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Native in: French 
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Works in: English to French, French to English, French, and 1 more.
we fell short of our goal
While we have made considerable progress, we fell short of our goal in 2007, and that was a disappointment to us all
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Proposed translations
les résultats n'ont pas été à la hauteur de nos espérances
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Marie-Andree Dionne
: très bien; on pourrait aussi dire: "de nos attentes"
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Merci. Exact, ça sonnerait plus "professionnel" avec le mot "attentes".
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Cosmonipolita
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elen_d
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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ta phrase est très bien!
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Stéphanie Soudais
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Emma Paulay
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Marie-Andree Dionne
: avec un "tout-à-fait" bien placé, tout le sens y serait...
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Alain Berton (X)
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Native in: Chinese (Variants: Simplified, Traditional)
Works in: English to Chinese, French to Chinese, Spanish to Chinese, and 7 more.
Nous ne sommes pas arrivés à notre but
Punctual, good quality
Native in: Portuguese , Dutch
Works in: Dutch to Portuguese, Portuguese to Dutch, Dutch to French, and 4 more.
Nous n'avons pas atteint le but fixé
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Marie-Andree Dionne
: "le but/l'objectif/les résultats que nous nous étions fixé(s)" (suggestion pour conserver la notion de "our" goal
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Merci :)
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Merci 1045 :)
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Il nous en à manquer de peu d'atteindre nos objectifs
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Note added at 1 day49 mins (2007-12-28 18:33:28 GMT) Post-grading
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Je reconnais que ma phrase n'est pas des plus élégantes, mais je continue à croire qu'il faut traduire l'idée de "short".
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Marie-Andree Dionne
: Désolée, cette phrase est incorrecte (plusieurs fautes)
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Stéphanie Soudais
: a manqué
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Juan Jacob
: Désolé aussi: tout à fait incorrect.
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swanda
: exact! il faut traduire l'idée de "short"; je propose cette formulation: il s'en est fallu de peu pour que nous atteignions nos objectifs
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