Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
à la charge de
English translation:
at the expense of
French term
à la charge de
Not entirely sure how to translate 'à la charge de' in this context.
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Charles Hawtrey (X)
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Dec 4, 2007 10:46: Charles Hawtrey (X) Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
at the expense of
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Clair Pickworth
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Thank you, Clair
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Nathalie Scharf
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Thank you, NatUS
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Victoria Porter-Burns
: I agree - after all, expense isn't always about the financial side of things - even if the "agent commercial" was assuming liability, as opposed to losing out financially, it would still be at his/her expense
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That's my feeling too: if he/she assumes liability loss of reputation could be worse in the long run
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Gaelle THIBAULT
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Thank you, Gaelle
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AllegroTrans
4 hrs
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Thank you, AT.
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Narasimhan Raghavan
: usually one says "at the risk and cost of"
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Thank you, Narasimhan
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malligajm
11 days
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Thank you, malligajm
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Adsion Liu
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