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French to English Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
exonérer		free from
expertise		expert evaluation, expert knowledge	Diane de Cicco
Entered by: Diane de Cicco
Expression de la pensée sociale sur le terrorisme et phénomènes d'implication		Expression of social thinking
faits de société		social developments / trends
famille d'élection		Family of choice	Helene Tammik
Entered by: Helene Tammik
famille recomposée		blended family / reconstituted family
fécondité achevée		achieved fertility
fécondité cumulée		cumulative fertility
fécondité du moment		current fertility	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
Fête de la jeunesse laïque		Secular youth festival
femme rassembleur		a (motherly) unifying/binding figure/a mother hen type	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
fichage policier		keeping (police) files
fonctionnaires vs. employés publics		civil servants vs. public sector employees
fonctionnement initiatique		initiation functions
formation qualifiante		skills training / practical training
formes de vie		ways of life
fracture sociale		social divide
frittage		to touch someone up
gens du voyage		itinerants and other transient people	Roberta Beyer
Entered by: Roberta Beyer
Grand Couvreur		Tyler/Tiler
grand renfermement		great confinement
Haute Qualité d\'Usage		High quality of use
il revient à chaque peuple de faire valoir son art et sa culture		It is the prerogative of every people to promote its own art and culture.
immigration de peuplement		settlement immigration
inactivité		Inactive	Lara Barnett
Entered by: Lara Barnett
ingénierie de la concertation		public consultation programme design/management
ingénieur décroissant		green engineer,
instances sociales		Social authorities
instruire		construct, arrange	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
interroger (les représentations profanes de l’espace social)		question/lead to questions
intrants		input, crop input, farming input, farm supplies
J’étais pognée par la dope		I was stuck on dope (hooked on drugs)
je ne serais pas		If you think I\'m not part of that world
jeu du gendarme et du voleur		keeping one step ahead of the game	David BUICK
Entered by: David BUICK
jeune en grande détresse		at-risk youth	dwinters
Entered by: dwinters
l'enclavement interieur		poor water management and landlocked location
La loi, la lettre et l'esprit		the letter and spirit of the law	Marian Greenfield
Entered by: Marian Greenfield
la culture chute dans la marchandise		culture is reduced to a mere commodity
La décision par adhésion et la décision partagée		Decision by consensus and decision by vote
la demographie importante		a significant population

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