Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Incessant development
French translation:
développement constant
English term
Algeria
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Incessant development
| 4 +3 | développement constant |
erwan-l
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| 3 +1 | l'évolution sans cesse |
Tony M
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| 4 | développement permanent |
Antoine Dequidt
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Jan 27, 2020 07:10: GILLES MEUNIER changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): erwan-l, Cyril Tollari, GILLES MEUNIER
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Proposed translations
développement constant
| Merci. J'y ai pensé. |
| agree |
GILLES MEUNIER
: oui, constant est le bon terme en français
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Merci Gilou.
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mchd
: évolution constante des technologies de l'information
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Merci.
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ph-b (X)
: Peut-être, mais voir discussion.
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Fatine Echenique
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Merci.
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l'évolution sans cesse
And I think this is one place where 'évolution' actually fits better — particularly to avoid ambiguity with 'development' in the IT / software sense (developer, etc.)
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Note added at 15 hrs (2020-01-26 22:52:37 GMT)
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As Ph_B has kindly pointed out tbat 'sans cesse' can't be used in this construction, then yes, perhaps 'évolution incessante' might be a more workable solution here.
| Dear Tony, You comment is pretty relevant. Thank you. |
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Daryo
: I think this is more to the point: simply doesn't stop
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Thanks, Daryo! I see at least one other person thinks the 'évolution' is a good idea, and I do feel it is important to acknowledge the often negative connotation of 'incessant'.
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ph-b (X)
: D'accord avec « évolution » et l'aspect négatif éventuel. Blème : « sans cesse » s'emploie avec un verbe, pas avec un nom commun. « incessant » pourrait être une solution ici.
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Merci, Ph_B, surtout pour cette explication. Your discussion post exactly captures the way i see it: in EN, we'd talk about 'constant improvement', so the use of 'incessant' def. suggests the writer considers it problematic.
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