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What's the translation of round-trip transactions or round-tripping (finance) in French?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-tripping_(finance): Round-tripping, also known as round-trip transactions or Lazy Susans, is defined by The Wall Street Journal as a form of barter that involves a ...
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The omission of definite articles for the title of a book

I was just wondering if anyone knew why the definite article is omitted here: L'auteur de Rouge et Noir. Do you know the grammatical rule behind it? I have done a fair bit of reading and the only ...
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Where does the idiom "Allô la Terre" come from?

I’ve heard this idiom, or its variant "Allô la Terre ici la Lune" quite a few times. It generally serves as a call to get someone’s attention. Regardless of its meaning, it seems to be ...
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What is the correct mathematical language in French to distinguish between vertex and angle?

I was presented on Facebook by a French puzzle from one of my French relatives as follows: Combien d'angles possède un cube? With 2, 4, 6 or 8, as the possible choices. Now I know there are 24 angles ...
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Do the French say you're "in your 60s" when you're in your 70s?

Give that 70 in French is soixante-dix, do the French say that a 70-year-old is still in their 60s? The same question goes for someone in their 90s - are they said to be in their 80s? Or is there a ...
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Has the pronunciation of "que" changed in Quebec?

(Sorry, I don't know how to represent or read sounds phonetically.) I left Quebec 35 years ago. Now when I listen to Quebec radio, I'm surprised to often hear the vowel in que pronounced like the i in ...
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Nom, Prénom, Postnoms relative to US First, Middle, Last name

Trying to clear up VISA mistake by US Embassy Kinshasa DRC on Congolese citizen applying for US Green Card. Please explain French (in DRC use) Nom, Prénom, Postnom relative to US First, Middle, Last ...
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Accord du participe passé avec inversion du sujet

Est-ce que l'accord du participe passé avec l'auxiliaire avoir se fait quand il y a une inversion du sujet ? Les dates d'examen qu'ont programmé(es) les professeurs. Les maisons qu'ont construit(es) ...
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Quelle est la différence entre «tel», «pareil» et «comme ça»?

Spécifiquement, dans le contexte qui suit: Je n'ai jamais vu un tel gâteau. Je n'ai jamais vu un gâteau pareil. Je n'ai jamais vu un gâteau comme ça. À ma connaissance, la différence est la ...
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Tricky passage from Daudet

J'ai du mal à comprendre, et donc traduire, l'extrait suivant des « Notes sur la vie » d'Alphonse Daudet : J'ai le sentiment du ridicule poussé loin. Le ridicule me fait mal, je ris, mais je souffre ;...
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What's the translation of the adjective "smexy" in French?

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/smexy: smexy (comparative smexier, superlative smexiest): (colloquial, slang) Embodying the qualities of sex appeal and intelligence What's the translation of the ...
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One brother and one sister - siblings expressed in French

I have a story, translated from English into French, concerning a brother and his sister, who embark on a series of adventures. In the English original, the word "siblings" is used to refer ...
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Termes d'adresse (tu ou vous) dans une application mobile de motivation

La question / le problème : dans une application mobile dédiée à la motivation à l'activité physique, qui envoie des messages motivationnels aux utilisateurs, est-il préférable d'employer le ...
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Is 'p' in 'trop' pronounced when followed by an adjective starting with vowel?

In the following news (5 Mar) of RFI 60 % d'entre eux jugent que ces deux candidats sont trop âgés pour le poste de président des États-Unis. the p is pronounced. I may simply have a false ...
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Website that aggregates definitions from multiple French dictionaries in one place

I am looking for a website that gives definitions of French words but coming from different notorious dictionaries. As an example, being able to search available definition for a term that could be ...
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When does one pronounce the T in "-ut"?

In but, brut, and chut the t is pronounced. But in lut and fut it isn't. What is the rule for words ending in -ut, if there is one? Is it that it's silent for passé simple verb conjugations, but ...
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Figure de style : Question à laquelle on répond immédiatement

Quelle est la figure de style utilisée dans la phrase suivante ? "Qui serait capable de résister à un bonbon ? Personne!" Il s'agit d'une question rhétorique, mais existe-t-il une figure ...
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What's the translation of a "life-flight" in French?

