Dec 18, 2007 15:39
16 yrs ago
English term
Mauritius
Meticulous, hard-working and dedicated
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: French to English, English to French
give us flack for
English to French
Marketing
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Risk taking
With increasing focus on controls, people feel that their creativity and appetite for taking risks is curtailed, partly because “audit will give us flack for taking these risks”. On probing further, this presented an opportunity to demystify audit a little, with particular focus on Audit’s view on risk and the enterprising spirit that X (company) advocates.
With increasing focus on controls, people feel that their creativity and appetite for taking risks is curtailed, partly because “audit will give us flack for taking these risks”. On probing further, this presented an opportunity to demystify audit a little, with particular focus on Audit’s view on risk and the enterprising spirit that X (company) advocates.
Proposed translations
(French)
Proposed translations
+2
18 mins
Selected
va/vont nous tomber dessus
pour garder le registre un peu familier
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
12 mins
nous met une vive opposition, nous dresse des barrières pour
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Peer comment(s):
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Mélanie Shureih (X)
: vive opposition s'agit d'une expression juste et normalisée
13 hrs
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18 mins
to give someone flack = to criticise someone = to take them to task = passer un savon à quelqu'un
lors de l'audit, on nous critiquera/réprimandera - d'avoir pris de tels risques
Nous nous ferons remonter les bretelles
Nous nous ferons remonter les bretelles
+1
24 mins
descendre en flammes
fustiger, éreinter, etc
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Note added at 25 minutes (2007-12-18 16:04:49 GMT)
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Intense adverse criticism
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/flack
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Note added at 25 minutes (2007-12-18 16:04:49 GMT)
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Intense adverse criticism
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/flack
Peer comment(s):
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Claire Chapman
: I laughed when I saw this one :-) when the image of going down in flames after being struck by flack flashed through my brain.
54 mins
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merci !
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26 mins
leur foudre va nous tomber dessus
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