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English translation: moral obligation

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French term or phrase:contrat moral
English translation:moral obligation
Entered by: Mark Nathan

21:04 Jun 13, 2010
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
History / history of a wine estate
French term or phrase: contrat moral
En 1982, il embaucha un jeune directeur en la personne de XXX, qui à son tour se passionna d’emblée pour cette terre.
Il passa alors avec elle, sans le savoir, une sorte de contrat moral qui l’a conduit à être toujours, aujourd’hui, le responsable de ce domaine qui a été entre temps multiplié par deux.

From the history of a wine estate in Bordeaux.
Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 08:24
moral obligation
Explanation:
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Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 00:24
Grading comment
Thanks everyone
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4moral obligation
Verginia Ophof
4moral contract
José Mª SANZ (X)
3moral undertaking / commitment
Rachel Fell
2simple or informal contract
Claire Nolan
Summary of reference entries provided
liz askew

  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
moral obligation


Explanation:
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Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 00:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Thanks everyone
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, I was thinking along these lines, but am not sure how you can have a moral obligation to a vineyard (much as I would like to have one!).


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=partnership reciprocity mor...
55 mins
  -> a sentimental obligation can also be a moral obligation
agree  imatahan
8 hrs
  -> Thank you imathan !
agree  Jessica Edwards
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Jessica !
agree  ACOZ (X)
9 hrs
  -> Thank you ACOZ !
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
moral contract


Explanation:
A suggestion

Example sentence(s):
  • There are various types of moral contract systems
  • Still others may have negotiated forpinnochio themselves a separate moral contrac
José Mª SANZ (X)
Spain
Local time: 08:24
Native speaker of: Spanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
simple or informal contract


Explanation:
Definition of ''simple contract'':

(Law) any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Simple contract

informal contract
:any contract that is not a formal contract called also simple contract
http://dictionary.getlegal.com/contract-(1)



Claire Nolan
Local time: 02:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
moral undertaking / commitment


Explanation:


Business as a moral undertaking: the Matsushita story. - The ...
Business as a moral undertaking: the Matsushita story. - Born in a Japanese farming village in 1894, Konosuke Matsushita : Encyclopedia.com.
www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19754357.html

Business as a moral undertaking: the Matsushita story. - Born in a Japanese farming village in 1894, Konosuke Matsushita : Encyclopedia.com.
www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19754357.html -

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or ethical commitment

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
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Reference comments


56 mins
Reference

Reference information:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:IA6Kdn2...

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hardly any hits in English for "moral contract"....moral duty/obligation?

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-06-13 22:09:14 GMT)
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ethical obligation??

[PDF]
GRAPE AND BARREL NEWSLETTER
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
We have only one planet to live on and it is our moral, ethical and humanitarian obligation to do everything we can to protect and preserve it - if for no ... This season the wine grape extension team (Mark Chien, Steve Menke and Jim ...
winegrape.ag.psu.edu/docs/grapeandbarrel/GBv1no4final.pdf - Similar

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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