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avec le bémol de

English translation: with, on the down side, the fact that

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French term or phrase:avec le bémol de
English translation:with, on the down side, the fact that
Entered by: Charles Hawtrey (X)

12:09 Nov 24, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / general
French term or phrase: avec le bémol de
(Finale d'un tournoi de cartes):

Ce montant d’ores et déjà impressionnant est en
fait digne d’un grand tournoi à l’échelle européenne qui voit s’affronter les meilleurs joueurs internationaux, mais avec le bémol d’être réservé à une élite puisqu’une place en finale de ce genre d’événement coûte xxxx euros.
Stephanie Sullivan
Mauritius
Local time: 01:23
with, on the down side, the fact that
Explanation:
See ProZ glossary http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1494258. This suggestion is not the one the asker selected for her requirement but one of the other 4 answers.
The full phrase would therefore be: '... with, on the down side, the fact that only an élite can take part in the final as a place in this type of event costs xxxx euros.'
Selected response from:

Charles Hawtrey (X)
Local time: 22:23
Grading comment
Thank you Charles.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7with, on the down side, the fact that
Charles Hawtrey (X)
4 +2its disadvantage being
Carol Gullidge
2 +3although it must be said that
Jonathan MacKerron
4 +1but with the downside of
Donald Scott Alexander
4but the hitch is that...
Emma Paulay
3with the rider that.....
CMJ_Trans (X)
3but unfortunately only a select group of people can participate in the finals as it costs XXXX euros
MatthewLaSon


  

Answers


12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
with, on the down side, the fact that


Explanation:
See ProZ glossary http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1494258. This suggestion is not the one the asker selected for her requirement but one of the other 4 answers.
The full phrase would therefore be: '... with, on the down side, the fact that only an élite can take part in the final as a place in this type of event costs xxxx euros.'

Charles Hawtrey (X)
Local time: 22:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you Charles.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mistahara (X): http://www.wordreference.com/fren/bemol
2 mins
  -> Thank you, mh
agree  gerard robin
3 mins
  -> Thank you,herge
agree  Tony M
28 mins
  -> Thank you, Tony
agree  Jonathan MacKerron
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Jonathan
agree  suezen
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, suezen
agree  Victoria Porter-Burns:
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Victoria
agree  IC --
1 day 6 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
with the rider that.....


Explanation:
with the rider of being ....

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 23:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
its disadvantage being


Explanation:
its disadvantage being that it is restricted to the elite.....

depending on the register required, but this has the same meaning as Charles' answer, with slightly higher register

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  malligajm: it sounds crisper than Charles'answer
2 hrs
  -> thanks, malligajm! Yes, it depends on the register needed, and on whether it's important to be concise/crisp!
agree  gerard robin
21 hrs
  -> thanks, herge!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
although it must be said that


Explanation:
yet another

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
21 mins
  -> thanks, indeed a good option when getting paid by the word...
agree  Richard Benham
3 hrs
agree  suezen
3 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
but the hitch is that...


Explanation:
Je pense que c'est l'équivalent idiomatique.

Emma Paulay
France
Local time: 23:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 35
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mais avec le bémol de
but with the downside of


Explanation:
google ["but with the downside of"] -- over 64,000 hits
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="but with the downside ...

Note that many of the google results above are also followed by an English gerund ("-ing"), so you could continue with the word-for-word translation:

"...but with the downside of BEING (reserved for an elite...)"

I love translations that work word-for-word like this! :-)

Donald Scott Alexander
Local time: 22:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  IC --
19 hrs
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1 day 15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
but unfortunately only a select group of people can participate in the finals as it costs XXXX euros


Explanation:
Hello,

My try...

I hope it helps.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 17:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30
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