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point d'échoppement

English translation: stumbling block

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French term or phrase:point d'échoppement
English translation:stumbling block
Entered by: Stephanie Mitchel

12:08 Oct 7, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
French term or phrase: point d'échoppement
Country: Burkina Faso

News article from a Burkinabè paper about conflict between Blaise (the head of state) and the CDP (Congress for Democracy and Progress), an elected body.

This is going to be tricky because some of the text is cut off in the margin. Here's what I can string together:

'... le Collège de sages ait procédé à une profonde réforme politique ... notamment, accepté de réviser pour une seconde fois, l'article 37 de la constitution, point d'échoppement depuis sa première relecture...'
Stephanie Mitchel
United States
Local time: 17:28
stumbling block
Explanation:
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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 23:28
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3stumbling block
GILLES MEUNIER
4 +1bone of contention
CMJ_Trans (X)
5obstacle
Lyes Bechkour
5stumbling block as already proposed
Jean-Charles Pirlet


Discussion entries: 2





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
stumbling block


Explanation:
-

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 23:28
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emmanuel Sombsthay
53 mins
agree  nothing
2 hrs
agree  Jean-Charles Pirlet: Spot on.D'achoppement ?Echoppement n'existe pas dans mon Francais.
1 day 22 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bone of contention


Explanation:
...

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 23:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 184

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sarahl (X): should be achoppement btw
10 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
point d'échoppement
obstacle


Explanation:
I believe it is rather "pierre / point d'achoppement" which means "an obstacle" (there is also another equivalent in English which I don't remember)

Lyes Bechkour
France
Local time: 23:28
Native speaker of: Arabic
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1 day 22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
point d'échoppement
stumbling block as already proposed


Explanation:
Achoppement is the word,not echoppement.L'expression est generalement "une pierre d'achoppement" c.a.d une pierre sur laquelle on trebuche.Achopper=trebucher,to stumble on.Stumbling block is spot on.

Jean-Charles Pirlet
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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