Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
mushrooming
French translation:
la multiplication des efforts
English term
mushrooming
| 4 +4 | la multiplication des efforts |
FX Fraipont (X)
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| 4 | multiplier les efforts, doubler les efforts |
Irène Guinez
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| 3 | efforts qui portent leurs fruits |
Sébastien GUITTENY
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Proposed translations
la multiplication des efforts
"In This Room, Star Power
One of the hardest rooms to get into in Copenhagen is the one where mayors from across the globe have gathered to boast about their green credentials.
They are part of a group called Local Governments for Sustainability, which has been holding standing-room-only presentations since the opening of the climate conference last week.
The organization has 1,100 delegates here, the largest number of any entity except Denmark, the host country.
Their numbers reflect the mushrooming effort by urban areas, where half the world’s population lives, to drive the conversation on tackling climate change </B>and, perhaps more important, to secure financing for causes like mass transit."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/science/earth/16notebook.h...
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Sheila Wilson
: well thank you, FX, I do believe you're right and you seem to have provided the complete context for a series of 3 questions - shame it didn't come from the asker
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Jennifer Levey
: Hmmm... You seem to have the benefit of some context. Would you like to share it?
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I did share it - source provided
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Danièle Horta
: Agree with Sheila
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Pierre Souris
: par rapport à la réponse d'Irène l'on dit "redoubler d'efforts" et non pas "doubler les efforts"
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sktrans
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Spain
French translator
Native in: French
Works in: Spanish to French, English to French, Catalan to French, and 1 more.
multiplier les efforts, doubler les efforts
Function: intransitive verb
Date: 1893
1 a : to well up and spread out laterally from a central source b : to become enlarged or extended : grow
2 : to collect wild mushrooms
3 : to spring up suddenly or multiply rapidly
France
Tempus fugit sic carpe diem
Native in: French
Works in: French to English, English to French
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