Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
il n\'y a qu\'un pas
English translation:
is... now only a step away
French term
il n'y a qu'un pas
Et puisque la frontière entre création, communication et marketing est de plus en plus ténue, ce support ô combien attractif, est bien évidemment au centre des attentions. Encore confidentiel, le procédé d’impression 3d de nourriture - et ses conséquences pour le secteur de l’agroalimentaire - risque de prendre une ampleur considérable dans les années à avenir. De la customisation à la production personnelle de nourriture, **n’y a-t-il plus qu’un pas** ?
The style has to be journalistic. Can anybody help, please?
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Tony M
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Dec 9, 2014 13:14: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Journalism" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Dec 9, 2014 13:20: GILLES MEUNIER changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): David Hayes, Rob Grayson, GILLES MEUNIER
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Proposed translations
is... now only a step away
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Note added at 17 minutes (2014-12-09 12:08:57 GMT)
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With ?, of course!
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Ana Vozone
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Thanks, Ana!
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kashew
: In interrogative form?
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Thanks, J! Yes, I forgot the ? in my first post
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Carol Gullidge
: Is it now just/but a step away? (not forgetting that "plus" in the ST!) Or, "a mere step away" or whatever else you might wish to use to convey the idea of immediacy//I guessed that:) My msg was really to the Asker, who seems to have forgotten the "plus"
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Thanks, Carol! I used 'now' to translate the negative 'no longer', as I have turned the negative round to a positive.
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Chakib Roula
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Choukrane, Chakib!
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Yarri K
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Thanks, Yarri!
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Julia Turner
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Thanks, Julia!
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Sheri P
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Thanks, Sheri!
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writeaway
: or Carol's solution which is easier to fit into the context. Don't really understand the difficulty
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Thanks, W/A! Indeed...
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Rachel Fell
: "is it any more than just a...?"
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Thanks, Rachel! That too...
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Cheryl Witchell
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Thanks, Red!
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James Perry
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Thanks, James!
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