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How do you say 'Trump's travel ban' in French?

liv84

Looking for a shorter way than 'l'interdiction de Trump contre les voyageurs qui viennent des pays musulmans' thanks

Reply 1

Ash8991

Oui, Oui, Oui! Je ne sais pas! Voulez vous couche avec moi, c'est oi Trumpe

Reply 2

Quirky Object

I'm sure people would know what you meant if you called it "l'interdiction de voyager" (in context ofc).

Reply 3

liv84

Original post by Sonechka

I'm sure people would know what you meant if you called it "l'interdiction de voyager" (in context ofc).

yeah i guess, just wondered if there's a particular name for it like we call it travel ban, as i can't see anything online

Reply 4

liv84

Original post by Ash8991

Oui, Oui, Oui! Je ne sais pas! Voulez vous couche avec moi, c'est oi Trumpe

are you asking trump to go to bed with you :wink:

Reply 5

philosII

You're right; it is 'interdiction de voyager'. Are you doing the edexcel exam tomorrow as well? If so, any predictions for the discursive essay?
http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/search?source=auto&query=travel+ban

Reply 6

Quirky Object

Original post by liv84

yeah i guess, just wondered if there's a particular name for it like we call it travel ban, as i can't see anything online

Nope, it's not important enough in Francophone discourse to have its own name like that; it's like how the reforms to labour laws in 2016 which were huge news in France became known simply as "le loi travail" but didn't get an equivalent moniker elsewhere. Also, if politicians have put a spin on the name of a bill, the version with the spin won't tend to get translated.

Reply 7

sophia1928

Maybe "le moratoire de trump sur l'immigration"
I.e. Trumps moratorium on immigration

Reply 8

Reality Check

As with so many things in French, the inability to use bare nouns as adjectives leads to some clumsy and verbose constructions. Have a look at this article from Le Figaro for some synonyms - these are fairly current, and I've certainly used some of these constructions when discussing it in France recently.

Reply 9

liv84

Original post by Reality Check

what a lifesaver thanks man

Reply 10

Reality Check

Original post by liv84

what a lifesaver thanks man

You're absolutely welcome :smile:

Good luck with it - it's a good, current topic and you can get some really good writing out of it.

Reply 11

rockrunride

Moratoire sounds very good.

Try "Moratoire de Trump sur l'entrée des ressortisants de 7 pays musulmans" for the full gamut.

"Moratoire de Trump sur l'immigration" works in short.