La question fait référence à un mot, une expression, un texte en anglais ou à la langue anglaise directement.
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Comment traduire “Après avoir fait un tour sur la plateforme” ? [on hold]
J'étais en train d'écrire un email et j'ai complètement bloqué sur la traduction de la phrase
Après avoir fait un tour sur la plateforme
du français en anglais.
mais avec Google me donne ça
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French TV sites with English subtitles
I would like to improve my listening abilities post French A-level. I am currently struggling to find any sites where they have French TV/movies but with English subtitles. Occasionally you can find ...
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Bilingual books post A-level
I have about the standard of A-level French and would like to further my reading ability. What are some good/standard bilingual books to read? I am struggling to work how to best improve my reading ...
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each — they each realized their feelings / after each getting married
In the French language, I'm searching for a natural way to say,
I did think Dan and Mary were a perfect couple, but they each realized their feelings only after each getting married to a different ...
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than the number of real stars visible in the sky (comparative)
In the French language, I'm searching for a natural way to say,
In a planetarium you can see a lot more stars than real stars visible in the sky.
I'm having difficulty in how I should use ...
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« Covariate shift » en français?
Des idées sur comment traduire covariate shift en français?
Décalage covariant?
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“flyer” vs. “prospectus” and “il suffit de nous dire” vs. “dis nous” (translation)
I'm currently working on a translation (just for practice) and have come to a point where I cannot tell whether or not my translations would actually make sense to a native speaker. I have two ...
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connect with likeminded people and build networks (translation)
Ok, I'm working on a translation (just to practice my French) and have come to a point where I cannot tell, whether or not my translation is actually correct. To me "entrer en contact avec" and "...
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Est-ce qu'il y a un glissement de sens si on traduit l'adjectif « vrai » par « yes » en anglais?
Since "vrai" is an adjectif and "yes" is not, I'm guessing that its meaning become not really the same. Here's the example:
A: Bonjour ! Vous avez l'air très fatiguée C!
B: C'est vrai ! ...
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Idiomatic French expression for “blossom into (a star)” or “rise to become (a top player)”
En seulement une année, elle est devenue le n°1 de l’équipe !
Here I'm looking for a French expression (a commonly used, idiomatic one) to convey the idea of "sich entwickeln" in German. The "sich ...
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cool car / hot car
Context is bank robbery.
The gang set up a system with two cars : first car is a hot car, usually stolen, used for the robbery. The second car, the cool car, is the one parked not too far from the ...
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Why does “hein” have an exclamation mark in this section of Le Petit Prince?
I'm trying to translate Le Petit Prince into English, and came across this passage:
Alors vous imaginez ma suprise, au lever du jour, quand une drôle de petite voix m'a réveillé.
Elle disait:
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Comparison of French and English Tenses
What are some general sources (and discussions inside FSE) in which the French and English Tenses are thoroughly compared?
For instance what are the guidelines of interpreting in English the ...
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Question and query
In English there are two nouns, question and query, that they are almost equal but in depth they are a bit different to each other.
In a class or meeting: "Any Questions/Any Queries" are similar. But,...
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Confused about La Comparaison
What is the correct one?
Between Je mange la plus pommes and Je mange les plus pommes.
Thank you in advance!
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How do you translate “listener” or “callback” / Comment traduire “listener” ou “callback” ?
Salut,
Je suis en train de rédiger un rapport sur un projet informatique en français. Et je suis coincé dans la traduction du concept de "Listener" (Un objet qui attend que quelque chose arrive, et ...
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Le verbe totaliser
They (the pdf files) total nearly 12,000 pages in length.
Peut-on traduire le verbe total par totaliser comme ci-après ?
Ils (les fichiers pdf) totalisent près de 12 000 pages.
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Best Translation for “Faculty of Electrical Engineering”
I'm searching for the best, most natural and usual translation for "Faculty of Electrical Engineering" to French.
I see that there are possible false cognates, so I'm not sure if it is Faculté d'...
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“Perspective” ou “Perspectif”?
For a translation of English "Perspective". Google Translate says "Perspective" but my previous experience in French says that English words ending with "ive" end with "if" in French. I tried Google ...
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Genre de “log” en tant que journal : le ou la ?
Quand j'ai commencé ma carrière en informatique, à la fin des années 90, mes collègues, clients, et moi-même nommions le fichier journal la log. Sans doute par analogie avec la trace, comme on disait ...
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Comment traduire « anti-pattern » ?
Wikipedia propose d'utiliser l'anglicisme antipattern ou bien anti-patron. Le TLF définit bien "pattern", mais pas "anti-pattern". Je trouve que "anti-patron" seul sonne lutte des classes. Je ...
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Proper translation for “The Love Boat”
Would you say Le Bateau D'Amour or Le Bateau de L'Amour to translate from the English "The Love Boat?"
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What is difference between “Merci” and “Merci beaucoup”?
In english there is difference between thanks and thank you.
Is there a difference between merci and merci beaucoup ?
If yes .Is it about the person's age or the extent of my knowledge of the person?
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Is the term “online” used?
I know there's the term "en ligne" to mean online. What I'm wondering is, is the term "online" used as well? How commonly?
The context is, I'm buying a domain name for the phrase [french word]-online....
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Translation of tracking (as in following a trail)
I have created an website for my upcoming walk on the GR10 in the South of France. In English I have called it the GR10 trail tracker. The app's goal is to locate the user on the trail and tell them ...
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What is the best translation for “toggle” in the context of options?
