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alternance crédible
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Claire Nolan
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a credible alternative
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Strictly speaking, the "alternance" here is "alternance politique" and about alternating power. That is not quite the same thing as an "alternative". There may be many alternatives without "alternance". But "alternative" may be how the term is used here.
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a credible transition of power
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternance_politique
L’alternance politique se produit lorsque des partis appartenant à des courants politiques différents se succèdent au pouvoir. En pratique, l'alternance consiste généralement en un renversement de la majorité politique lors d'élections présidentielles et/ou législatives.
English version of the same page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaceful_transition_of_power
A peaceful transition or transfer of power is a concept important to democratic governments in which the leadership of a government peacefully hands over control of government to a newly-elected leadership. This may be after elections or during the transition from a different kind of political regime, such as the postcommunist period after the fall of the Soviet Union,[2] or the elections in Libya following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.[1]
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As a Chadian activist and Human Rights defender, and the coordinator of the Projet pour une Alternance Crédible au Tchad (Project for a credible change in power in Chad)
https://internetwithoutborders.org/internet-without-borders-...
| Transition would doubtless be a good rendering. However, "alternance" goes beyond a mere transition of power, it implies iteration, alternation, succession: one power, then another, another and so on. Transition is a change of state; "alternance" entails changes that occur over and over again. The organization in question does not advocate solely a change to another government, but a return to the democratic succession, alternation of powers. |
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: "Alternance" is about alternating political power, the transition being an expression of democracy. If the term is being used correcty in the soruce document, this would be an accurate rendering. The source may mean "alternative" though. ;-)
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Daryo
: in this case it's about creating/finding WHO will be the other party/political force to alternate to. In a dictature, dictators do their best/worst to eliminate any "credible alternative", so no there's no one to alternate to at all, no "alternance".
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a realistic changeover
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'Political turnovers, changeovers or swings to or from a different political angle or system denote the regular passing over (succession) of power from parties pr coalitions, within the framework of the long-standing (existing) institutions. The changeover is enabled by the presence of bi-parties, which are political parties consisting of two groups, affecting or made of two groups or parties, bilateral. A bipartisan agreement or changeover of power consists of two political parties, or it's supported by two political parties, and the use of a majority vote system.'
www.dictionary,reverso,net/english-definition/bipartisan
FR: "L'alternance politique est la succession régulière du pouvoir de partis ou de coalitions de partis, dans le cadre des institutions existentes. (L'alternance est facilitée par l'existence du bipartidisme et l'emploi d'un mode de scrutin majoritaire."
www.larousse.fr.dictionnaires/français/alternance/2560
Si une organisation lutte contre une dictature et un gouvernement totalitaire qui oppresse le peuple, l'organisation d'un changement d'autorité, pouvoir et commandement n'est pas facile d'immaginer.
Le gouvernement oppressif devrait remettre son autorité à une nouvelle direction, démocratiquement élue.
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https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/alternance/25...
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Succession régulière au pouvoir de partis ou de coalitions de partis, dans le cadre des institutions existantes. (L'alternance est facilitée par l'existence du bipartisme et l'emploi d'un mode de scrutin majoritaire).
It's about a country with ONLY ONE political organisation. To initiate any process of "alternance" you first need to have ANOTHER political force to alternate to, to find it or to create it. And a credible one.
Not easy as in a dictature, dictators do their best/worst to eliminate any "credible alternative", so that there is simply no one else to alternate to at all, no "alternance" feasible.
10 déc. 2015 — INTERVIEW - L'ancien chef de l'État estime que voter pour les Républicains dimanche permettra de «sanctionner» les socialistes sans ..."
If you're talking binaries -- left/right -- "alternance" is fine. But what if, in the example above, power went from the Socialists, to some other, imaginary, party on the left, that's not "alternance", left to right, that's an alternative.
The words are available in French to say something like "une transition pacifique de pouvoir".
AC/DC -- alternating, binary.
Conclusion: "something else", change/changeover (see Lisa's answer) is good, I think, alternative.
My example is the original text, except for Pluton, of course. What this organization wants is the normal succession of governments that characterizes democratic systems. The text is about an organization that wishes to put an end to a dictatorship that has been in power for a long time. I am here if you have more questions. Thanks so much.
Perhaps the author intended to use or should have used the word "alternative" in French?
Question and actual context are not clear -- can the asker clarify?