Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Seuls les communistes sont d'office exclus de l'union

English translation:

Only communists are automatically excluded from the union

Added to glossary by alexandre kounde (X)
Jan 18, 2007 23:12
17 yrs ago
French term

Seuls les communistes sont d'office exclus de l'union

Non-PRO French to English Other Government / Politics
It is the "d'office" part that I am struggling to render correctly
Proposed translations (English)
3 +6 Only communists are automatically excluded from the union
4 +3 as a matter of course
Change log

Jan 19, 2007 00:31: JCEC changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Discussion

Juan Jacob Jan 18, 2007:
It means: automatically.

Proposed translations

+6
3 mins
Selected

Only communists are automatically excluded from the union

My guess...
Peer comment(s):

agree Juan Jacob : C'est bien ça.
1 min
Thanks Juan!
agree Kristina Kolic : that's the meaning!
6 mins
Thanks Kristina!
agree MBCatherine
13 mins
Thanks Catherine!
agree writeaway : why a 'guess'-perfectly clear in the context :-)
22 mins
Thanks writeaway!
agree Jennifer Forbes : Definitely.
49 mins
Thanks Jenny!
agree AllegroTrans
10 hrs
Thanks AllegroTrans!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+3
8 mins
French term (edited): d'office

as a matter of course

Although "automatically" is of course one of the usual translations, I just wanted to chip in to say that this is another possibility, which might conceivably fit better in the present context.
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : RC gives them both together
18 mins
Thanks, W/A!
agree nicole GELISTER : good one Tony ! N
19 mins
Thanks, Nicole!
agree frenchloki (X) : reads better imho
48 mins
Thanks, Anne! I thought so...
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