French term
United Kingdom
privilégient l'échange à la compétition
My apologies for the lack of context, this is all there is. It's vaguely about what people will want in the future.
Many thanks in advance
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Proposed translations
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
prefer cooperation to competition
Political scientist, former UK Govt
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English
favour exchange over competition
Good luck!
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Lucy-Jane Michel
: great minds think alike! ;-) was just typing mine as you posted yours...
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thanks lucy-jane
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writeaway
: with 00 context, a word for word literal translation is almost all one can offer
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Absolutely writeaway
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Evans (X)
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Thank you Gilla
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philgoddard
: I don't think "exchange" is clear enough, and I'm not sure "favour over" is good English. Would you say "I favour red over blue"?
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Thanks for your comment Phil - as I said it is difficult to make a meaningful sentence with no context whatsoever - anything beyond this can only be guesswork surely? And the term 'favour one over the other' is perfectly correct English, Google for eg.s
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France
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English Old (ca.450-1100) to English, English to English Old (ca.450-1100), and 4 more.
(will) favour exchange over competition
Olympic ideals
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-10-05 09:33:00 GMT)
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Could, not would.
prefer or favour dialogue to competition
favours sharing over competition
conviviality will outweigh competition
Value exchange over competition
"Exchange" could be more generic, I believe.
I'm using the verb "Value" since "privilegier" implies there is a value added to the "échange". It is not a simple preference, it is a conscious choice based on an important criterion that someone (doer of the action) thinks is the most 'valuable'.
Good luck!
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