Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
en démontrant son caractère exagéré
English translation:
by proving that it is excessive
French term
219 témoignages et ils ne cessent pas...
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: French to English, English
caractère exagéré
Last question for the early hours of this morning - I promise, no more after this one. My brain has now disintegrated and exited my body. Context is:
Dans le cas prévu à l’article XXX, le contribuable peut obtenir la décharge ou la réduction de l’imposition mise à sa charge en démontrant son **caractère exagéré**.
"Excessive character" doesn't sound right here. Please can somebody put me out of my misery here. Many thanks in advance as always. Chris.
| 4 +7 | that it is excessive |
margaret caulfield
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| 3 | wrongly calculated |
Philippa Smith
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Jan 15, 2010 10:10: philgoddard changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jan 17, 2010 18:27: margaret caulfield changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/121886">Chris Hall's</a> old entry - "en démontrant son caractère exagéré"" to ""by proving that it is excessive ""
PRO (1): Simon Mac
Non-PRO (3): Rob Grayson, SJLD, philgoddard
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Proposed translations
Accurate, natural and very hard-working
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
that it is excessive
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Note added at 20 mins (2010-01-15 04:56:25 GMT)
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Yes. "Imposition" means "taxation", but it is also often translated simply as "tax", depending on the context.
| Thank you again. Am I right in thinking that "imposition" means "taxation" here? Kind regards, Chris. |
29 years turning out perfect English
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
wrongly calculated
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-01-15 07:24:55 GMT)
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oops, extra "t" on "Chris" - the saintliness of staying up 'till 5 in the morning making itself felt!
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Tony M
: I do take your point, but, most tax offices tend to take a pretty dim view if you start off by saying "you've made a mistake!" — it's more diplomatic to say "This seems rather high?" and let them say "Oops, I can see our mistake!"
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Going in with "This doesn't seem right to me" seems to work...
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Julie Barber
: I wouldn't agree with Tony, as what somebody might think doesn't really count here! although this suggestion could mean wrongly calculated downwards, which isn't the case
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