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French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / marginalized populations | | French term or phrase: assignation | I'm not sure what the speaker means by "assignation" here. I asked a French friend and she has no idea either. This is from a transcript of a conference of left-wing suburban mayors from Europe, South America and Africa.
Les métropoles sont les espaces privilégiés de développement de la marginalité en tant que capacité subversive. C’est la raison pour laquelle elles sont l’objet d’une surveillance accrue. Cette marginalité n’est pas forcément visible : elle est moins un statut qu’une ressource ou, à l’inverse, une forme **d’assignation.** |
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| | stigma | Explanation:
may be on the wrong track here, but here is an awkward attempt at the whole sentence as I'm reading it:
has less to do with status than with (a person's) means or, conversely, is a form of stigma
assignation in the sense of assigning someone a place in society |
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Local time: 23:42
| Grading comment Thank you, thank you, thank you. This word was driving me up a wall! Very impressive interpretation.
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The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): -1
