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French to English Government / Politics Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
alternats		signing, in order of precedence,
à des échelles diversifiées de territoires		at different territorial and community levels
la spécialisation dans des créneaux porteurs		specialization in growth areas
"dif. int."		int. dist.
(e.r.)		(ret.)/(Ret'd)	Victoria Porter-Burns
Entered by: Victoria Porter-Burns
(elles) sont mues		are driven by / are fuelled by / are motivated by
(une guerre) perlée		drop-by-drop war
...a traversé la multiplicité des expériences		... has run through many different experiences
4ième trimestre		4th quarter
a descendu « un plan qui vise à casser le service public de l’éducation »		cried /lashed out against a plan that aims to destroy the public eduction system
accueil administratif		administrative processing
Acte de l'Etat Civil		Entry in the Civil Register
acteurs locaux		local community / local players / parties / representatives
Adjoint administratif de 1ere classe		Administrative assistant, first category
adminsitration municipale		municipal government	Laura Robertson
Entered by: Laura Robertson
adopté en commission		agreed in committee or adopted by a committee	Etienne Thems
Entered by: Etienne Thems
advenir		achieve	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
agence de l'accueil des étrangers		Agency for the Reception of Foreign Citizens	Victoria Porter-Burns
Entered by: Victoria Porter-Burns
Agir avec une voix forte		vigorously lobby	NancyLynn
Entered by: NancyLynn
Aide aux Jeunes pour l'Innovation Technologique (AJIT)		Technological development and innovation grant
amitié entre les peuples		friendship between peoples
AMU		urgent medical service
appareil d'État		State apparatus
appel		call
appellent au dépassement		ambitious
appeller de ses vœux		to call for
Appuyer les PME est rassembleur		...is (would be) a unifying force	Wyley Powell
Entered by: Wyley Powell
assassinat de feu (le Président XXX...)		assassination of the late (President XXX...)
assises (NOT legal)		symposium / roundtable (conference)
astreinte		on call
au score stalinien		percentage of the vote reminiscent of the Stalinist era
autonomie		independence / independent living n the community
autonomie d’analyse		ability to think for themselves//refusal to toe the party line
Autoproduction		self-provision (of services)	David BUICK
Entered by: David BUICK
autorité fille		subsidiary or affiliated authority
axes dégagés		orientations identified	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
à appriopriation de l'Afrique par elle-même		for Africa to take its destiny into its own hands
à son comble		at its height
échéance		election
échevin		alderman

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