travail de fourmi

Sysko fait un travail de fourmi.
Sysko works like an ant.
- C'est un travail de fourmi.
That's a lot of work.
Il est vrai qu'il existe un véritable travail de fourmi engagé par de nombreuses organisations qui, village après village, région après région, informent, éduquent et incitent au changement.
Nevertheless many organizations are making tremendous efforts in village after village and region after region to inform, educate and instigate change.
"Et, au mois d'août dernier, après des années de travail de fourmi de nos services de renseignement, j'ai été informé de l'existence d'une possible piste vers Ben Laden.
Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden.
Je remercie d'ailleurs M. Podesta pour son véritable travail de fourmi, pour sa patience, pour la diplomatie qu'il a déployée au sein du groupe PPE et lors des nombreuses réunions de travail.
I also wish to thank Mr Podesta for his truly carthorse work, his patience and his diplomacy within the PPE Group and at many working meetings.
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