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agir sur des questions

English translation: Tackles issues like

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French term or phrase:agir sur des questions
English translation:Tackles issues like

19:57 Jan 20, 2016
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2016-01-23 20:54:10 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
French term or phrase: agir sur des questions
Contexte : communiqué de presse.

Phrase : « L'organisme agit sur des questions de non-violence et de démocratie. »

Je me bats un peu avec le concept d'« agir sur des questions »...

Merci.
Magenta Baribeau
Canada
Local time: 13:55
Tackles issues like
Explanation:
The agency tackles, or takes on, issues such as...

To give the sense of challenge/activism
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Helene Tammik
Local time: 19:55
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5Tackles issues like
Helene Tammik
5 +1take action on issues
Christopher Ward
4acts upon
Ellen Kraus
3acts on issues of non-violence and democracy
Dima Florina


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Tackles issues like


Explanation:
The agency tackles, or takes on, issues such as...

To give the sense of challenge/activism

Helene Tammik
Local time: 19:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Ward
2 mins
agree  philgoddard: Or campaigns. There are lots of possibilities.
35 mins
agree  Victoria Britten
52 mins
agree  Chakib Roula: Definitely agree with this phrasing.
1 hr
agree  Louisa Tchaicha
12 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
take action on issues


Explanation:
Hi,

"agit sur des questions" is often translated as "take action on the issues" or "acting on issues". Here you could simply say "The organisation acts on issues of non-violence and democracy".

HTH.

Christopher Ward
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Verginia Ophof
4 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
acts on issues of non-violence and democracy


Explanation:
Takes action concerning such matters

Dima Florina
Romania
Local time: 20:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Romanian
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
acts upon


Explanation:
vvAs some of the more difficult questions have been asked, the manoeuvres by organisations to either avoid the need to answer such questions, or to prove the ... interpret and act upon information of relevance to the longer-term survival and ...

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 19:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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