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English translation: fragmented (political structure)

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French term or phrase:éclatée
English translation:fragmented (political structure)
Entered by: Anna Maria Augustine (X)

23:50 Mar 24, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / Quebec French
French term or phrase: éclatée
Dans l’historique que Toby Morantz a dressé sur l’évolution de la nation crie, il ressort que la structure politique éclatée des clans familiaux de trappeurs, et leur relative indépendance par rapport à la communauté en ce qui concerne la gestion des ressources fauniques et la préservation de leur habitat, demeure un fait d’actualité.
PB Trans
Local time: 03:45
fragmented political structure
Explanation:
a very good word if I do say so myself.
Specific to political situations in history
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 04:45
Grading comment
Thank you. I also found these links to support your answer.

http://www.publicadminafrica.org/english/perspectives_mhone.htm#5

http://www.publicadminafrica.org/french/perspectives_mhone.htm

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Summary of answers provided
4 +2shattered
A-C Robertson (X)
5 +1noncohesive political structure
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
3 +2scattered, splintered
df49f (X)
5 -2fragmented political structure
Anna Maria Augustine (X)


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
éclatée
shattered


Explanation:
It depends on the context, but that is the translation that works the best for a political structure; here, though, in a bigger context, are they speaking about the political structure as being actively shattered BY something or someone, or just that it's not very structured in general according to norms outside of the clans?

A-C Robertson (X)
Local time: 19:45
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): that would be brisé in French..eclatee means separated into smaller groups..shattered means badly damaged, IMO
5 mins
  -> hmm, maybe I just had Afghanistan on the brain ;) Thanks, Jane!
agree  swisstell: if you make it "scattered" instead
8 mins
agree  Anna Maria Augustine (X): it is correct
3 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
éclatée
noncohesive political structure


Explanation:
is the meaning....cohesive and noncohesive are sociology/political science terms which translate eclatée...

the likelihood that external conflict will find a noncohesive group ... the effect of
different forms of property and economic organization on political structure. ...
spot.colorado.edu/~wehr/40RD2.TXT - 80k - Cached - Similar pages

Political Issues
... It is the organizational structure that one must ... on to their fixed rigid political
agenda then ... a completely irrational, disorganized, noncohesive system with ...
www.iamuniversity.org/projects/ ashrams/elmorya/politicalissues.html - 101k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] RECENT THEORIES OF NATIONALISM Josep R. Llobera
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... balance-of-power considerations, this becomes probleamtic -a noncohesive group may ...
closely related and that the most appropriate political structure to achieve ...
www.diba.es/icps/working_papers/docs/wp_i_164.pdf - Similar pages

some chapters in supplementary texts marked in bold, first ...
... What if Terrorist Networks are Noncohesive?: are they then ... for a framework that includes
structure and dynamics ... Journal of Political Economy 100(5), 992-1026 ...
eclectic.ss.uci.edu/~drwhite/Anthro179a/Readings02.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages



Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sktrans
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
éclatée
scattered, splintered


Explanation:
autres possibilités

df49f (X)
France
Local time: 04:45
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  emiledgar: Depending on the context - scattered if it's the nature of the political organization, splintered if it is because of outside forces agressing against it.
1 hr
agree  Sandra C.
1 hr
agree  sarahl (X): scattered gets my vote.
1 hr
disagree  Anna Maria Augustine (X): mistranslation
2 hrs
agree  JCEC
4 hrs
disagree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): agree with Anna
12 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
éclatée
fragmented political structure


Explanation:
a very good word if I do say so myself.
Specific to political situations in history

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 04:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you. I also found these links to support your answer.

http://www.publicadminafrica.org/english/perspectives_mhone.htm#5

http://www.publicadminafrica.org/french/perspectives_mhone.htm

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): yes except in French that would fragmenté and that is not the French
9 hrs
disagree  df49f (X): & agree with Jane
11 hrs
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