I want to say
When you text someone instead of speaking to them, it is easy to be misunderstood, and you could offend the other person.
How would I say this?
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Welcome to FL Élise. We do not use "Thank you" and "xxx" when asking a question on SE. "xxx" never at all.– NoneCommented Apr 10, 2016 at 8:05
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3When asking a question you are expected to say what you have found by yourself so far, for example if you have looked in a dictionary what deos it say? In short, do not ask for a translation.– NoneCommented Apr 10, 2016 at 8:15
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To repeat what Laure said, the French Language & Usage Stack Exchange is not a translation service! It's to help you understand things you're having trouble figuring out on your own.– temporary_user_nameCommented Apr 11, 2016 at 6:13
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5 Answers
«D'être mal compris»
Is "to be misunderstood". Voir le verbe comprendre II.2.a
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Pouvez-vous svp. préciser... II.2.a ?? Vous voulez dire II.A.2.a) ? Si oui, dans la rubrique syntagme ? le cas échéant quel élément ? J'aimerais comprendre le lien que vous faites... Merci !– user3177Commented Apr 11, 2016 at 9:10
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@user3177 Oui, exactement "SYNT. Comprendre + adv. : comprendre admirablement, aisément, bien (fort bien), clairement, difficilement, facilement, mal (fort mal), " Commented Sep 15 at 21:06
To answer the question in your title and given the context of the situation you are describing, the appropriate translation of "misunderstood" is "mal interprété".
As for your sentence, on way to go would be, for example:
Les communications écrites, contrairement aux communications orales, peuvent être facilement mal interprétées et sont susceptibles d'offenser leurs destinataires.
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"Mal compris" and "incompris" are the two most plausible translations. "Il est facile d'être mal compris" is better (because "incompris" is more formal).
I misunderstood. can be
Je n'ai pas compris.
J'ai mal compris.
Je me suis mépris (formal)
misunderstood (adjective) can be
mal compris
incompris
mécompris (formal)
The Micromégas answer seems to be the best to me
D'être mal compris
One could use for instance Deepl for translations like this and then posing here a question for a specific subject.
Lorsque vous envoyez un message texte à quelqu'un au lieu de lui parler, il est facile d'être mal compris, et vous pourriez offenser l'autre personne.
Depending on the context, pronoun you could be replaced by on
Lorsqu'on envoie un message texte à quelqu'un au lieu de lui parler, il est facile d'être mal compris, et on pourrait offenser l'autre personne.
answered Sep 21, 2019 at 20:22
