Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
parcourir les flux contraignants (trans)
English translation:
negotiate traffic-flow constraints
Added to glossary by
kashew
Nov 28, 2008 19:01
15 yrs ago
French term
United Kingdom
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parcourir les flux contraignants
French to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
sociology of mobility
Par ailleurs, pour les péri-urbanisés, elle n’est plus le moyen ou l’outil nécessaire pour****** parcourir les flux contraignants ******de la mobilité urbaine dans l’attente de rentrer au « terminus repos de cette mobilité. » Là encore l’image de liberté et d’autonomie attachée à l’automobile s’inverse puisqu’on maîtrise moins les flux que l’on est maîtrisé par eux.
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My difficulty here lies mainly in the translation of "flux", which has occurred elsewhere:
"flux de déplacements"
and "accés aux flux".
So far, I'm not convinced by the word "flow", although I have used "flows of mobility" for "flux de déplacements" as I haven't been able to come up with anything better.
I'd be very grateful if anyone else knows what this might be... Many thanks!
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My difficulty here lies mainly in the translation of "flux", which has occurred elsewhere:
"flux de déplacements"
and "accés aux flux".
So far, I'm not convinced by the word "flow", although I have used "flows of mobility" for "flux de déplacements" as I haven't been able to come up with anything better.
I'd be very grateful if anyone else knows what this might be... Many thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | negotiate traffic-flow constraints |
kashew
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| 3 | to contend with the restricting flow of urban traffic |
Richardson Lisa
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| 3 | negotiate the contrary currents |
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
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Dec 5, 2008 14:52: kashew Created KOG entry
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negotiate traffic-flow constraints
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Note from asker:
| many thanks kashew - I rather like this (all of it)! Certainly better than my efforts |
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Diane de Cicco
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to contend with the restricting flow of urban traffic
Hi
I think that the abondance of the flow is the important factor here - it's what makes it restricting
I think that the abondance of the flow is the important factor here - it's what makes it restricting
Note from asker:
| many thanks phillisa - good point! |
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negotiate the contrary currents
This would be a way of getting away from the flow-word, and it has a nice alliterative ring.
Example sentence:
the ship was warned that the winds and contrary currents in the central Aegean were as fractious and stormy as political intriguing in the Roman senate.
Note from asker:
| many thanks Karen! |
Discussion
thanks again, everybody!
You guessed right, it is indeed the car