niche parlementaire

English translation: opposition days

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French term or phrase:	niche parlementaire
English translation:	opposition days
Entered by:	liz askew

10:33 Nov 24, 2023

French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Government / Politics / Parliamentary procedure

French term or phrase: niche parlementaire

Hello,

See for instance https://www.vie-publique.fr/infographie/290761-infographie-q...

I can describe what it means and how it works in English, but do they have this at Westminster and if so, what do they call it?

Thank you.

(FRFR>UKEN)

ph-b (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 5 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 94 France
Local time: 01:34

niche parlementaire (one day per ordinary session of the Assembly where the opposition parties set )

Explanation:
the agenda)

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oh, there is an equivalent

https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/oppositi...

Opposition Days

Opposition days are days allocated in the House of Commons for the discussion of subjects chosen by the opposition (non-government) parties. There are 20 days allocated for this purpose per session (under Standing Order 14).

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Although I think the French term is more restricted, so perhaps leave it as is with an explanation:)

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https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220604-a-look-at-opposi...

LFI MPs also took advantage of their parliamentary niches, which were granted to the opposition groups so that they could set the National Assembly’s agenda usually established by the government.

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As far as I am aware we do not have the term "parliamentary niches" so I recommend explaining the term.

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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:34

Grading comment

Thanks Liz. You were the first to mention "opposition days" and I was able to check your ref. here: https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/opposition-days/ That answers my initial question .
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3 +2

Opposition day

Mpoma

3 +1

niche parlementaire (one day per ordinary session of the Assembly where the opposition parties set )

liz askew

4 -1

EDM - Early Day Motion in Parliamentary Session

Adrian MM.

Summary of reference entries provided

see

liz askew

Discussion entries: 8

ph-b (X)

France

ASKER

Thanks,

17:17 Nov 25, 2023

everyone!

AllegroTrans

United Kingdom

@ Charlie

15:22 Nov 25, 2023

Exactly. All depends on what the Asker wants the translation for.

Charlie Bavington

Westminster

14:52 Nov 25, 2023

In truth, ph-b very much IS asking for the equivalent at Westminster. Perhaps the Q is not being asked for the purposes of a conventional translation. If it were, some kind of ref to Opposition Day would be useful, although by the same token I might be tempted to expand a little (...the French parliament's equivalent to OD... that kind of thing, depending on the purpose).

philgoddard

United States

19:49 Nov 24, 2023

I didn't know they had opposition days in the UK, but my point remains valid - translation isn't always about trying to find the equivalent in your own country, and sometimes it's downright wrong to do so. Educational qualifications are one example that springs to mind.

Mpoma

United Kingdom

Not with Phil on this

19:23 Nov 24, 2023

The thing about "Opposition day" is that it is totally explanatory, and simple. A, um, day when the, er, Opposition gets to set the agenda and propose motions. The fact that the official English term is also nicely explanatory mustn't be a reason for turning it down. That would be silly.

philgoddard

United States

ph-b

16:24 Nov 24, 2023

You say do they have this at Westminster, but we're not looking for the UK equivalent. That would be like translating 'Eiffel Tower' as 'Blackpool Tower' :-)

This is not what translation is about, and it took me a while to learn in my early days. Some people, no names mentioned, don't care.

AllegroTrans

United Kingdom

Yes...

12:21 Nov 24, 2023

this is of course a good explanation, but unless your translation is to be for English speakers well-versed in French parliamentary procedure, "parliamentary niche" - without an explanation - will mean absolutely nothing.

ph-b (X)

France

ASKER

Just to add

10:38 Nov 24, 2023

that I've seen this https://globalhappenings.com/politics/297016.html of course. Feel free to comment one way or the other.

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

niche parlementaire (one day per ordinary session of the Assembly where the opposition parties set )

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 19

Grading comment

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

EDM - Early Day Motion in Parliamentary Session

Explanation:
> as we will recall from our 'earnest and grave studies' of UK Constitutional and Administrative Law, now coalesced into a subject called public law, alas confusable with public vs. private international (conflict of laws).

Nowt to do with pigeons' nests in UK Parliament: the passage of Private and Public Bills being through the House of Commons + House of Lords + Royal Assent 'necessarily' granted by the Reigning Monarch.

Example sentence(s):

Passenger pigeon niche : the habitat of the passenger pigeon was mixed hardwood forests. The birds depended on the huge forests for their spring nesting sites, for winter "roosts," and for food.
MPs may ensure the text of an EDM is printed in Hansard by mentioning it by number in questions to the Leader of the House of Commons after the Business Statement (normally on a Thursday when the house is in session).

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_day_motion

Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Opposition day

Explanation:
I am utterly at a loss to explain why Liz, having discovered the right answer, and it is indeed about as perfect a fit as you're ever gonna find in Proz questions, has not seen fit herself to dump her first, incorrect answer and do another.

Liz, if you do that I'll happily delete this one. It would be sort of bad for an answer headlining the wrong answer to just fester here, evilly breeding even more confusion, corruption and misconceptions than normal.

Mpoma
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:34
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Reference comments

6 mins peer agreement (net): +2

Reference: see

Reference information:
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/cordon-sanita...

Under the rules of the French National Assembly, each political group is entitled to a ‘parliamentary niche,’ i.e., one day per ordinary session of the Assembly, during which it can set the agenda and submit bills of its choice for debate. On Thursday, October 12th, the Rassemblement National, which has had a group of 88 MPs since the 2022 legislative elections, had its own day for the first time in its history. The group of MPs led by Marine Le Pen carefully worked out the programme for this day—a moment traditionally eagerly awaited by opposition groups, which have a margin for manoeuvre that they do not normally have. The RN MPs had to submit a series of texts on duly chosen subjects for consideration by their colleagues, which were both consensual—in order to gain the support of MPs outside of their political family—and in line with their programme and political priorities.

liz askew
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 19

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