Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
en demande
English translation:
considering the employer is tied up with many other issues
French term
en demande
Maybe I am just being blind to what the author means, but any help will be appreciate.
The document is a suit brought by a Union against an employer during the renegotiation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the employees.
Here is the context:
12. Le ou vers le 16 août 2009, il y a eu vote de grève au scrutin secret parmi les salariés membres du Syndicat compris dans l'unité de négociation ;
13. L'unité de négociation comprend approximativement cent (100) salariés de l'Employeur;
14. Les négociations sont longues et difficiles considérant que l'Employeur est sur de nombreux sujets ;
Thank you in advance for your help.
Laura
| 3 | considering the the employer is tied up with many other issues |
MatthewLaSon
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| 5 | In demand |
Howard Cooper
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| 4 | have requests |
Emmanuelle Debon
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| 3 +1 | the Employer has a string of demands |
John Detre
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| 4 | is summoned |
Euqinimod (X)
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| 3 +1 | being questioned |
Vicky James
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| 4 | required (to make many changes) |
André Vanasse (X)
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| 3 | asking |
Phamanee Tougeron
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| 3 | claiming |
Michel F. Morin
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| 3 | challenging |
Julia Bogdan Rollo (X)
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| 3 | kept busy |
Marco Solinas
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Nov 25, 2009 17:16: MatthewLaSon changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/4938">Laura Hastings-Brownstein's</a> old entry - "en demande "" to ""considering the the employer is tied up with many other issues""
Dec 10, 2009 14:29: Helen Shepelenko changed "Term Context" from "I am having a hard time deciding how to translate \"en demande\" found in item 14 between brackets below in the context. Maybe I am just being blind to what the author means, but any help will be appreciate. The document is a suit brought by a Union against an employer during the renegotiation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the employees. Here is the context: 12. Le ou vers le 16 ao�t 2009, il y a eu vote de gr�ve au scrutin secret parmi les salari�s membres du Syndicat compris dans l\'unit� de n�gociation ; 13. L\'unit� de n�gociation comprend approximativement cent (100) salari�s de l\'Employeur; 14. Les n�gociations sont longues et difficiles consid�rant que l\'Employeur est <<en demande>> sur de nombreux sujets ; Thank you in advance for your help. Laura" to "I am having a hard time deciding how to translate \"en demande\" found in item 14 between brackets below in the context. Maybe I am just being blind to what the author means, but any help will be appreciate. The document is a suit brought by a Union against an employer during the renegotiation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the employees. Here is the context: 12. Le ou vers le 16 août 2009, il y a eu vote de grève au scrutin secret parmi les salariés membres du Syndicat compris dans l\'unité de négociation ; 13. L\'unité de négociation comprend approximativement cent (100) salariés de l\'Employeur; 14. Les négociations sont longues et difficiles considérant que l\'Employeur est <<en demande>> sur de nombreux sujets ; Thank you in advance for your help. Laura"
Proposed translations
considering the the employer is tied up with many other issues
That's how I read it. It is a bit confusing.
en demande = son attention est en demande sur de nombreux sujets
In other words, he's tied up with many other issues at this time; that's mainly why the negotiations are being carried out at such a slow rate.
I hope this helps.
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have requests
In demand
How you translate "sur de nombreux sujets" depends on the context.
claiming
challenging
**** there's always back and forth on union contract negotiations, my feeling is that in this case this is what they're referring to, that the employer is not requesting changes as much as challenging parts of the contract. Challenge is a synonym for demand...
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kept busy
I think this is really what they mean.
the Employer has a string of demands
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Emma Paulay
: This is similar to Michel Morin's reading too. I think the idea is that the employer was holding up negotiations by posing conditions all the time.
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Thanks Emma. Answers seem to fall into two broad categories - those who think it is the employer who is making demands, claims, requests, etc., and those who think the demands are being directed at the employer. Think Asker should ask the client.
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is summoned
United Kingdom
being questioned
"En demande sur de nombreux sujets" i.e. the employer's opinion is being sought on many matters (literally, he's in demand).
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-23 21:08:59 GMT)
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Being pursued on a number of counts
Discussion
Just as an FYI - I suspect part of your issue in posting and not having everything show up "right" is the use of <> to surround the phrase. Try using "" or {}.
I realize that won't fix the issue with accents/diacriticals, but should help, in part.
Thanks, everyone! Laura
Anyway, the sentence should read:
14. Les negociations sont longues et difficiles considerant que l'Employeur est en demande sur de nombreux sujets ;
One would think that a site for translators would be able to accept diacritic marks! I have removed all the accents, brackets, etc. from the sentence.