How to translate 'downturn of economy" to French

Hi folks,

I hesitate whether I have translated following sentence correctly;

Because of the recent downturn of economy she lost her job as company secretary
1)
En raison du déclin économique récent elle a perdu son emploi comme le secrétaire de compagnie

2)
À cause de la baisse récente d'économie elle a perdu son emploi comme secrétaire général

Please help. TIA

B.R.
SL

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Permalink Reply by Marc Vonhalmen on July 1, 2009 at 2:26am

Hi,

1) is almost correct, but it's "comme secrétaire de compagnie"
2) "baisse" is not the words that really fits in the economic context, déclin is better:
A cause du déclin de l'économie, elle a perdu son emploi comme secrétaire générale
OR ALSO:
En raison du déclin de l'économie, elle a perdu son emploi de secrétaire générale.

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Liu on July 1, 2009 at 3:46am

Hi Marc,

Thanks for your advice.

Do I need adding "récent" after "l'économie" ?
Do I need adding "le" before "secrétaire générale" ?

B.R.
SL

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Permalink Reply by Frank on July 1, 2009 at 10:18am

Hello Stephen,

You don't need "récent" (not "récente" because the noun is "le déclin", not "l'économie"), but it doesn't hurt either.

But you shouldn't add "le" before "secrétaire générale".

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Liu on July 1, 2009 at 4:50pm

Hi Frank,

Advice noted. Thanks

Continue;

She is now searching hard for a new job.
Maintenant Elle cherche durement pour un nouvel emploi (un nouveau travail ?)

But the opportunity is not so promising.
Mais l'opportunité ne promet pas si

OR
Mais l'opportunité n'est pas aussi prometteuse

Because the job market does not offer many vacancies
Puisque le marché du travail (emploi ?) n'offre pas beaucoup de vacances d'emploi

OR
Parce que le marché du travail n'offre pas beaucoup de vacances

Comment will be appreciated. TIA

B.R.
SL

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Permalink Reply by Marc Vonhalmen on July 1, 2009 at 5:07pm

Hi,

She is now searching hard for a new job.
Maintenant Elle cherche durement pour un nouvel emploi (un nouveau travail ?)
Beware: "search for + noun" = "chercher + noun", not "chercher pour + noun"
Maintenant, elle cherche désespérément un nouvel emploi (un nouveau travail is ok too) ("durement" doesn't really fit. "désespérément" doesn't really mean that she's desperate, but it's an adverb that we use when you try something several times without succeeding)

But the opportunity is not so promising.
Mais l'opportunité ne promet pas si
Mais les perspectives (d'emploi) se font rares.
OR
Mais les opportunités se font rares.
OR
Mais les perspectives (d'emploi) ne sont guère prometteuses.
When it comes to a job, "opportunity" = "perspective (d'emploi)" usually.

Because the job market does not offer many vacancies
Puisque le marché du travail (emploi ?) n'offre pas beaucoup de vacances d'emploi
Car le marché du travail n'offre pas beaucoup de postes vacants.
OR
Car le marché du travail offre peu de postes vacants.
When it comes to a job, "vacancies" = "postes vacants"

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Liu on July 1, 2009 at 5:59pm

Hi Marc,

I don't understand following words

perspectives = opportunity ?

se font rares = becomes rare ?

Car = coach ?
then how to translate 'Because'

TIA

B.R.
SL

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Permalink Reply by Frank on July 1, 2009 at 6:04pm

perspectives = opportunity ?

Yes.

se font rares = becomes rare ?

Yes.

Car = coach ?
then how to translate 'Because'

No, "car" really means "because".