"at the moment"

Helena F.B2Kwiziq community member

I translated "at the moment" as "en ce moment", rather than "pour le moment". I believe either one is correct, but "en ce moment" is not listed as an alternative. Would it be incorrect to use that formulation in this context?

This question relates to:French writing exercise "A professional phone call"

Freeform Writing Exercise B2

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

«Pour le moment» gives more emphasis to being unavailable 'for the time being', when it is known that unavailability will continue for a while yet;

«en ce moment» is more 'now/currently', without being sure that unavailabilty is going to persist for a (prolonged) time.

In the context of the transcript question that follows, «pour le moment» fits better, but I wouldn't self-mark harshly for using «en ce moment» !

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Helena F. asked:

"at the moment"

I translated "at the moment" as "en ce moment", rather than "pour le moment". I believe either one is correct, but "en ce moment" is not listed as an alternative. Would it be incorrect to use that formulation in this context?

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