Glossary entry (derived from question below)
anglais term or phrase:
back several runners
français translation:
essayer de ménager la chèvre et le chou
Added to glossary by
lysiane
Jun 13, 2013 16:49
10 yrs ago
anglais term
back several runners
anglais vers français
Affaires / Finance
Entreprise / commerce
Prise de décisions / entreprise
Decisions made:
- Extent to which decision really made (as opposed to deferred).
- Whether decision is final, or method of proceeding towards conclusion.
- Clear decision, as opposed to attempting to ***back several runners***
Je ne suis pas sûre d'avoir compris la fin de la phrase.
Merci!
- Extent to which decision really made (as opposed to deferred).
- Whether decision is final, or method of proceeding towards conclusion.
- Clear decision, as opposed to attempting to ***back several runners***
Je ne suis pas sûre d'avoir compris la fin de la phrase.
Merci!
Proposed translations
(français)
| 3 +4 | essayer de ménager la chèvre et le chou |
polyglot45
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| 4 +2 | soutenir plusieurs candidats |
FX Fraipont (X)
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| 4 | refus de prendre position |
Mathilde Rojinsky
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Proposed translations
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polyglot45
Native in anglais
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Native in: anglais 
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Works in: anglais vers français, français vers anglais, allemand vers français, and 4 more.
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essayer de ménager la chèvre et le chou
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Comment: "Merci !"
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4 minutes
soutenir plusieurs candidats
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: Yes, though note that the 'runners' here are probably more like ideas or policies, rather than actual 'people'; don't know if 'candidat' still works in that case?
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thanks - I think it could. The idea, or the person who came up with it
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| agree |
Véronique Stone
: Mais je préfèrerais plusieurs options
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merci!
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3 jours 18 heures
refus de prendre position
autrement dit, "ménager la chèvre et le chou", en effet, mais dans un registre moins familier.
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