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113 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Sciences / Non-fiction books

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

saupoudrage

Context:

Évidemment, on ne convainc que ceux qui sont déjà un peu convaincus, et les sceptiques peuvent nous accuser de saupoudrage...

Lit. a sprinkling or a light dusting. Maybe in this context... Playing at the topic? Being lightweight? Inconsequential?

 

 

The answer of   See profile was rated best

the skeptics might/will perhaps accuse us of spreading, too thinly...

My references:

Collins Robert French/English Unabridged Dictionary