Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 17, 2002 15:56
22 yrs ago
English term
polar
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Other
Human Rights
In the wake of this massive economic globalization, the majority of the world’s population has been afflicted with crippling poverty, huge foreign debts, destruction of local productive capacity, obscene exploitation of local labor, and POLAR inequalities, extreme dependency and powerlessness.
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Yves Georges
France
France
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Nord / Sud
this is in my opinion a direct allusion to the world biPOLARization : rich countries in the North, poor countries in the South.
In French we usually talk about the North/South bipolarization and inequalities. I think that's what it means.
HTH
In French we usually talk about the North/South bipolarization and inequalities. I think that's what it means.
HTH
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ohlala (X)
: oui diamétralement opposées d'un pôle à un autre !
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Henrique Vieira (X)
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Serge Plichon
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thierry2
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Yolanda Broad
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Comment: "Oui, je crois que dans le contexte (situation economique mondiale) c'est effectivement la bonne traduction (et en plus la notion de polarite y est). Desole pour Anne Amar, dont l'explication a surement mis Yves sur la piste mais dont la traduction ne me sert pas, dans ce contexte."
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Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Belgium
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(inégalités...) mondiales
Not exactly 'polar', but 'mondiale' expresses more or less what you need.
"... involontairement. Quelles politiques ? La réduction des inégalités mondiales passera
largement par le rattrapage des pays pauvres. Cette ambition implique t ..."
www.ifri.org/F/Articles/Articles/fs_0110_mondialisation.htm
"... involontairement. Quelles politiques ? La réduction des inégalités mondiales passera
largement par le rattrapage des pays pauvres. Cette ambition implique t ..."
www.ifri.org/F/Articles/Articles/fs_0110_mondialisation.htm
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Henrique Vieira (X)
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extremes/opposites
sorry, an accent is missing on the second e of extremes, but I have a new pc and haven't found it yet!!! bye
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Philippe Danjoux
: extrêmes, like in "poles apart"; "opposites" is English, of course.
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my french mono-lingual has opposites, from Latin oppositus.
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Henrique Vieira (X)
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Nicole Levesque
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CGagnon
: «Opposite» est un nom (substantif) masculin en français.
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Pierre POUSSIN
France
France
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localisées...
Just a guess! trying to help!
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Henrique Vieira (X)
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extrêmes (or better: see explanation)
"inégalités extrêmes" but it doesn't sound very nice.
I'd say "un fossé grandissant entre le Nord riche et le Sud pauvre" (if it fits in the context of course).
The advantage would be the following: we'd translate the extreme difference that "polar" implies (that difference, in another context, could be expressed by the phrase "diamétralement opposé", but NOT HERE).
We'd also keep the geographical allusion (North Pole/South Pole).
Hope it helps...
I'd say "un fossé grandissant entre le Nord riche et le Sud pauvre" (if it fits in the context of course).
The advantage would be the following: we'd translate the extreme difference that "polar" implies (that difference, in another context, could be expressed by the phrase "diamétralement opposé", but NOT HERE).
We'd also keep the geographical allusion (North Pole/South Pole).
Hope it helps...
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Henrique Vieira (X)
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CGagnon
: Dans la bonne voie. Pour être précis, faudrait sans doute la périphrase.
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extrêmes / démesurées
Here I think that the main intention is to descrive the enormity of those inequalities, so I'd say you need an adjective expressing excessiveness.
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Note added at 2002-01-17 16:17:58 (GMT)
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I meant \"describe\", of course! :)
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Note added at 2002-01-17 16:17:58 (GMT)
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I meant \"describe\", of course! :)
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