English term
France
Traductrice assermentée / Trad. jurada
Native in: French 
Works in: Spanish to French, English to French, French to Spanish
accountable
They typically work in an ad hoc manner with neither the mandates nor the resources to tackle global threats.
Jun 11, 2014 12:09: mchd changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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Proposed translations
France
36 years experience on 4 continents
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: English to French, French to English
n'ont ni le mandat ni la capacité d'action pour
"...n'ont ni le mandat ni la capacité d'action pour s'attaquer à des défis mondiaux."
Ceux qui vous disent de traduire l'idée véhiculée dans ce bout de phrase plutôt que le mot "accountable" ont raison.
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Pardon, j'ai écrit "capacité" au lieu de "rapidité". Lire ci-dessus:
"ne disposent ni du mandat ni de la RAPIDITE d'intervention qui leur permettraient de s'attaquer à des défis/problèmes mondiaux"
France
Experienced EN, RU, SP > FR Translator
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, Russian to French
le périmètre d'intervention...
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Tony M
: But that misses out both points in the s/t: the accountability and the fast-acting ability
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France
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
(ne sont pas) responsables (ou n'agissent pas assez rapidement)
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Tony M
: I think this misses the point of the S/T, we need the idea of 'ne sont pas suffisament tenu pour responsable' etc. / No, my friend, that's the whole issue here: I am totally convinced 'enough' ALSO qualifies 'accountable'
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Well one is accountable or not, there is nothing in between. I read "are not (accountable) or (fast-acting enough)". Suffisamment applies to "fast-acting" not to "accountable"
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PhD in Anthropology - UN work experience
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: German to French, English to French
ne se voient pas accorder suffisamment de responsabilité
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Tony M
: I strongly suspect it's the other way round: they have too MUCH freedom to do what they like, but as they are 'global', there's no 1 body to whom they are accountable. HThey can do (or fail to do) what they like. / Accountable = more 'blame' than 'power'
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I rather understand the sentence as: they don't have sufficient power to make things really change, especially with the "not fast-acting enough" that follows
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Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
encadré(es)
n'ont pas assez de compétences or trop d'inertie
not enough of one, too much of the other
Today’s fragmented global institutions are not accountable or fast-acting enough to address global challenges.
They typically work in an ad hoc manner with neither the mandates nor the resources to tackle global threats
I think that "neither the mandates" is the clarification for the rather approximative use of "not accountable".
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2014-06-12 13:36:03 GMT)
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n'ont pas assez de compétences ou trop d'inertie
United States
As good as your words!
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
latitude
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Note added at 1 jour3 heures (2014-06-12 13:57:21 GMT)
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latitude d'action trop large ou trop lente.
Discussion
Peut-être serait-il utile de savoir qui a écrit ce texte, pour comprendre ce qui se cache derriere accountable dont la signification est bien de rendre des comptes...
Est-ce que je me trompe ?
n'ont ni le sens ni la rapidité pour ....
Any organization operating globally can do so with no united 'boss' — at best, they will be governed by a group of people from several countries, but they will not necessarily be tied by the laws of (say) any one country.
So they are not answerable to any clearly-defined authority.
Hence, as I already said, they can to a certain extent, "do what they like" — or perhaps worse, choose NOT to do what they don't want to...
I think if we interpret 'accountable' in that sort of way, it does explain why they may not do all they should, etc.
So what to translate: the clumsily used term or what makes sense?
responsible is "en charge de"
On peut aussi parler de "rendre compte" ou "rendre des comptes" qui se rapprochent bien de l'anglais.
Dans une organisation celui qui est "accountable" est celui dont on coupera la tête si ca se passe mal.