Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
excentré / névralgique
English translation:
away from major cities / focal point
French term
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, English
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excentré / névralgique
Even though I understand the words themselves, I'm having a hard time translating the entire phrase. Could anyone give me some suggestions?
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Nov 19, 2012 20:14: kashew Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
away from major cities / focal point
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Native in: Arabic (Variant: Algerian) 
, French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: Spanish to Arabic, English to Arabic, English to French, and 2 more.
eccentric/ hub
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I agree with JaneD, '' -et dont le centre névralgique est géographiquement excentré- est un phénomène qui a pu être observé dans bien des pays.'' makes more sense.
geographically remote/ nerve centre
Cultural diversity born of the emergence of a "counter-culture" , (NB, comma here, I think) an alternative to mainstream culture, whose nerve centre is geographically remote, has been observed in many countries.
That is my suggestion, though there are no doubt improvements on "geographically remote"
Ireland
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with a secluded or off-centred hub
Cultural diversity, which offers an alternative to the prevailing one, arose from the emergence of a "counter-culture" with a secluded or off-centred main hub, and has been observed in many countries.
Hard to know whether off-centred or secluded/remote is meant here so including both
South Africa
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, South African, US)
Works in: French to English
decentralized
The counter culture is thus decentralized, in that it develops spontaneously and in different ways in different areas; there is no control or authority that decides what constitutes "culture".
It's a poorly constructed sentence in the FR; I would opt for a smoother and simpler rendering in EN.
Cultural diversity resulting from the emergence of an alternative and decentralized "counter culture" is a phenomenon that has been observed in several countries.
The phenomenon of cultural diversity resulting from the emergence of an alternative and decentralized "counter culture" has been observed in several countries.
geographic centre / out of the limelight, away from the main hubs
As a result of <i>counter-culture</i> emerging as an alternative to the mainstream, many countries have witnessed the phenomenon of cultural diversity with its geographic centre out of the limelight / away from the main hubs.
Many countries have witnessed the rise of <i>counter-culture</i>, flowing against the mainstream; the resulting phenomenon being cultural diversity, where the nerve centre is geographically out of the limelight / is geographically off-centre.
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