To life-flight someone means (transitive, medicine) To transport (a patient) by air ambulance. What's the translation of a "life-flight" in French? Google Translate and Linguee weren't ...
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I wrote in a paragraph : Après la plage, une de nos coutumes préférées était de manger de la crème glacée, qu'on croyait la meilleure au monde!

I wrote in a paragraph this: Après la plage une de nos coutumes préférées était de manger de la crème glacée, qu'on croyait la meilleure au monde! I got it wrong! and lost marks. Teachers comments: &...
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it says > il/elle dit, ceci/cela dit, ou on dit?

Dans un contexte où on répond à une question en utilisant un texte qui contient les renseignements pertinents, pour exprimer «it says», est-ce qu'on dit: il/elle dit ... ceci/cela dit ... on dit ... ...
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Est-ce que les gens utilisent « Y a ouiq' » en français ?

J'écoutais la chanson « 200k » de Tiakola quand j'ai entendu « Y a ouiq' » comme paroles. Le français est ma deuxième langue, alors j'ai demandé à mon père et à mes cousins ​​ce que cela signifiait (...
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Plus-que-parfait, passé antérieur et passé simple dans une phrase

J'ai rencontré un passage de texte intéressant, où trois temps passés apparaissaient dans la même phrase : Rapidement, il parcourut la cave, le grenier. Il ne s’arrêtait pour ainsi dire point, ...
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What's the translation of "ratcheting" in French to designate a sequencing technique used in music production?

From https://learningmodular.com/patching-a-ratcheting-sequence/: Ratcheting is a Berlin School sequencing technique where an individual note in a sequence has its envelopes retriggered multiple ...
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Dialogue écrit en langue coupée

J'ai trouvé dans le manuscrit Guerre, un dialogue écrit par Céline en langue coupée. Le narrateur demande des renseignements à un artilleur dont la langue a été, effectivement, coupée par un éclat d'...
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Quelle est la difference entre 'en même temps' et 'au même temps' ?

J'ai vérifié, et les deux expressions sont utilisées. Voir: en même temps au même temps
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Comment traduire/exprimer le(s) « black hole(s) » d'une chaîne logistique ?

Comment traduire ou exprimer ces « organizational/physical goods/data/finding and reconciling... black hole(s)... in your procurement process / plugging black holes with enterprise systems » (source ...
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Is it correct to use "d'accord" to acknowledge request?

I know that (a standalone) d'accord literally means I agree, but at the same time it is used more broadly to mean OK (in English). My question is, does d'accord work as a response to a request? For ...
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Conditionnel vs subjonctif après pronom relatif

Je cherche un étudiant qui pourrait arroser mes plantes pendant les vacances. et Je cherche un étudiant qui puisse arroser mes plantes pendant les vacances. Est-ce que les deux phrases sont ...
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"Merci de remplir le formulaire" - s'agit-il d'une instruction ou d'un remerciement ?

"Thank you for filling in the form" is an expression of thanks but translates to "Merci de remplir le formulaire" which sounds like an instruction to do so. Is it necessary to ...
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Can someone explain me better how this grammar rule works? [duplicate]

I found a video where some one explains in french language you cannot use only the sustantive in a phrase, they say you must include a "detérminant" like an article. (1)so that you must ...
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Comprehensive French editions of foreign authors

Is it possible to find comprehensive editions of foreign authors' works translated into French? What do you usually call a "complete edition" or "anthology" of an author's work? ...
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Hyphen attached pronoun "se livrait-il"

Jules Verne: Les Aventures du capitaine Hatteras. In first chapter i've encountered sentence: Aussi, à bord du Nautilus, ancré non loin, un groupe de matelots se livrait-il à mille conjectures sur la ...
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"Faites attention. Soyez prudent(s)"

J'ai entendu une émission radio qui parlait de l'arrivée de la tempête Louis. En gros, le journaliste a évoqué le risque de violentes rafales et de fortes pluies. Il a terminé par : "Faites ...
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Erreur vs faute

Je crois que dans la langue courante, les termes "erreur" et "faute" sont souvent utilisés de manière interchangeable, mais ils peuvent avoir des nuances de sens différentes selon ...
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Where can I look up whether an adjective goes before or after a noun?

