"Pas besoin de verbe" or "Non pas besoin de verbe" in a bullet point

Question

I'm authoring a slideshow in French. I want to express something like "there is no need for a verb" in a bullet point. In English, I'd write "No verb needed" for the sake of brevity.

What is the correct way to state that in French? "Pas besoin de verbe" seems odd. Even though it is the way that you'd say it in day-to-day life, in an official document it seems grammatically lacking. Should I rather write "Non pas besoin de verbe", the same way I'd write "J'ai soif, et non pas faim"?

The sentence "Il n'y a pas besoin de verbe" seems to be an overkill in a slide bullet point.

Thanks for your insights.

Answer 1

Pas besoin de verbe is just fine in a slide show, including an "official" one.

*Non pas besoin de verbe doesn't work. That might be possible with a comma: "Non, pas besoin de verbe" but that would be a reply to "Besoin de verbe ?"

Alternatives could be:

Verbe optionnel
Verbe non requis

and the already mentioned:

Verbe facultatif
Aucun verbe requis

You might also add some opinion like with:

Verbe superflu
Verbe inutile

Answer 2

A telegraphic style is as welcome in French slideware as in English. With this in mind, you might translate:
No verb needed as Verbe facultatif
NO verb needed as Verbe FACULTATIF!

Verb needed as Verbe obligatoire
Verb NEEDED as AVEC verbe!

And variations thereof.

It's also OK to use richer typesetting conventions in slideware than in printed text. In addition to or in replacement of exclamation marks, you might want to e. g.:

• emphasize with different colors in addition to different boldness;
• anchor things of note with roadsigns, emoticons, check boxes, etc. in stead of bullets;
• attract attention with Post-its;
• etc.

The bottom line is, Whatever you'd dare in English goes in French as well.

(That's by way of typesetting only, not rhetorics: do not try innuendos w/out validation by a native. )

Answer 3

I'd use: Aucun verbe n'est requis, which can probably be shortened to: Aucun verbe requis. This gets you out of the avoir besoin thing.

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