Comments on: Take a fresh look at France

by: Alex

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:58:33 +0000

Thanks for the link ! So true…

Well, I do agree: from that point of view “Social Partners” is ok… if you mean “The Taming of the Shrew” rather than “Romeo and Juliet” .

by: Tim

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:29:57 +0000

Yes, I too understand what a social (and an anti-social) partner is. I have a strange sense of humour, is all: I find the idea of calling trades union representatives social partners amusing, particularly in view of the ritual dance they perform with every government. Charles Bremner’s Times blog had a nice piece about translating key political French terms: the links don’t work on comments, so try this http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2006/11/since_we_are_in.html

by: Alex

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:37:56 +0000

“Social partners” means “husband and wife” in English… The proper translation for “Partenaires sociaux” would be “the two sides of industry”. I know: it is longer

Eurojargon is a curse: http://europa.eu/abc/eurojargon/index_en.htm !

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