Unité Légère

English translation: small units

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French term or phrase:Unité Légère
English translation:small units
Entered by: Crystal Samples

16:29 Aug 20, 2020
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
French term or phrase: Unité Légère
"Unité légère, exécution immédiate : tel est le mode d’action privilégié par le chef de l’Etat."
Crystal Samples
United States
Local time: 06:33
small units, immediate implementation :.......
Explanation:
This refers to small units or structures that facilitate the rapid implementation of changes.
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Gloria Palubjakova
Canada
Local time: 12:33
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5 +1small units, immediate implementation :.......
Gloria Palubjakova
3Light unit
Philippa Smith
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Context
philgoddard

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Light unit


Explanation:
Or "Light structure".

I read it as having a slightly military tone: the president's strategy is to go in with a light unit (rather than being weighed down with a bigger structure) and fast execution (in the way you'd talk about military strategy).

Philippa Smith
Local time: 12:33
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
\"Unité légère, exécution immédiate : tel est le mode d’action privilégié par le chef de
small units, immediate implementation :.......


Explanation:
This refers to small units or structures that facilitate the rapid implementation of changes.

Gloria Palubjakova
Canada
Local time: 12:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: You could say "small rapid-response units".
11 mins
  -> Yes, :)
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Reference comments


3 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Context

Reference information:
It's the third paragraph here:
http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/08/20/pour-...

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Note added at 5 mins (2020-08-20 16:35:03 GMT)
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I haven't worked out whether it means "unit" or "unity".

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Cyril Tollari: Bon courage
2 mins
agree  B D Finch: This is context that the Asker should have provided. It's still a bit of a puzzle whether this refers specifically to the military response in Niger, or to Macron's usual style of operating.
2 hrs
  -> Yes, I agree. The sentence just comes out of nowhere.
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