Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
moyennant une certaine inertie
English translation:
through a kind of inertia
Added to glossary by
Mark Nathan
Jan 21, 2007 21:40
17 yrs ago
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French term
moyennant une certaine inertie
French to English
Social Sciences
Geography
report entitled "Sur la relation transports/urbanisme"
Cannot work out how/where this fits structurally in the sentence, and what exactly it refers to.
Context:
"Les coûts individuels et collectifs du système ont été pris en charge par les fruits de la croissance économique, ce qui permet de comprendre pourquoi l'intensité de la dynamique de croissance externe des villes peut être mise en relation, moyennant une certaine inertie, avec l'intensité de l'activité économique générale."
Full text can be viewed at: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:ku4V4SP6Qo0J:www.equipe...
Thanks.
Context:
"Les coûts individuels et collectifs du système ont été pris en charge par les fruits de la croissance économique, ce qui permet de comprendre pourquoi l'intensité de la dynamique de croissance externe des villes peut être mise en relation, moyennant une certaine inertie, avec l'intensité de l'activité économique générale."
Full text can be viewed at: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:ku4V4SP6Qo0J:www.equipe...
Thanks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +2 | through a kind of inertia |
Mark Nathan
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| 4 | but for a certain/some inertia/restraint |
narasimha (X)
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| 3 | which includes some inertia |
Oliver Walter
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| 3 | through a certain lack of ability |
blavatsky
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Proposed translations
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through a kind of inertia
The way that the infrastructures and various factors enabling people to live outside cities have developed has been like a vehicle gaining inertia.
Maybe what they are driving at....(geddit?)
Maybe what they are driving at....(geddit?)
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Oliver Walter
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which includes some inertia
I think it means that "l'intensité de la dynamique de croissance externe des villes" has a similar pattern to "l'intensité de l'activité économique générale" but with a time-lag which the writer implies is caused by what looks like "une certaine inertie".
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but for a certain/some inertia/restraint
The Individual and collective costs of the system have been dealt with the fruits of economic growth, which makes it possible to understand why the intensity of the external growth of cities can be compared, but for a certain restraint, with the intensity of general economic activity.
13 hrs
through a certain lack of ability
It appears an analogy is being set-up here.
Something to add to the pot. I like Mark's idea
Something to add to the pot. I like Mark's idea
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