acknowledged as an artificial colonial creation

French translation: reconnues comme une création artificielle du colonialisme

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English term or phrase:acknowledged as an artificial colonial creation
French translation:reconnues comme une création artificielle du colonialisme
Entered by: Stephanie Sullivan

09:04 Mar 31, 2017
English to French translations [PRO]
Geography / natural resources and border disputes
English term or phrase: acknowledged as an artificial colonial creation
Conflicts over transboundary natural resources are part of the continent's broad border problems, which have been **acknowledged as an artificial colonial creation. The consequences of the late nineteenth-century scramble for Africa and the effect of the Berlin Treaty of 1884 are still lingering and used as a reference point in assessing every African border dispute.
Stephanie Sullivan
Mauritius
Local time: 15:19
reconnues comme une création artificielle du colonialisme
Explanation:
ce sont les frontières qui sont reconnues ...

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Note added at 26 mins (2017-03-31 09:31:08 GMT)
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(ou plutôt de la colonisation)
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Geraldine Njonkou
Cameroon
Grading comment
Merci Geraldine!
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4 +5reconnues comme une création artificielle du colonialisme
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reconnues comme une création artificielle du colonialisme


Explanation:
ce sont les frontières qui sont reconnues ...

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Note added at 26 mins (2017-03-31 09:31:08 GMT)
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(ou plutôt de la colonisation)

Geraldine Njonkou
Cameroon
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci Geraldine!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Platary (X): Oui, de la colonisation ...
21 mins

agree  Francois Boye
5 hrs

agree  Françoise Vogel: ou "création coloniale, artificielle"
6 hrs

agree  Daryo
11 hrs

agree  Annie Rigler
23 hrs
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