French term
n'envisageait
Une proposition de règlement concrète a été formulée par Mme. X sur le contenu de laquelle, M. Y ne s'est pas déterminé de manière précise. Il a toutefois indiqué qu'il n'envisageait une solution transationnelle de la procédure engagée a Ville-Z ajoutant que, moyennant quoi, il était disposé à se montrer "très généreux".
| 4 +5 | superfluous |
Wendy Cummings
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| 4 +2 | did not |
RemyUK
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| 4 | has not made a final decision |
jmleger
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| 3 | that he was not pursuing a transitional or temporary solution |
MatthewLaSon
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Feb 14, 2011 18:58: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "meaning of \'ne\' in this context" to "n\'envisageait" , "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
The highest professional standards
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
superfluous
Mrs X has made a settlement offer. Although Mr Y has not responded to it specifically, he has nevertheless indicated he hopes to conclude the matter involving Ville Z amicably, and saying he was prepared to be very generous.
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Note added at 15 mins (2009-02-06 13:05:56 GMT)
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RemyUK's answer is the opposite to mine, so having read it again, I am sticking to my original answer: assuming that "quoi" in the phrase "moyennant quoi" refers to a "solution transactionnelle", then this surely confirms that such a transaction is not a negative concept. He cannot be generous if no situation exists under which to do so.
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trebla
: I agree. I wonder if a qu' was accidentally dropped. i.e. Il a toutefois indiqué qu'il n'envisageait qu'une solution transationnelle
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B D Finch
: The negative would not make sense.
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Emma Paulay
: The answer, as you say, is in the end of the sentence.
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Sarah Llewellyn
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rkillings
: Surely a ne pléonastique if intentional.
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did not
There is no reason to use an expletive "ne" in this context. This kind of structure is only used with certain conjunctions or verbs, but never with "toutefois" nor with "envisager".
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Katarina Peters
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Alain Pommet
: For the reason explained in the 'discussion'
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has not made a final decision
that he was not pursuing a transitional or temporary solution
This is not an "explétif." This is a real negative, probably the one "ne...pas".
The meaning is probably that the person instigating the lawsuit is not pursuing a transitional solution, but rather a more permanent one, for which he was willing to be generous in his demands. In other words, he will not be asking as much from the defendant in the lawsuit on account that this of "permancency" of the solution sought after.
I hope this helps.
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