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French term or phrase:
rencontrent
English translation:
dovetail with
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Claire Nolan
Jun 1, 2018 16:28
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rencontrent
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A document talking about the biotechnology revolution. Am unsure what this part of the sentence is trying to say.
Parce qu’elles sont d’application générale, à de multiples secteurs, et rencontrent à la fois les progrès du traitement de l’information et de la miniaturisation, ces technologies ont un potentiel d’impact sur nos économies et nos sociétés dépassant probablement la révolution des technologies de l’information.
Parce qu’elles sont d’application générale, à de multiples secteurs, et rencontrent à la fois les progrès du traitement de l’information et de la miniaturisation, ces technologies ont un potentiel d’impact sur nos économies et nos sociétés dépassant probablement la révolution des technologies de l’information.
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Jun 7, 2018 12:15: Claire Nolan Created KOG entry
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dovetail with
"dovetail with progress in the fields of information processing and miniaturization"
(along the same lines as Philippa's answer)
or "mesh with"
(along the same lines as Philippa's answer)
or "mesh with"
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erwan-l
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writeaway
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Philippa Smith
Native in English
Specializes in field
29 years turning out perfect English
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
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relate to
...is one option. "is connected to", "ties into", etc. etc. are others.
I read it as saying the technologies link into those other, topical areas, thus increasing their impact.
I read it as saying the technologies link into those other, topical areas, thus increasing their impact.
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are faced with
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/it-moral-values/
12 Jun 2012 - Information technology is now ubiquitous in the lives of people across the globe. .... the ethics of the process of developing emerging technologies (Moor 2008). .... of both the user and those providing access to the information .... Thus the designers of information technologies are constantly faced with ..
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are faced with
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/it-moral-values/
12 Jun 2012 - Information technology is now ubiquitous in the lives of people across the globe. .... the ethics of the process of developing emerging technologies (Moor 2008). .... of both the user and those providing access to the information .... Thus the designers of information technologies are constantly faced with ..
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
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bring together
These technologies bering together ... blah, blah and blah ...
Many other options. Thesaurus will unearth more suggestions.
Many other options. Thesaurus will unearth more suggestions.
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philgoddard
: Or combine.
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Odette Grille (X)
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Francois Boye
: rencontrer = to meet in English. That's the basic meaning.
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It's the BASIC meeting, but it doesn't make alot of sense in this text; "to bring together" is an extrapolation from "to meet"
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Anita Planchon
Australia
Australia
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Australia
Words Tasmania
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Works in: French to English, Creoles & Pidgins (English-based Other) to English, English to Creoles & Pidgins (English-based Other), and 1 more.
are subject to
Both of these things are having an impact on the technologies, so they are "subject to" these influences.
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nweatherdon
Canada
Canada
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Canada
Economics, finance and biosciences
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
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are at the intersection of
biotechnologies being highly related to data processing methods (whether in the lab for analysis relating to chemicals and bio-molecules, or in the field to estimate optimal usage) and also miniaturization (maybe not quite the appropriate word because they are probably referring to stuff being small when talking about molecules, and not about, say, industrial production of microchips or nanomaterials enabling to have embedded softwares and analysis in cheaper and more portable tools.
In other words, I don't think it's about explicitly the act of 'bringing them together', or that it's quite saying that the general subject 'dovetails with' the two next subjects despite them all being quite related and that being easily stated for very similar contexts.
Instead, it's like saying that where 1) data processing methods and 2) miniaturization (or whatever) **meet/intersect** -- among the things which are found there, is also "ces technologies".
In other words, I don't think it's about explicitly the act of 'bringing them together', or that it's quite saying that the general subject 'dovetails with' the two next subjects despite them all being quite related and that being easily stated for very similar contexts.
Instead, it's like saying that where 1) data processing methods and 2) miniaturization (or whatever) **meet/intersect** -- among the things which are found there, is also "ces technologies".
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Francois Boye
United States
United States
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Specializes in field
United States
An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
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draw on
Biotechnology is not self-centered. It is open (the idea of meeting that the verb 'rencontrer' expresses in French) to exploring and keeping abreast of other technologies in view to enlarging biotechnology's tools and approaches
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AllegroTrans
: In your "neutral" to my own answer you say this means "to meet". So how does "draw on" square with that?
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