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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | French term or phrase: ...qu’on ne peut qu’y voir l’indice que le système... | And here's my favourite question. I'd love to ask the whole sentence, but i know it is more than the 10-word limit. Nevertheless, it really is the whole sentence that has got me stumped. I can't even separate the clauses/subjects/objects...
La SFdS a proposé à cette occasion de clarifier les motifs et conditions de la précommunication [of statistical data] aux ministres et a été très déçue que ses propositions aient été non pas rejetées – car après tout elles pouvaient être discutées et réfutées – mais proprement éludées: c’était si contraire à la courtoisie du président de ce groupe qu’on ne peut qu’y voir l’indice que le système statistique n’ose pas laisser examiner, du moins sur cet aspect, son indépendance envers le pouvoir.
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ArabellaCE
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| Grading comment Thanks. "indice" is used throughout the rest of the doc as "price index", and this had me utterly confused!
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8 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 ...that this can only be taken as an indication that ...
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sorry, not a particularly elegant turn of phrase, but I think this is what it means.
| ArabellaCE
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| | Grading comment | Thanks. "indice" is used throughout the rest of the doc as "price index", and this had me utterly confused! |
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10 mins confidence: one cannot fail to interpret it as evidence that...
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this was such a contrast to the courteous behaviour of the president of the group [SFdS, I presume] that one cannot fail to interpret it as evidence that the statistical system does not dare to allow its independence with regard to the government to be examined, at least in this area.
The only thing I’m not sure of is the reference of ‘son indépendance envers le pouvoir’. Perhaps with more context it will make sense to you.
I presume the first part of the sentence is clear to you?
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Ok, thanks. The translation above ('independence with regard to the government') would seem to work fine in that case :)
| Cath St Clair
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Asker: The document is about the independence of public statistics; ways to ensure that they are independent from political medding and influence.
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