Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
non starter
French translation:
"rester au poteau"/voué à l'échec
Added to glossary by
Marcelle Bethancourt
Nov 5, 2008 21:05
15 yrs ago
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English term
Panama
15 yrs in legal & business translations
Native in: French (Variant: Swiss) 
Works in: Spanish to French, English to French
non starter
English to French
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
a Community of Practice
Context: If a community can't get their act together and organize themselves to keep going, then it's a non starter in the first place.
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +1 | "rester au poteau"/voué à l'échec |
John Peterson
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| 3 +7 | perdu d'avance |
Frederique Taylor
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| 4 | être condamné/étouffé/ écrasé/ tué dans l'oeuf |
Euqinimod (X)
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| 3 | alors ça va nulle part |
Jennifer Levey
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Change log
Nov 5, 2008 22:24: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Proposed translations
+1
10 mins
John Peterson
Native in English
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, Turkish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
"rester au poteau"/voué à l'échec
Deux suggestions
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Meilleure réponse."
+7
17 mins
Frederique Taylor
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in French
Works in field
United Kingdom
You'll have my words!
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
perdu d'avance
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Michel A.
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Anne Bohy
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mpclaret
: Marie-Pierre Claret
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GILLES MEUNIER
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Anne-Sophie Cardinal
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Valérie Cromphaut
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Sandra Mouton
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30 mins
être condamné/étouffé/ écrasé/ tué dans l'oeuf
Cad condamné à échouer dans le principe, avant même d'exister.
4 hrs
Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
alors ça va nulle part
Tant qu'on fait l'antologie, autant la compléter un peu...
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