English term
Cote D'ivoire
Master's Degree in English Linguistics
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, African)
Works in: English to French, French, English
crossfire deaths
Since the RAB was established six years ago, it is estimated by some human rights activists to have been responsible for more than 1,000 extra-judicial killings, described euphemistically as “crossfire” deaths. In September last year the director general of the RAB said his men had killed 577 people in “crossfire”. In March this year he updated the figure, saying they had killed 622 people.
| 4 +4 | "morts ou décès par tirs / feux croisés" |
AmandineE
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| 3 | « dommages collatéraux » / « victimes de balles perdues » |
Gilles Wandel
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Proposed translations
"morts ou décès par tirs / feux croisés"
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Note added at 12 mins (2018-11-10 09:31:04 GMT)
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https://www.leprogres.fr/ain/2012/09/18/fusillade-de-priay-t...
Belgium
Legal, marketing, literary translation
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
« dommages collatéraux » / « victimes de balles perdues »
Définition du Larousse pour « dommage collatéral » :
Dégâts, dommages collatéraux, par euphémisme, conséquences annexes d'une opération militaire, touchant des biens ou des victimes civils.
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/collatéral_collatérale_collatéraux/17151/locution
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writeaway
: cross fire isn't the same thing as collateral damage or stray bullets. killed in crossfire isn't the same as caught up in cross-fire
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