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French: competences qui a contrait de..

English translation: ... a skills deficiency that compelled/enforced (to) that layoff







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French term or phrase:competences qui a contrait de..
English translation:... a skills deficiency that compelled/enforced (to) that layoff
Entered by:Piotr Fras
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French term or phrase: competences qui a contrait de..
I have difficulties with grasping the sens of the above in the following sentence:
Le Bureau XXX informe les membres presents qu'il s'agit de problemes de competences qui a contrait ce licenciement.
Piotr Fras
Poland
Clarification request(s) and response
ekat3r1na: 1:39pm Mar 22, 2006: Elle n'est tout simplement pas en français...:) S'agirait-il d'une traduction inversée ? -
xxxCMJ_Trans: 3:17pm Mar 22, 2006: qui ONT contraiNt the French is pretty dreadful ! Francis has got the meaning if not the best wording -
xxxCMJ_Trans: 3:18pm Mar 22, 2006: basically they are saying that the person was sacked for incompetence -

... a skills deficiency that compelled/enforced (to) that layoff
Explanation:
should be "qui a contraint à ce licenciement"
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Francis MARC
Lithuania
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks all of you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +3... a skills deficiency that compelled/enforced (to) that layoff
Francis MARC


  


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... a skills deficiency that compelled/enforced (to) that layoff

Explanation:
should be "qui a contraint à ce licenciement"

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks all of you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Enza Longo
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agree MDI-IDM: without the (to)
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agree Christian Roy
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