Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
while bearing the brunt of job losses
French translation:
alors qu\'ils doivent payer les frais des pertes d\'emploi
English term
United States
while bearing the brunt of job losses
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Proposed translations
alors qu'ils doivent payer les frais des pertes d'emploi
brunt
n
to bear the brunt of, to take the brunt of (=suffer the main force of)
[+attack] recevoir le plus fort de
[+criticism] être l'objet or la cible de l'essentiel de
→ Mr Carpenter has borne the brunt of criticism over the bank's actions
[+sanctions, unemployment] payer les frais de
→ Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment.
→ Scotland is bearing the brunt of job cuts across Britain,
→ the disadvantaged who had borne the brunt of sanctions
Translation English - French Collins Dictionary
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
à un moment où ils doivent encaisser (le plus gros)
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Chakib Roula
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FX Fraipont (X)
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ph-b (X)
: « Encaisser les retombées » a une connotation positive ; est-ce bien l’intention de l’auteur ici ?
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c'est vrai - je devais partir et j'ai fait trop vite
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Francois Boye
: Does while mean the moment when?
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United States
An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
tout en faisant les frais des pertes d'emoploi
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Note added at 5 hrs (2017-01-18 17:16:03 GMT)
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Erratum: EMPLOI instead of emoploi
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