French MPs recommend that Totalfina

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Subject: Re: French MPs recommend that Totalfina pull out of Yadana

How loose a translation of the expression 'soit fige' has our doughty
translator
given us here in saying that the parliamentarians recommended that
TotalFina
'pull out' of Yadana?

It's really not very clear from the fragment we have here what the
parliamentarians are recommending.  In saying that it would be opportune
for the investment to be 'congealed' or 'frozen' it sounds more like they
are against any further investment, certainly by French interests, in view
of the potentially damaging effects of a boycott.   



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I HAVE MADE A LOOSE TRANSLATION 

Now would be a good time to pull out of this investment, given that the
Rachaburi power station is still not operating.

"Il serait opportun qu'un tel  investissement soit figé d'autant que la
centrale de Rachaburi en thailande ne fonctionne toujours pas."