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French to English Government / Politics Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
en mode mineure		in a low-key manner / unambitiously	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
en plein renouvellement		In the process of major reforms
en politique laisser la chaise vide ne paye pas.		in politics, the empty-chair policy is not paying off
engagement collaborateur		collaborationist sympathies	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
engager la parole de l'Etat		to speak on behalf of the State
enjeux		what is at stake	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
enquêtes d'environnement		background investigation
entérine des progrès importants		marks significant progress
Entrepreneur de dépêches		(ocean) mail officer //mail contractor	Assimina Vavoula
Entered by: Assimina Vavoula
entreprises de conseil aux collectivités		local government consultancies
entreprises donneuses d\'ordre		initiating companies
et des solidarités		The Minister of Health and Solidarity
Etablissements classés		classified establishments	Victoria Porter-Burns
Entered by: Victoria Porter-Burns
Etat des lieux des acteurs du secteur de la securité		Overview of key players in the security sector
etatisation		state control
europessimisme		europessimism
exemplarité républicaine		an open and exemplary republic
exercice de 6.000 BSPCE Managers 2		exercise of 6,000 BSPCE Managers 2
faire assumer		to buy into; to hand over; to make jointly responsible; involve;
faire la voix de son maître		play the mouthpiece/act as mouthpiece
faire une réserve		express a reservation
Fantassins du quotidien		Front-line fighters
fauchage des vaches (Democratic Republic of the Congo)		cattle stealing/rustling OR killing OR translator's note (see question, full context not available, complex question)
faux-jumeaux		sibling rivalry / bickering twins
fertilisants et engrais naturels		chemical and organic fertilizers	Wyley Powell
Entered by: Wyley Powell
Feu sur la démocratie, feue la démocratie		Death to democracy, democracy is dead	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
filialisation		Subsidiary Forming (or Formation )
Filière		nuclear and missile production chain
finitude corporelle		finite nature of the human body	Wyley Powell
Entered by: Wyley Powell
fonctionnements institutionnels		institutional operations/workings
fonds de commerce (figurative use)		stock-in-trade
force d’idée		a wealth of ideas
frapper les esprits		to leave its mark/make waves/shock people	Victoria Porter-Burns
Entered by: Victoria Porter-Burns
front pour l’alternance et la concorde au tchad		Front for Alternation and Concord in Chad (FACT)
GDP		gestion de la de demande de puissance / Demand Response Option
gendarme de l'Elysée		Presidential security force
glaciation		stagnation
gouvernement de mission		targeted government
gouvernements seniors		senior governments
gouvernorat		Governorate

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