Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
natural gas sweepstakes
French translation:
concurrence pour le gaz naturel
Added to glossary by
kashew
Mar 26, 2015 15:10
9 yrs ago
English term
France
Transexpertise
Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Spanish to French
natural gas sweepstakes
English to French
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Petroleum Eng/Sci
Bonjour,
Je chercher à traduire "natural gas sweepstakes" dans la phrase "No wonder that the Palestinians took their time recruiting British Gas (BG) -- a major player in the global natural gas sweepstakes -- to find out what was actually there."
J'ai un doute qu'il s'agisse de loterie ou de tombola au sens propre et j'aurais aimé avoir vos avis.
Merci de votre aide :)
Je chercher à traduire "natural gas sweepstakes" dans la phrase "No wonder that the Palestinians took their time recruiting British Gas (BG) -- a major player in the global natural gas sweepstakes -- to find out what was actually there."
J'ai un doute qu'il s'agisse de loterie ou de tombola au sens propre et j'aurais aimé avoir vos avis.
Merci de votre aide :)
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 +2 | concurrence pour le gaz naturel |
kashew
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| 4 | course mondiale au gaz naturel |
FX Fraipont (X)
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| 3 | marché mondial du gaz naturel |
Khadhé
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Change log
Apr 9, 2015 08:06: kashew Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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2 hrs
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concurrence pour le gaz naturel
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Note added at 2 heures (2015-03-26 17:16:04 GMT)
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the race to grab the market
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Note added at 2 heures (2015-03-26 17:16:04 GMT)
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the race to grab the market
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2 hrs
course mondiale au gaz naturel
"sweepstakes :
a race or other contest for which the prize consists of the stakes contributed by the various competitors.
a risky venture that promises large rewards "
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sweepstakes?s=t
"http://www.afriqueexpansion.com/.../frontpage.html?start... - Translate this page
La course mondiale au gaz naturel liquéfié est ouverte. 01 Mars 2013 Agence Ecofin. Envoyer · Imprimer · PDF. (Agence Ecofin) - L'espagnol Repsol, qui doit ..."
a race or other contest for which the prize consists of the stakes contributed by the various competitors.
a risky venture that promises large rewards "
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sweepstakes?s=t
"http://www.afriqueexpansion.com/.../frontpage.html?start... - Translate this page
La course mondiale au gaz naturel liquéfié est ouverte. 01 Mars 2013 Agence Ecofin. Envoyer · Imprimer · PDF. (Agence Ecofin) - L'espagnol Repsol, qui doit ..."
8 hrs
marché mondial du gaz naturel
Je pense que "sweepstakes" est à prendre ici au sens de la plateforme d'attribution des marchés, c'est-à-dire du marché lui-même, qui peut parfois relever un peu de la lotterie.
Example sentence:
prestataire important sur le marché du gaz naturel
Discussion
Back in 1993, when Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) signed the Oslo Accords that were supposed to end the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank and create a sovereign state, nobody was thinking much about Gaza's coastline. As a result, Israel agreed that the newly created PA would fully control its territorial waters, even though the Israeli navy was still patrolling the area. Rumored natural gas deposits there mattered little to anyone, because prices were then so low and supplies so plentiful. No wonder that the Palestinians took their time recruiting British Gas (BG) -- a major player in the global natural gas ***sweepstakes*** -- to find out what was actually there. Only in 2000 did the two parties even sign a modest contract to develop those by-then confirmed fields.
http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/francais-synonymes/loterie