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Sep 10, 2009 19:39
14 yrs ago
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French term

plaidoyer au moyen

French to English Social Sciences International Org/Dev/Coop
Dans le domaine de la réduction de la pauvreté et de la gestion des ressources naturelles, il convient de signaler en particulier le rôle important de **plaidoyer au moyen** des rapports nationaux de développement humain et les plateformes multifonctionnelles de même que des projets novateurs portant sur l’exploitation des produits forestiers non-ligneux.

Thanks
Proposed translations (English)
3 +7 advocacy
3 +1 au moyen = by way of
4 plea by means of
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Discussion

writeaway Sep 10, 2009:
the Fr expression is au moyen de without the de, it's a complete mystery. with the de it's very clear what it means (everyday expression-au moyen de).
John Detre Sep 10, 2009:
I guess my understanding of the French was that people take UN Human Development Reports and use them as a basis to advocate for poverty reduction efforts, etc. Am I misreading this?
Michel F. Morin Sep 10, 2009:
"Advocacy" is fine for "plaidoyer". But what about "au moyen" ? I think the initial sentence is a bit awkward, but that these three words are not associated to build up a specific expression. See as an example web ref:
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:w8HkAV_0ZiYJ:www.policy...

Therefore I very simply suggest "through" for "au moyen de", eg as a full answer "advocacy through..."

Proposed translations

+7
22 mins
Selected

advocacy

guessing this must be what they mean -- "advocacy based on national human development reports"
Note from asker:
Hi John. Thanks for that. I'm OK with the advocacy part but it's the "au moyen" whipped on the end that has got me!
Peer comment(s):
agree Philippa Smith : Yes - or "lobbying"
3 mins
agree Irene McClure : yes, but I wouldn't say "based on..." but rather "advocacy by means of ..." or "advocacy through..." Similar thing has come up in Kudos before, see http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/other/1569836-pl...
3 mins
agree Anne-Marie Grant (X) : with savtrad
2 hrs
agree mimi 254 : advocacy through
12 hrs
agree Adam Warren
13 hrs
agree Clair Pickworth
17 hrs
agree George C.
2 days 14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
2 hrs

au moyen = by way of

Hello,

This seems to work here.

produce and launch reports;; conduct direct governmental advocacy by way of bilateral meetings, public letters of concern, mass participation methods;

www.mdac.info/images/page.../Consultancy_CRPD_package.doc


I hope this helps.
Peer comment(s):
agree Evans (X)
9 hrs
Thank you, Gilla!
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2 days 2 hrs
French term (edited): plaidoyer au moyen des

plea by means of

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
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