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en marge de

English translation: alongside / outside

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French term or phrase:en marge de
English translation:alongside / outside
Entered by: Sheila Hardie

15:46 Mar 6, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
/ european parliament meetings
French term or phrase: en marge de
la réunion de lancement officiel de l'intergroupe informel a eu lieu au Parlement Européen à Bruxelles à la fin du mois de mai 2001, en marge d'une mini-session du Parlement.
Theodore Quester
United States
Local time: 15:08
alongside / outside
Explanation:
I think you could use either of these to translate 'en marge de' in this context.

HTH


Sheila

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Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 21:08
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5on the sidelines of / concurrent with
Steven Geller
4 +1alongside / outside
Sheila Hardie
3in conjunction with
Janet Weir


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
alongside / outside


Explanation:
I think you could use either of these to translate 'en marge de' in this context.

HTH


Sheila



Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 21:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 683

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  zaphod: Alongside I like
1 hr
  -> thanks, zaphod:)
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
on the sidelines of / concurrent with


Explanation:
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Steven Geller
Local time: 21:08
PRO pts in pair: 1246

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ALI DJEBLI
11 mins
agree  sujata
18 mins
agree  Pierre POUSSIN
27 mins
agree  French_Engl
3 hrs
agree  Peter Shortall
2593 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
in conjunction with


Explanation:
To my mind, this is just another way of saying "concurrent with", but with less emphasis solely on the temporal side of things and more suggestion of there being some kind of organizational connection between the two events (i.e. one in the context of the other).

Janet Weir
France
Local time: 21:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4
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