In English, the word "toggle" means to switch the state of something with two states. Turn on if off, and turn off if on. In programming, it could be written as thing = !thing.
What would be the best ...
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Translation of “him” and “her” in French
I grew up in a trilingual household: French/English/Flemish.
(English & Flemish parents, Flemish school, French-speaking city.)
For as long as I can remember, my siblings and I have spoken a ...
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How would we translate “movement” and “motion” ?
In English, I understand the difference between those two words.
Motion is describing something moving continuously, while movement is more precise or detailed, as with a purpose and/or a direction. ...
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Le fait de prétexter
Existe-t-il un mot français pour traduire pretexting dans le contexte suivant là où l'infinitif ne suffit pas à en retranscrire tout le sens ?
Pretexting can also be used to...
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« He reconnoitred the ground personally […] » : reconnaître, faire (la/une) reconnaissance de ?
On a un sens du verbe reconnaître en défense pour « effectuer une reconnaissance sur le terrain pour repérer les lieux, observer la position de l'ennemi »(TLFi) ; dans le domaine maritime pour un sens ...
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« An unexpected shout-out to Halifax's historic north end […] » : nuances dans l'expression de l'hommage ?
Dans un article en langue anglaise sur le dévoilement du nouveau billet de 10 $ de la Banque du Canada à l'effigie de Viola Desmond incluant une représentation artistique d'un plan d'archives du North ...
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Translation possible pour le mot anglais “Outworld”?
J’essaie de traduire le mot “Outworld”, qui est un terme marketing, pour le site Web de notre entreprise mais je n’ai trouvé seulement “Outremonde” et “Extraversion”. Je ne crois pas que ce soit les ...
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numbers runner : gambling in the US in the 1920/1930's
This is related to numbers, a game in the 1920 and 1930's in the US.
A gambler places a bet with a bookie at a tavern, bar, barber shop, social club, or any other semi-private place that acts as an ...
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Un “compatriote” à l'échelle de la ville (ou du village) ? [fellow-townsman]
Je cherche à traduire a fellow-townsman de l'anglais.
Une idée ?
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Prononciation en français des mots d'origine anglaise
Je voudrais savoir quelle est la règle qui détermine la prononciation en français d'un mot d'origine anglaise (ou bien des mots d'informatique).
Par exemple, rugby se prononce en français ...
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How to describe a school “house”
I am trying to find a French translation for the word 'house', in the context of school. In England, schools are divided into 'houses' of students, like a group- this may not be a literal, physical ...
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“Springboard” figurative use equivalent in French?
En anglais on peut écrire
He saw the governor's office as a springboard to a national career.
Avec springboard signifiant starting point. Peut-on employer tremplin pour la traduction de cette ...
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Confused a bit by “évidemment”
I see évidemment used often in French, but don't feel like I quite understand how (or if) it maps to what seem like differing connotations in the English translations. For example, from Wordreference ...
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Le « tech backlash » : formulation avec l'adjectif ou la préposition et le nom etc. ?
[...] tous reconnaissent qu'après des années d'engouement sans faille,
il s'agit maintenant de faire face à un retour de bâton, le « tech
backlash ».
[ Les géants de la techno tentent de ...
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“To go bananas” in French / en français
“To go bananas” is an expression that is meant to describe a massive loss of self-control, usually caused by anger or an unpleasant surprise, but also sometimes by other types of disturbance that ...
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Translation of “caught in the act”?
What is the proper translation of "caught in the act" in French?
Quelle est la traduction correcte de « caught in the act » en français?
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In French, how do you say “How far along are you with X”?
In conversation with my friend, I said:
Tu en es à combien de nouvelles recettes ?
I wonder if my phrasing conveys the idea of:
How far along are you with (coming up with) new recipes?
How do ...
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Est-ce « que » est strictement nécessaire ?
Considérez la phrase anglaise :
It’s no surprise that she didn’t like them.
En anglais, le mot « that » peut être omis et la phrase reste toujours grammaticalement correcte.
Je veux écrire la ...
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In French, how do you say colloquially “X hit me right in the feels”?
This documentary film hit me right in the feels, making me bawl like a baby.
This is a colloquial expression that means more or less the same as "X got me emotionally". I'd express this idea in ...
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Why does “Je ne fais que regarder” mean what it does?
Apparently the below means "Thanks, I'm just looking".
Merci, je ne fais que regarder.
Can someone please explain this translation? I just see: "Thanks, I do not do that to look".
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In French, how to say “a face guy”?
Excuse me for being more of a 'face' guy, but I was drawn to her ocean-blue eyes and angelic face the moment I set my eyes on her.
"A face guy" is a rather derogatory term used to describe a shallow ...
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“No-brainer” as a noun in French
There are several ways of translating into French the idea conveyed by “no-brainer”, as in:
It seems like a no-brainer to improve standards.
Améliorer les standards ? Ça va de soi or ...
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Le « locationized gun » par géorepérage etc. ?
A locationized gun is one that uses electronic technologies such as
geofencing to restrict its firing to authorized locations [...]
[ Wikipédia, Locationized gun, je souligne ]
C'est-à-dire ...
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What does “Passe demain” mean?
My manager is at the office some days, while on the other days, she is at the other office location. I wanted to talk to her and so I asked her for the time when can I meet her.
Me: "Bonjour Marie, ...
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How to say idiomatically in French: “There's something about …, what with …, that makes me feel …”?
I just said in conversation:
Il se passe un truc, entre le parfum des roses, un manteau de nuages... J’en ressens une étrange nostalgie.
With this sentence construction, I wanted to say something ...
