a future tethered to

French translation: un avenir lié à

14:19 Jan 9, 2019
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Journalism
English term or phrase: a future tethered to
un avenir lié à ?? (dans le sens de dependence negative, la consequence d'un mauvais calcul, d'une mauvaise decision)
Nazzaz
Algeria
Local time: 10:33
French translation:un avenir lié à
Explanation:
tethered is not necessarily pejorative (hi-tech tethered journalism). It may become pejorative if you emphasize journalism's ties to big corporations or political parties.
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Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 05:33
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2un avenir lié à
Francois Boye
4un avenir soumis à / otage de la Chine
FX Fraipont (X)
3un avenir plombé par
John Peterson
3un avenir tributaire de
polyglot45


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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
un avenir plombé par


Explanation:
S'il s'agit de qch de mauvais

John Peterson
Local time: 09:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
un avenir lié à


Explanation:
tethered is not necessarily pejorative (hi-tech tethered journalism). It may become pejorative if you emphasize journalism's ties to big corporations or political parties.

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 05:33
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Francois, and thank you for the explanation.

Asker: @polyglot45 Tout à fait d'accord. 'Fatalement lié' traduit parfaitement l'idée de la dependence.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eliza Hall: This is the exact meaning (tied, bound, connected), and tethered, like lié, has no negative or positive connotation. Any value judgment comes from the object (what you're tethered to) and context.
18 mins

agree  GILOU
20 mins

agree  Anne Bohy
23 mins

agree  Renvi Ulrich: Simple, clair et exact. Bien vu, François!
2 hrs

neutral  polyglot45: pour moi, "tethered to" va au-delà de "lié" : fatalement lié ?
19 hrs

disagree  B D Finch: "Tethered to" isn't the same as "lié à" because it includes the idea of not being able to get away. It's also derived from tethering animals. Therefore, there is a negative connotation.
21 hrs

disagree  Daryo: Have to agree with B D Finch // a neutral "lié" would more apply to a love marriage, not really to a shotgun marriage, or under duress.
1 day 9 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
un avenir tributaire de


Explanation:
selon le contexte

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 40
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci!

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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
un avenir soumis à / otage de la Chine


Explanation:
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Note added at 18 hrs (2019-01-10 09:18:00 GMT)
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@asker
"tether" implique bien une critique.
Définition :
"a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement. "
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tether?s=t

a country that is tethered to an investor (China) forfeits its freedom.

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 10:33
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 93
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci bien. Vous avez bien deviné le contexte ! Mais je me demande si l'utilisation de 'otage de' ne rajouterait pas une connotation plus forte alors que peut être l'auteur n'avait pas spécialement une intention de juger ou critiquer ?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Eliza Hall: Otage de could work (but not soumis), because it does contain an echo of being bound to something.
12 mins

neutral  Daryo: I don't think they make it look so much negative in this text
1 day 8 hrs
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