Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
(une guerre) perlée
English translation:
drop-by-drop war
Added to glossary by
Anne Spence
Jul 16, 2006 14:42
17 yrs ago
French term
(une guerre) perlée
French to English
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Government / Politics
An African country
In a document about the current political situation in an African country. Context: "Mais, plutôt que l’un ou l’autre de ces scénarii, on peut penser qu’à l’instar de la situation qu’a connue [country A (the subject of the report)] entre 1978 et 1986, c’est la guerre qui sera le résultat de ces différentes stratégies, une *guerre perlée*sans cause, ni vainqueurs ni vaincus mais qui entretiendra la crise en [region X] et alimentera celle en [country B].
Proposed translations
(English)
3 | drop-by-drop war | Anne Spence |
2 | war of attrition/long-drawn-out war | John Peterson |
Proposed translations
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drop-by-drop war
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war of attrition/long-drawn-out war
A couple of tentative suggestions. Grève perlée can mean a go slow, so maybe like a go slow it has the capacity to go on and on?
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