Re: a couple questions

"Not quite" he says

A master of understatement

"John of Aix" <j.murphy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Stewart Paterson wrote:
>> "Dez" <Dez@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Hi, I'm having trouble with these two sentences.
>>>
>>> The ****tion after 'en projetant...'
>>>
>>> Ils ont montré que le noyau d'un atome pouvait exploser en projetant
>>> au loin certains produits de son explosion.
>>>
>>> and I understand the words but not the meaning of this one below.
>>>
>>> Elle s'ajoutera au programme dont pâtissent les candidats aux grandes
>>> écoles ou simplement au baccalauréat, et n'offrira plus l'intérèt de
>>> la recherche.
>>>
>>> Thanks very much for your help.
>>>
>>> DD
>>
>> "while throwing out far"
>> The second one is messy, and would be easier to understand in context.
>> Pâtir means to "suffer because of" so it could mean:
>> Candidates who will be added to the programme include those who have
>> suffered because of large scools or simply at the bac and those no
>> longer interested in research.
>
> Not quite. More like "It will be added to the programme that has caused 
> great difficulties for the candidates to the 'Grandes Ecoles' [sort of 
> special university in France], or even in the Baccalaureat, and is
without 
> interest from a research point of view.
>