voight [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to World News@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoSputnik — Niger Decides to Nationalize Its Water Sector, Terminates Contract With French Companyen.sputniknews.africaexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down13
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minus-squaremagnetosphere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·11 months agoThat French company doesn’t try to sugarcoat things, either. They’ve got “exploitation” right in the name lol!
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-211 months agoIn French and in Spanish that’s a word that is used for an activity that works with raw materials, besides the typical English meaning. “explotación ganadera” is a place where there’s activity with animals, probably a farm. You might have been making a joke, then the joke’s on me, but better to be sure. The company’s name could be translated to: The corporation of Niger’s water extraction.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoYeah, I figured it probably had a different connotation in French, but it still made me chuckle. I didn’t know the exact meaning that you explained, though, so I appreciate it!
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoApparently the name exists in English too, it’s just not widely used. Oxford’s dictionary has it as the second meaning.
minus-squareDreamer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·11 months agoThis shit reads like satire. It’s a clown world we live in.
That French company doesn’t try to sugarcoat things, either. They’ve got “exploitation” right in the name lol!
In French and in Spanish that’s a word that is used for an activity that works with raw materials, besides the typical English meaning.
“explotación ganadera” is a place where there’s activity with animals, probably a farm.
You might have been making a joke, then the joke’s on me, but better to be sure.
The company’s name could be translated to: The corporation of Niger’s water extraction.
Yeah, I figured it probably had a different connotation in French, but it still made me chuckle. I didn’t know the exact meaning that you explained, though, so I appreciate it!
Apparently the name exists in English too, it’s just not widely used. Oxford’s dictionary has it as the second meaning.
This shit reads like satire. It’s a clown world we live in.