Paula Onofrei, November 2012

1.Organizing Ones Thoughts Organiser sa pense ( Organizarea gndurilor/ideilor ) Giving a structure to ones thoughts and ideas Structurer sa pense et ses ides (Structurarea gndurilor/ideilor) First(ly). First of all = Premirement= Mai nti...; Secondly...= Deuximement = n al doilea rnd...; Thirdly...= Troisimement...= n al treilea rnd; First and foremost...= Avant tout= nainte de toate...; To e!in "ith...= Tout d#a ord = Pentru a ncepe...; Then...$ext..= Puis...%nsuite...= Apoi...; &astly...Finally...= %n dernier lieu...Finalement...= n final; &ast' ut not least= &e dernier' mais non le moindre= n ulti ul rnd! dar nu cel din ur "...; At last...= %nfin (ex(ression du soula!ement) = n cele din ur "/ n final ...;

Making a transition Faire une transition # O trecere $pre o alt" idee% )oncernin!...= )oncernant...= Pri&ind...; As re!ards... = %n ce *ui concerne# n ceea ce pri&e'te...; As for+As to...= ,uand -....= (eferitor la....; .y the "ay...(informal) = Au fait' - (ro(os.. (informel) = Apropo...; &et#s turn to... = %nvisa!eons...= S" ne ntoarce c"tre...; $o"' "hat a out.../(oral) = 0aintenant' *u#en est1il de.../ = Acu ! ce crede)i de$pre...* 2Giving explanations - Expliquer = +nd e,plica)ii% .ecause of...= 3 cause de....= Pentru c"...; 4"in! to= Par suite de= +atorit"...; 4n account of= De fait de= -azat pe.; Than5s to= 6r7ce -= Mul)u it"....; For lac5 of For "ant of= Faute de = +in lip$" de...; For fear of= De crainte de= +e tea " ca nu cu &a $"...; 4n (the) !rounds of= %n raison de = -azndu.ne pe...;
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Paula Onofrei, November 2012

8n vie" of... Due to...= 9u :tant donn; *ue= A&nd n &edere c"/+at fiind c"..; )onsiderin!= :tant donn; *ue= /on$idernd...; Since...As...= )omme ...Puis*ue...= +in o ent ce...; Therefore...= Par cons;*uent...= n con$ecin)"....; So= Donc= +eci;

Bringing up ne ideas ! "#outer de nouvelles ides = 0ntroducerea unor idei noi...; 8n addition....esides...= De (lus...%n outre...= n plu$..; 0oreoverFurthermore= %n outre .De (lus= n plu$ (for al); &i5e"ise...Similarly...= De la m<me fa=on...= A$e enea... Si ilar; $ot to mention...= Sans ou lier... = 1"r" a uita $" en)ion" ...; 4n the *uestion of= Sans la *uestion de= Pri&ind c2e$tiunea; 4n the one hand...= D#une (art...= Pe de o parte...; 4n the other hand...= D#un autre c>t;= Pe de alt" parte...; $eed "e also (oint out that...(need est ici modal' d#o? l#inversion - la forme interro!ative) = %st1il esoin d#a@outer *ue...= 3$te ne&oie $" en)ion" aici c"...; Ae could also say that= $ous (ourrions ;!alement dire= A a$e enea en)iona; Ae must also ta5o into account that= $ous devons ;!alement (rendre en com(te *ue= 4re5uie de a$e enea $" lu" n con$iderare faptul c"...; $ntroducing exe%ples $ntroduire des exe%ples ! Pentru a introduce e,e ple... To illustrate my (oint...= Pour illustrer mon (oint de vue...= Pentru a $u$)ine punctul eu de &edere....; To ta5e+6ive an exem(le...= Pour (rendre+donner un exem(le...= Pentru a da un e,e plu...; For exem(le+For instance...= Par exem(le...= +e e,e plu / Spre e,e plu...; 8t reminds me of...= )ela me ra(elle..= Acea$ta i a inte'te de...; 8 remem er= Be me souviens= i a inte$c ....; putea de

Paula Onofrei, November 2012

Situations such as this one or that one...= Des situations comme celle1ci ou celle1l-.. = Situa)ii ca acea$ta $au aceea; Such situations as these....= Des situations comme celles1ci...= A$e enea $itua)ii precu ace$tea.

Su%%ing up! &su%er un dveloppe%ent # A rezu a; To summariCe...= Pour r;sumer...= A concluziona..; To sum (thin!s) u(... (formal) = %n r;sum; = Pentru a nc2eia / ntr.un cu&nt...; 8n a nutshellD.... 8n a "ord...= %n un mot.. %n ref= ntr.un cu&nt.../onci$; To cut a lon! story short (informal) = Pour a r;!er= Pe $curtE

'oncluding 'onclure ! A conc2ide; To conclude8n conclusion = %n conclusion= Pentru a trage o concluzie/ Pentru a conc2ide! As a conclusion= %n !uise de conclusion = +rept concluzie; All thin!s considered= Tout &edere/6innd cont de tot...; 8 "ould li5e to conclude y sayin! that(formal) = B#aimerais conclure en dissent *ue= A' dori $" conc2id $punnd c"...; 2(uancer sa pense) re*or%uler ses ides ! $uanFarea !7ndurilor' reformularea ideilorE 8n other "ords...= %n d#autres termes... = /u alte cu&inte...; To (ut it differently...= Pour dire les choses autrement...= n alte cu&inte/ Pentru a $pune lucrurile altfel...; This amounts to sayin! that...= )eci revient - dire *ue...= Ace$t lucru &rea $" $pun" c"...; 8t is tantamount (e*uivalent) to sayin!= )e *ui revient - dire= Ace$t lucru ec2i&aleaz" cu...;
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That is to say(informal) = )#est1-1dire= A$ta n$ea n"...; Ahat 8 mean is= )e *ue @e veux dire' c#est= /eea ce dore$c $" $pun e$te c"...;
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+i%iting ones point o* vie &estreindre son point de vue = /u li it" un punct de &edere; G( to a (oint...= Dans une certaine mesure...= Pn" la un punct...; To a certain extent...= Bus*u#- un certain (oint...= Pn" la un anu it punct...; This is some"hat ris5y= )#est relativement+ ,uel*ue (eu ris*u;...= 3$te oarecu ri$cant $"...; 2$ntroducing an opposition $ntroduire une opposition ! 0ntroducerea unui contra$t/ a unei opozi)ii .y no means must "e...(em(hatic usa!e)= %n aucun cas' nous ne devons...= Su5 nici o for " noi nu tre5uie $"...; Ae must y no means(non1em(hatic usa!e)= $ous ne devons en aucun cas= Su5 nici o for " nu tre5uie ...; $ot for any reason...(em(hatic usa!e) = Pour rien au monde...= Su5 nici un Pentru ni ic n lu e; 4n no account should "e...(em(hatic usa!e)= Sans aucun (r;texte nous ne devrions= Su5 nici o for " noi nu ar tre5ui $"...; Ae shall on no account(non1em(hatic usa!e) = $ous ne devrions sous aucun (retext...= Su5 nici o for " noi nu ar tre5ui $".... oti&/