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English translation: in a minority of people

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16:02 Mar 2, 2006

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Linguistics / politics

French term or phrase: minoritaire

La haine existait, bien sûr. Mais elle était très minoritaire.

javiavi KudoZ activity Questions: 368 (9 open) (70 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 18:39

English translation:in a minority of people

Explanation:
"... but only in a (small) minority (of people)."

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Note added at 3 mins (2006-03-02 16:05:25 GMT)
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I'd link the two sentences to form one in English.

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Peter Shortall
Local time: 17:39

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Summary of answers provided

3 +9

in a minority of people

Peter Shortall

4 +4

not widespread

Nicola Farley

minority

MDI-IDM

resides in the minority

Sylvia Smith

minority

Dolores Vázquez

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

in a minority of people

Peter Shortall
Local time: 17:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

3 mins confidence:

minority

Explanation:
OK

Dolores Vázquez
Native speaker of:

Galician,

Spanish

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

not widespread

Explanation:
It was not at all widespread.
or: It was very much in the minority.
or: It was only so in rare cases.

Or you can make it explain it a bit more - e.g. 'this was only the case for/with a small minority of people'.
Or even turn it round completely: 'this was not true for the majority'.

Nicola Farley
Local time: 18:39
Native speaker of:

English

31 mins confidence:

resides in the minority

Explanation:
Hate exists, of course, but it resides in the minority.

Just another suggestion!

Sylvia Smith
Local time: 18:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

37 mins confidence:

minority

Explanation:
May I suggest

Of course there was hatred, but only in a very small minority.

MDI-IDM
Local time: 17:39
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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