to hold forth

The system for calculating the minimum rates of excise duty is highly complex, and I do not propose to hold forth on that subject here, since only a handful of specialists understand it in any case.
C'est un système très compliqué de calcul des taux minimum d'imposition sur lequel je ne m'étendrai pas car seuls le comprennent quelques rares spécialistes.
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I am not going to hold forth about the regime in Burma - which I think we all agree on - as Mr Bertens, Mrs Maij-Weggen and Mr Vecchi have just described it.
Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, chers collègues, je ne vais pas m'étendre sur la nature du régime birman - je pense que nous sommes tous d'accord -. M. Bertens, Mme Maij-Weggen et M. Vecchi viennent d'en parler.
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