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English translation: mise en oeuvre par construction de latrines Blair VIP évolutives

10:20 Sep 30, 2014
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - International Org/Dev/Coop
English term or phrase: delivering
"To date, the UNICEF funded Rural WASH programme being implemented in 33 districts around Zimbabwe is premised on a zero latrine subsidy strategy hinged on ***delivering*** through the uBVIP latrine units."

Is this sentence somewhat clumsy or am I missing something here?
I can't make head or tail of it... :-o

Note: I am not so much asking for a translation but rather the meaning (or rewording of it).
Christophe Delaunay
France
Local time: 14:49
Selected answer:mise en oeuvre par construction de latrines Blair VIP évolutives
Explanation:
is premised on a zero latrine subsidy strategy hinged on delivering through the uBVIP latrine units."

est fondée sur une stratégie de zéro subsides pour les latrines, axées sur une mise en oeuvre par construction de latrines Blair VIP évolutives.

en d'autres termes, le gouvernement subsidie les latrines Blair VIP évolutives en offrant les briques et le ciment. La stratégie est trop coûteuse, mais on a réalisé que ce ne sont pas les subsides insuffisants qui empêchent le développement, mais le manque de ciment disponible par exemple.

"• The standard brick VIP latrine, as adopted by the MoH and
the IRWSSP, is beyond the price range of much of the
population. A typical brick VIP latrine uses up to six bags of
cement and more than fifteen hundred bricks, amounting to
as much as US$80 in total (at 1998 prices). For households
lucky enough to receive a subsidy, and prepared to provide
the labour themselves, their cash contribution may be reduced
to just less than US$50. However, in a country where more
than 40% of the population has to survive on less than
US$1 per day6 this represents a barely affordable expense.
• The government’s latrine subsidy system has proved to
be neither sustainable, nor capable of achieving universal
sanitation coverage. Both the size of the individual subsidies,
and the overall cost of the subsidy programme, have been
too high. The number of VIP latrines constructed in Zimbabwe
over the last two decades may have been limited by the
selection of the expensive brick design, and by the size of
the subsidy required to make this design affordable.
There are, however, counter-arguments:
• Despite the high cost, there has always been a demand
for VIP latrines in Zimbabwe. Evaluations of the IRWSSP
state that demand often outstripped supply, with households
mobilised to dig latrine pits, only to discover that there
were insufficient funds for their subsidy, or that there was a
cement shortage. This suggests that the main constraint to
expanding sanitation coverage was not the cost of the chosen
technology but the subsidy system and the culture of
dependency that it fostered."
VIP Latrines in Zimbabwe: From Local Innovation to ... - WSP
http://www.wsp.org/UserFiles/file/af_bg_zim.pdf
Selected response from:

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 14:49
Grading comment
Merci pour cette recherche exhaustive
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +2mise en oeuvre par construction de latrines Blair VIP évolutives
FX Fraipont (X)
4assurer l'installation de
nweatherdon
3 +1implemented
Mark Nathan
4carried out
acetran


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
assurer l'installation de


Explanation:
The English should be "delivering on". When you "deliver on" something it's like following through, it gets done.

I think "installer" or "achever" would work for the French and select the first of these in forming the proposed answer.

nweatherdon
Canada
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Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  airmailrpl: English to English translations [PRO]
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
implemented


Explanation:
...strategy that would be implemented through the use of uBVIP....

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 14:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mise en oeuvre par construction de latrines Blair VIP évolutives


Explanation:
is premised on a zero latrine subsidy strategy hinged on delivering through the uBVIP latrine units."

est fondée sur une stratégie de zéro subsides pour les latrines, axées sur une mise en oeuvre par construction de latrines Blair VIP évolutives.

en d'autres termes, le gouvernement subsidie les latrines Blair VIP évolutives en offrant les briques et le ciment. La stratégie est trop coûteuse, mais on a réalisé que ce ne sont pas les subsides insuffisants qui empêchent le développement, mais le manque de ciment disponible par exemple.

"• The standard brick VIP latrine, as adopted by the MoH and
the IRWSSP, is beyond the price range of much of the
population. A typical brick VIP latrine uses up to six bags of
cement and more than fifteen hundred bricks, amounting to
as much as US$80 in total (at 1998 prices). For households
lucky enough to receive a subsidy, and prepared to provide
the labour themselves, their cash contribution may be reduced
to just less than US$50. However, in a country where more
than 40% of the population has to survive on less than
US$1 per day6 this represents a barely affordable expense.
• The government’s latrine subsidy system has proved to
be neither sustainable, nor capable of achieving universal
sanitation coverage. Both the size of the individual subsidies,
and the overall cost of the subsidy programme, have been
too high. The number of VIP latrines constructed in Zimbabwe
over the last two decades may have been limited by the
selection of the expensive brick design, and by the size of
the subsidy required to make this design affordable.
There are, however, counter-arguments:
• Despite the high cost, there has always been a demand
for VIP latrines in Zimbabwe. Evaluations of the IRWSSP
state that demand often outstripped supply, with households
mobilised to dig latrine pits, only to discover that there
were insufficient funds for their subsidy, or that there was a
cement shortage. This suggests that the main constraint to
expanding sanitation coverage was not the cost of the chosen
technology but the subsidy system and the culture of
dependency that it fostered."
VIP Latrines in Zimbabwe: From Local Innovation to ... - WSP
http://www.wsp.org/UserFiles/file/af_bg_zim.pdf


FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 14:49
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci pour cette recherche exhaustive

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  airmailrpl: English to English translations [PRO]
52 mins
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Good reference, clarifies the issue.
1 day 3 hrs
  -> thanks!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, it is En> EN but you gve a good ref and the Fr is correct translation; non-Pro imo
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
carried out


Explanation:
The word implemented is used in the text. SO, here the implementation of the programme would be carried out...

http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/deliver


acetran
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in EnglishEnglish
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