Glossary entry (derived from question below)
français term or phrase:
montée en épingle
anglais translation:
after being blown up out of all proportion
Added to glossary by
suezen
Sep 7, 2005 16:42
18 yrs ago
français term
montée en épingle
français vers anglais
Autre
Agriculture
This is about a GM crop controversy:
Après avoir été montée en épingle au printemps 2004, la controverse est retombée comme un soufflet quelques mois plus tard
Après avoir été montée en épingle au printemps 2004, la controverse est retombée comme un soufflet quelques mois plus tard
Proposed translations
(anglais)
3 +8 | after being blown up out of all proportion | suezen |
4 | overbown | olganet |
4 | after all the hype in 2004 | CMJ_Trans (X) |
Proposed translations
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français term (edited):
mont�e en �pingle
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after being blown up out of all proportion
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1 heure
français term (edited):
mont�e en �pingle
overbown
the controversy is overblown
short and simple, multiple Google hits
...that **the fear is overblown**. In fact, a close look at the GM crop story suggests
... The controversy had devastating consequences for the GM crop industry. ...
cms.ifs.tu-darmstadt.de/fileadmin/phil/nano/schuler.pdf
At times the controversy is overblown, sometimes steering toward national book-burning mania depending on what papers you read or news shows you watch, ...
www.yeswonder.com/ViewFeatures.asp?ArticleID=2221
AgBioView Newsletter on Agricultural Biotechnology
... 'Contamination' Fears Vastly Overblown; 'Invasion' That Never Was contained genes from GM crops (see Nature backtracks over GM maize controversy). ...
www.agbioworld.org/newsletter_wm/ index.php?caseid=archive&newsid=2398
Either they wanted to reaffirm their belief, see what the overblown controversy was all about or to find something that they felt was missing in their lives ...
www.thetriangle.org/news/2004/03/12/EdOp/ passion.Of.The.Christ.Refreshing.Change.Of.Pace-632518.shtml
I do, however, expect absurd publicity free by news organizations and desperate attempts to overblow any sort of controversy to drum up interest. ...
www.worldmagblog.com/blog/archives/005874.html
short and simple, multiple Google hits
...that **the fear is overblown**. In fact, a close look at the GM crop story suggests
... The controversy had devastating consequences for the GM crop industry. ...
cms.ifs.tu-darmstadt.de/fileadmin/phil/nano/schuler.pdf
At times the controversy is overblown, sometimes steering toward national book-burning mania depending on what papers you read or news shows you watch, ...
www.yeswonder.com/ViewFeatures.asp?ArticleID=2221
AgBioView Newsletter on Agricultural Biotechnology
... 'Contamination' Fears Vastly Overblown; 'Invasion' That Never Was contained genes from GM crops (see Nature backtracks over GM maize controversy). ...
www.agbioworld.org/newsletter_wm/ index.php?caseid=archive&newsid=2398
Either they wanted to reaffirm their belief, see what the overblown controversy was all about or to find something that they felt was missing in their lives ...
www.thetriangle.org/news/2004/03/12/EdOp/ passion.Of.The.Christ.Refreshing.Change.Of.Pace-632518.shtml
I do, however, expect absurd publicity free by news organizations and desperate attempts to overblow any sort of controversy to drum up interest. ...
www.worldmagblog.com/blog/archives/005874.html
4 heures
after all the hype in 2004
the controversy deflated like a limp balloon
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