Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
causes lointaines
English translation:
remote causes
Added to glossary by
Anton Konashenok
Sep 4, 2009 10:29
14 yrs ago
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French term
France
Engineering, medicine, chemistry
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, French to Russian
causes lointaines
French to English
Art/Literary
Esoteric practices
the Tarot reading
Hello!
Could you help me? I've met with this collocation in politics for example, but in the context, I'm not sure. The text:
Quelle est la relation entre X et moi?
Il y a des *causes lointaines* à ce qui nous unit.
Thanks in advance!
Could you help me? I've met with this collocation in politics for example, but in the context, I'm not sure. The text:
Quelle est la relation entre X et moi?
Il y a des *causes lointaines* à ce qui nous unit.
Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | remote causes |
Anton Konashenok
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| 3 +1 | distant reasons |
kashew
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| 2 | obscure forces |
Anne-Marie Grant (X)
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Change log
Sep 13, 2009 19:31: Anton Konashenok Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Native in English
Works in field
Czech Republic
Competing on quality, not on price
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: French to English, Czech to English, Danish to English, and 10 more.
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remote causes
Don't know about Tarot, but I've seen it e.g. in discourses on karma.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Anton!"
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20 mins
distant reasons
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Note from asker:
| Thank you, kashew! |
6 hrs
obscure forces
'We are linked by obscure forces'
This is what the phrase suggests to me, but it 's probably straying too far from the source text.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-09-04 18:41:11 GMT)
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OK -that clarifies things a lot and my answer is not appropriate.
This is what the phrase suggests to me, but it 's probably straying too far from the source text.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-09-04 18:41:11 GMT)
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OK -that clarifies things a lot and my answer is not appropriate.
Note from asker:
| When I asked the author what these "causes lointaines" were exactly, she answered : "something foggy in the past, something, an event or some events I don't remember now". |
| Thank you, Anne-Marie! |
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