esprits chagrins

Pourquoi Sakineh, demandent les esprits chagrins ?
Why Sakineh, the disgruntled ask?
Les esprits chagrins disent que ce n'est pas assez et que c'est trop tard.
Disgruntled people say that it is not enough and that it is too late.
N'en déplaise aux esprits chagrins, l'ensemble des voyants économiques sont au vert.
Whether or not the pessimists like this, all the economic lights are on green.
L’autre portée par des esprits chagrins, souvent géologues ou anciens responsables du monde pétrolier, jugent que quelque chose ne tourne pas rond.
The other brought by disgruntled, often geologists and former officers of the oil industry, feel that something is amiss.
Certains esprits chagrins, mais ils sont de plus en plus rares, peuvent arguer que telles ou telles mesures ne vont pas assez loin dans tel ou tel domaine.
Some worried souls, albeit they are increasingly rare, may argue that particular measures do not go far enough in a particular field.
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