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blurring of such boundaries

French translation: ... l'estompage de telles démarcations

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English term or phrase:blurring of such boundaries
French translation:... l'estompage de telles démarcations
Entered by: Francis MARC

13:20 Oct 7, 2002
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
History / history
English term or phrase: blurring of such boundaries
The libre population came closest to bridging the social divide with petits blancs during the Revolutionary years, but the social history of the Isle of France reveals that juridical proscription could never hope to prevent the blurring of such boundaries,
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... l'estompage de telles démarcations
Explanation:
autre formulation
Ref. Termium :
Subject Field(s)
  – International Public Law
  Subject Field(s)
  – Droit international public
  –
limit
boundary
border
boundary line
limite
frontière
délimination
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Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 08:29
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4ne pourrait jamais ne serait-ce qu'espérer empêcher l'atténuation...
Florence Bremond
4... l'estompage de telles démarcations
Francis MARC
4...empecher le gommage de telles delimitations
Arthur Borges
4la confusion de telles limites
Anna Taylor


  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
... l'estompage de telles démarcations


Explanation:
autre formulation
Ref. Termium :
Subject Field(s)
  – International Public Law
  Subject Field(s)
  – Droit international public
  –
limit
boundary
border
boundary line
limite
frontière
délimination


Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
ne pourrait jamais ne serait-ce qu'espérer empêcher l'atténuation...


Explanation:
JCEC : atténuation : voilà que je me mêle de corriger les fautes des autres et que j'en fais à mon tour !!..

Florence Bremond
France
Local time: 07:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow: Je n'avais pas remarqué, était fixée sur le t manquant.
17 mins
  -> :-)
agree  JCEC
25 mins
agree  Clair Pickworth
42 mins
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...empecher le gommage de telles delimitations


Explanation:
Une variante

Arthur Borges
China
Local time: 13:29
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
la confusion de telles limites


Explanation:
"blur"=confus in fig. situations, I interpret the text as in a time of social changes, the pre-existing boundaries don't apply anymore, which brings confusion...

Anna Taylor
US Minor Outlying Isl.
Local time: 00:29
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