences are often used to reinforce antagonisms and interpretations in direct opposition to international law by creating conceptions of international law that are no longer national...

Source: http://cerdin.univ-paris1.fr/IMG/pdf/French_and_American_Per...



Example sentence(s):
  • Selon les conceptions traditionnelles du droit international, la communauté internationale ne traversait pas la barrière de la souveraineté nationale.
  • In the traditional conceptions of international law, the international community did not cross the barrier of State sovereignty.

    Reference: http://ichrdd.ca/site/publications/index.php?id=1287&lang=fr...
    Reference: http://ichrdd.ca/site/publications/index.php?id=1287&page=7&...
Joab Eichenberg-Eilon
Local time: 14:38
Native speaker of: Hebrew

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: this is not "wrong" but it is unwieldy and doesn't sound like natural English to me, just being a more or less word-for-word translation
8 hrs
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