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virage: suggested translations
Consult this page to find suggested English equivalents for "virage."
change, change of direction, conversion, departure, drift, flip-flop, move, movement, move to, move toward, realignment, reversal, shift, switch, transition, turn, turnabout, turnaround, turning point, turn to, turn toward
- relever les défis que posent les virages économique, politique et social / meet the challenges of economic, political and social changes
- un virage qui permettrait au Canada d’utiliser une source d’énergie durable / a change of direction that would allow Canada to use a sustainable energy source
- le virage technologique exige que les grandes industries se modernisent / technological conversion dictates that our major industries modernize their operations
- la proposition représente un virage radical par rapport au système actuel / the proposal represents a radical departure from the existing system
- observer un virage vers des services personalisés / observe a drift (shift) toward customized services
- faire un virage à la dernière minute / do a flip-flop (an about-face) at the last minute
- faire un virage marqué vers la démocratie / make a clear move (movement) toward democracy
- assister à un virage économique important / witness a significant economic realignment
- effectuer un virage majeur des marchés / bring about a major reversal in the markets
- le pays a pris le virage du développement durable / the country has made the shift to sustainable development
- prendre un virage vert / make a switch to greener energy sources
- un virage vers une économie de marché plus compétitive / a transition to a more competitive market economy
- depuis les 15 dernières années, l’agriculture a effectué un virage vers les secteurs industriels / in the past 15 years, agriculture has taken a turn toward agribusiness
- il y a peu de temps pour effectuer ce virage / there is little time to achieve this turnabout (turnaround)
- être témoin d’un virage dans l’histoire canadienne / witness a turning point in Canadian history
NOTE: In some instances, the verb phrase prendre un virage may be translated into English by a phrasal verb (e.g. move to, turn to), as in the following examples:
- prendre un virage vers l’innovation et l’excellence / move to (toward) innovation and excellence
- prendre le virage du partenariat avec la clientèle / turn to (toward) establishing partnerships with clients
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