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sang d\\\'encre
A ma vie de coer entier
Nov 14, 2002 15:06
21 yrs ago
French term

..que les victimes ont approuve a 91% des personnes inscrites au vote

Non-PRO French to English Law/Patents
legal
Proposed translations (English)
4 +8 approved by 91% of victims registered to vote.
5 +1 ...which victims approved of by 91% of the people registered for the vote
5 entitled to vote, or simply "voting", or with a voting right
5 What was I thinking of ?
4 +1 that was approved by 90% of the vicitims who were eligible to vote
3 +1 More context please ?

Proposed translations

+8
40 mins
Selected

approved by 91% of victims registered to vote.

or: vote-registered victims
or: victims registered for the vote

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Note added at 2002-11-14 15:50:26 (GMT)
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It just says \" voté par 91 % des victimes inscrits. \"

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Note added at 2002-11-15 15:12:50 (GMT)
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You could even just do: approved by 90% of voting victims.
(this comment added after Lexeme\'s \"agree\")
Peer comment(s):
agree JCEC
5 mins
agree Anne Lee
15 mins
agree Noel Castelino : But if I may split a hair or two, it could also be 91% of those who were registered as having voted in this particular poll, i.e. who actually voted.
16 mins
I just had a haircut: go ahead! Lemme see: it feels like a one-off vote on a settlement offer by a transport company with carefree maintenance or something like that. What were you thinking of specifically?
agree Jacqueline McKay (X)
1 hr
neutral PaulaMac (X) : Agree with NGMC - I wouldn't think voter registration would apply in this context - it probably means 91% of the victims who voted. Voter registration tends to apply to elections
1 hr
Yes, "tends to" as you note, but I agree with both of you.
agree Odette Grille (X)
2 hrs
agree daniel gwire
6 hrs
agree Clair Pickworth
20 hrs
agree Paula Ibbotson
4 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
+1
37 mins

More context please ?

Could you give us the full sentence please ? It sounds like: Of those of the victims who voted (i.e. not all of them voted), 91% approved of whatever precedes "que".
Peer comment(s):
agree PaulaMac (X)
1 hr
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1 hr

entitled to vote, or simply "voting", or with a voting right

just additional suggrestion t what already aptly said

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Note added at 2002-11-14 16:39:39 (GMT)
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sorry for typing mistakes read suggestion to..
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+1
1 hr

...which victims approved of by 91% of the people registered for the vote

bit awkward, but we have not to re-write, have we?...
Peer comment(s):
agree cjohnstone : better
1 hr
Thanks!
neutral Tony M : Yes, we have to re-write IF IT TURNS IT INTO UNAMBIGUOUS ENGLISH!
2 hrs
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2 hrs

What was I thinking of ?

Sorry Arthur, the frankly very limited [:-(] Kudoz format doesn't allow more than one peer comment so this is the only way I can answer your question. No, I hadn't any particular scenario in mind, and your's sounds quite plausible to me.

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Note added at 2002-11-14 17:36:18 (GMT)
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About splitting hairs, I\'ve got very little of my own so if you\'ve just had a haircut we have a problem.

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Note added at 2002-11-14 18:35:57 (GMT)
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The victims of some disaster or other were called upon to vote on a proposal made to them (maybe about \"carefree maintenance\" as you say). Some of them voted (i.e. went on record as having stated their opinion = se sont inscrits au vote). Of these, 91% were in favour of the proposal.

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Note added at 2002-11-15 13:18:30 (GMT)
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\"...se sont inscrites\" not \"inscrits\" :-(

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Note added at 2002-11-15 13:18:42 (GMT)
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\"...se sont inscrites\" not \"inscrits\" :-(
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+1
4 hrs

that was approved by 90% of the vicitims who were eligible to vote

my take

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Note added at 2002-11-14 19:11:13 (GMT)
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\"...who were registered to vote\"
Peer comment(s):
agree Yolanda Broad : who were registered to vote
3 days 23 hrs
thanks
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