A trust fund kid is a:
a kid [whose] whose parents put money in a trust for their child to use.
The connotation is that the family is rather wealthy.
What's the translation of "trust fund kid" in French?
Google Translate and Linguee didn't help.
asked Nov 4, 2021 at 0:17
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2In France, there are no trust funds as we understand them in NA. This article explains this fact: lesechos.fr/2001/03/le-trust-existe-presque-en-france-1052758 However, there are workarounds as seen here:lgdj.fr/… Cela dit en trouve au Canada: fonds en fiducie et fond fiduciare en Europe. Mais je laisserais l'anglais entre parenthèse. Kids with trust funds don't have to work and are financially funded by these trusts.– LambieCommented Nov 4, 2021 at 1:24
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2Un gosse qui vit d'un héritage en fiducie, Lien: docplayer.fr/… Me Caroline Rhéaume, avocate, M.fisc., TEP, Adm.A.,Pl.fin.– LambieCommented Nov 4, 2021 at 1:34
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2En fait la fiducie existe maintenant aussi bien en France qu'au Québec à part entière. Ça ne fait pas partie du lexique courant assurément. Une fiducie peut exister du vivant du constituant évidemment. Il s'agit d'un patrimoine d'affectation, c'est ça le fund.– 0-One-0Commented Nov 4, 2021 at 5:16
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1@Lambie While "trust fund" is a legal term, I don't think "trust fund kid" is. And the latter term might be used figuratively for any person who lives off the largesse of rich parents, it doesn't have to be literally through a trust fund.– BarmarCommented Nov 4, 2021 at 15:23
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1I think there's a slight difference between living off a trust fund and living off your rich parents, in that a trust fund kid will often have little contact with their parents/family (it may be grandparents' money) and will just receive money every month, while in other circumstances a child of rich parents may be living with parents. There is also a stereotype of the trust fund kid travelling the world and maybe living in Bohemian circles (e.g. John Paul Getty III). It's a case of cultural associations, so it may not translate.– Stuart FCommented Nov 5, 2021 at 11:43
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A literal translation won't work. A couple of idiomatic expressions with a similar meaning, assuming you mean that one:
un fils à papa
un gosse de riche
Both are derogatory. In France, "trusts funds" are not really known or used, so translating it to fiducie would lead to an unintelligible expression. The fils à papa and gosses de riches get their money from their family regardless of the method used.
Here is another trust fund kid definition from quora that more or less match my suggestions:
A trust fund kid would be someone who was the beneficiary of such a trust. You usually hear it used in a derogatory way to imply that the trust fund kid has probably never had to worry about money their entire life, because they have sufficient income from their trust to live a very comfortable or even extravagant lifestyle.
Expressio translates fils à papa to AmE Richie Rich defined by the Urban Dictionary as:
An adolescent/teen/young adult who grows up in a well-to-do family often perceived as spoiled and often tries to get by on family wealth lacking any discernable talent or skill of his/her own.
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4— Un gosse blindé (protégé par l'argent) — Un héritier rentier — « Il a le c*l cousu d'or » (familier) — « Son daron l'a fait baron » (argot plutôt entre-deux guerres) — Ses vieux l'ont bourré de tunes (familier) — « Il/Elle a de quoi, c'est de famille ».– PersonneCommented Nov 4, 2021 at 13:47
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2@Lambie just like translating the English idiom literally to French does not properly convey its meaning, translating the French idioms literally back to English does not either. I assure you, the translations proposed by jlliagre convey pretty much the same idea.– AetolCommented Nov 5, 2021 at 17:17
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1@Lambie je ne pense pas que le but de OP est d'entrer dans les détails des finances de la personne. Comme jlliagre l'a expliqué, "trust fund kid" évoque principalement certaines attitudes et comportements, et "gosse de riche" ou "fils à papa" évoquent essentiellement la même chose. Ce sont des idiomes, le sens littéral est secondaire, voire même sans importance.– AetolCommented Nov 6, 2021 at 14:27
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2@Lambie I'm not "manipulating what you're saying", I'm pointing out they don't mean the same thing as those French idioms either. Since they don't mean the same thing as either of the things being discussed, they're simply irrelevant.– AetolCommented Nov 6, 2021 at 14:50
The expression Être né avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche would have the same meaning.
As The Académie Française mentions, it comes from the exact same expression in English: born with a silver spoon in your mouth.
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This is not the term. Born with a silver spoon in the mouth is not the same as trust fund kid.– LambieCommented Nov 4, 2021 at 14:41
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2@Lambie I agree that it's not exactly the same but it's closely related, it conveys the meaning of being from a wealthy family as required. The other options "fils à papa" or "gosse de riche" don't have exactly the same meaning either, but this one is more formal.– ErwanCommented Nov 4, 2021 at 15:48
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2One has to decide whether one wants the legal bit to carry over. Unfortunately, the OP has not answered the question. Also, trust funds are often set up well after birth.– LambieCommented Nov 4, 2021 at 17:03