Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Sans jouer à se faire peur, il faut bien savoir que
English translation:
Without being alarmist, the fact is that ....
French term
United Kingdom
French/Spanish to English Translation
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
Sans jouer à se faire peur, il faut bien savoir que
Sans jouer à se faire peur, il faut bien savoir que l’arsenal thérapeutique dont disposent les médecins est aujourd’hui limité, avec très peu de nouveaux antibiotiques en développement et la disparation progressive de « vieux » traitements.
I would translate it as:
Without risking scaring ourselves, it's important to recognise that......
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Many thanks
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writeaway
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Jul 15, 2013 17:59: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Finance (general)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "Letter regarding exit fro" to "(none)"
Jul 26, 2013 07:00: Jane F Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
Without being alarmist, the fact is that ....
Spain
20 years producing 100% natural English
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: English, French to English
Without wishing to be a scaremonger, it's important to recognise that...
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Huw Davies
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Sheri P
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Daryo
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philgoddard
: This only works if the article is written in the first person, and Writeaway's context shows that it's not. I think "without scaremongering" would be better, and more concise.
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AllegroTrans
: agree with Phil
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Yvonne Gallagher
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United States
\"The one-stop linguistic shop®\"
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Canadian) 
, English (Variants: US, British)
Works in: English to French, French to English, Hebrew to French, and 11 more.
Without playing on fear, it is important to know that...
If it were me, I might translate the whole thing as followed ----
"Without playing on fear, it is important to know that today the therapeutic equipment which doctors utilize is now limited, with very few new antibiotics in development and the progressive disappearance of "old" treatments."
I hope this helps you out a bit. Let me know what you think, cheers!
Without tripping on fear, it must be said that
Low confidence because I fear (!) my answer may be too slangy for a newspaper article. But you get the picture :)
Not wishing to be tripping on fear...
Not to be tripping on fear, it must nonetheless be said that...
Australia
Cosmetics, Tourism & Marketing - NAATI
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
While not wanting to drum up fear, the fact is that
Reference comments
Full context
Sans jouer à se faire peur, il faut bien savoir que l'arsenal thérapeutique dont disposent les médecins est aujourd'hui limité, avec très peu de nouveaux antibiotiques en développement et la disparition progressive de "vieux" traitements. C'est pourquoi mieux prescrire les antibiotiques est devenu une urgence absolue.
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http://www.lepoint.fr/editos-du-point/anne-jeanblanc/antibio...
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