The accepted answer to "When do adjectives go before or after a noun?" highlights that it is somewhat arbitrary and hard to generalize. For a given adjective, where can I look up whether it ...
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à te regarder = en te regardant ? (à + infinitif -> gérondif)

Cette question est provoquée par le livre Je t'aime tant par Caroline Pellissier et Virginie Aldjidi. Il s'agit d'une histoire pour les enfants, assez répétitive, ou chaque strophe/vers finit avec l'...
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Can someone explain the difference please (je devais/j'avais dû)

what is the meaning difference between this two sentence?
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What does 'masurault' mean?

I'm researching my French ancestry and found an entry for my 7th great grandfather in Emigration Rochelaise. Google Translate can translate every word except for 'masurault'. Here's the phrase it's in:...
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Conveying 'So bad it's good' talking about movies, TV shows

"So bad it's good" is an expression used to describe something that is of poor quality or low standards, yet is enjoyable or entertaining because of its badness. This often refers to movies, ...
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How do we conjugate the verb right next to the conjugated verb?

How do we conjugate the verb right next to the conjugated verb? I know that we should use infinite next to the conjugated verb or preposition. For infinitive, if it's a pronominal verb ex : se ...
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Options to translate "La vie qu'on nous vend bien tracée"

The phrase "La vie qu'on nous vend bien tracée" in the song "Grandiose" by Pomme is usually understood as "The life that they sold to us" with negative connotation. What ...
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Quelle est la logique du dernier "que" dans "Qu'est-ce que l'amour ?" ?

"Qu'est-ce, l'amour ?" - je pourrais comprendre cette phrase logiquement. What is it, love? "Qu'est-ce que c'est, l'amour ?" - celle-ci également. What is it that it is, love? Mais ...
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Participe présent versus adjectif

Voici une traduction de quelques vers de Pouchkine par Vardan Tchimichkian : Le soir, bien qu'elle aille aussi vite, Habitués aux soubresauts, Sommeillants, nous gagnons le gîte Et le temps fouette ...
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Is mon chérie grammatically right?

Is mon chérie grammatically right? It bothers me, shouldn't it be "chéri". Google gave different answers and ChatGPT said it is right?
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What are some good French educational shows for toddlers?

A more colloquial way of phrasing the question is, Is there a French Ms Rachel? J'ai étudié le français au lycée et à l'université. Je l'ai appris en anglais, qui est ma seconde langue; l'espagnol est ...
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L'article indéfini 'des' & L'article partitif 'des'

I've got a simple but still tricky question about the word 'des', which is both the plural of the 'l'article indéfini' and one l'article partitif. My question is how to say which is which given a ...
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French dictionary sort order - what are the rules?

What are the official rules (or conventions or guidelines) used by French dictionaries to determine the order in which entries are listed? If I look at some entries in the online Dictionnaire de l’...
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Why is "de" used here rather than "des" in this duolingo question? [duplicate]

Could someone please explain why they use the second "de" in the sentence as i would have guessed "des" instead die to the fact that the object following it is plural. Here's the ...
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Il m'aide et mon ami / Il (nous) aide(,) moi et mon ami

Si on a des objets directs coordonnés, quelle est la bonne construction (ou la plus naturelle)? Par exemple: Il m'aide et mon ami. Il aide moi et mon ami. Il nous aide, moi et mon ami. Pour moi, la ...
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"ne t’inquiète pas vraiment" and "ne t’inquiète vraiment pas"

A native speaker friend said to me ne t’inquiète pas vraiment, je comprends !! It gave me pause, raising in my mind the question why it wasn't "ne t’inquiète vraiment pas", but far be it ...
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