Jun 9, 2009 20:52
15 yrs ago
English term

A premise of things to come over Belgium

English to French Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
A premise of things to come over Belgium, basic incompatibility of aims and long terms problems with regards to European developments emerge between the two companies. X is keen to buy the operation back or to have the sub-bottlers company do so, and the franchise transferred.
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): swanda, Anne Girardeau

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Discussion

polyglot45 Jun 10, 2009:
especially since "promise" = positive and this is negative in implication
polyglot45 Jun 10, 2009:
unless it is deliberate ? play on words ?
NancyLynn Jun 9, 2009:
Promise It's gotta be.
emiledgar Jun 9, 2009:
promise? Should not this be "promise"? Doesn't make sense as "premise", or it's just bad English.

Proposed translations

+2
2 hrs
Selected

un signe avant-coureur de ce qui pourrait se passer en Belgique

une simple suggestion.
Peer comment(s):

agree Anne Girardeau
6 hrs
Merci Anne!
agree Sylvie LE BRAS : excellent !!
9 hrs
Merci Sylvie!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "merci"
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1 hr

une prémisse des choses qui vont survenir en Belgique

Prémisse (dict. Petit Robert): Fait d'où découle une conséquence, affirmation d'on on tire une conclusion.
Example sentence:

Ces deux faits devaient être les prémisses de l'attentat actuel.

Peer comment(s):

agree Monique McColgan
16 mins
agree swanda
42 mins
neutral Sylvie LE BRAS : je trouve la phrase "lourde", pas très élégante, éventuellement "une prémisse portant sur des choses..."
11 hrs
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13 hrs

un avant-goût de la situation à venir en Belgique

autre possibilité
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