Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
en mode mineure
English translation:
in a low-key manner / unambitiously
French term
en mode mineure
"Attestant une exigence qualitative, les exigences d’intégration, d’un niveau élevé de protection de même que les principes du droit de l’environnement ne se résument pas à de simples lignes de conduite politique. Si aucune de ces normes ne donnent une priorité absolue à la protection de l’environnement, il n’en demeure pas moins que, d’une part, elles sont sollicitées par les juridictions dans le cadre d’une interprétation téléologique et que d’autre part, elles encadrent la pesée des intérêts. En d’autres mots, en obligeant les institutions à se montrer particulièrement attentives à la protection de l’environnement, elles limitent leur marge d’appréciation. Partant, tant les institutions que les Etats membres ne peuvent se contenter de mener leur politique EN MODE MINEURE. Au demeurant, la relation étroite qui unit cette matière à la protection de la santé et à plusieurs droits fondamentaux ne fait que renforcer le poids que revêt ces balises juridiques dans la pesée des intérêts. Il en résulte que le contrôle juridictionnel du respect de ces normes devrait être accru, les institutions ne pouvant ignorer les exigences découlant du droit primaire. Aussi l’étendue de ce contrôle ne devrait-elle pas se limiter à censurer un éventuel nivellement vers le bas, mais devrait aussi garantir à ce que le droit secondaire fasse montre d’ambition, la politique devant être pro-active."
1 +1 | in a low-key manner | Tony M |
2 | gesture politics | FoundInTrans |
3 -2 | politics of syllogism | Just Opera |
PRO (3): BrigitteHilgner, Yolanda Broad, Tony M
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Proposed translations
in a low-key manner
Certainly, not doing things half-heartedly would seem to fit the context.
But this is just an educated guess, and you'd better check it out!
gesture politics
neutral |
Tony M
: But surely this is about policies, not politics?
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it's close, trouble is it's either by def.
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politics of syllogism
i.e.
1. We must do something
2. This is something
3. Therefore, we must do this.
Source: from Wikipedia
disagree |
Tony M
: syllogism an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from 2 given or assumed propositions (premises); a common or middle term is present in the 2 premises but not in the conclusion, which may be invalid
2 hrs
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disagree |
cc in nyc
: There is no syllogism in the source text, nor any reference to syllogistic logic.
3 hrs
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