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Questions concernant l'équivalent français d'une expression ou d'un mot d'une autre langue.
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Why is this sentence wrong? “Quelle idée est-ce qu'ils choisissent ?”
I wanted to translate this sentence on Duolingo:
"Which idea are they choosing?"
I used:
"quelle idée est-ce qu'ils choisissent"
I believe I could use the following sentences instead:
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Definition of ssé
In Stromae’s song, “avf”, Maître Gims says
J'ai rien de ssé-ca
What does “ssé” mean in this context?
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What does the “En principe” mean here (Camus' L'Étranger) ?
I was reading L'Étranger by Albert Camus and came upon the following text:
En principe, l'enterrement est fixé à dix heures du matin. Nous avons pensé que vous pourrez ainsi veiller la disparue.
I'...
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Could you help me understand a pun?
I am translating a text and the whole idea is:
A student is late for his class and he starts making up a story about a werewolf (loup-garou) chasing him and when the teacher gets bored he shouts, ...
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Please help me name my wine
I'm sure that's a weird topic but here's a little background. Three couples in California went in to make wine together and we have become friends through the process. I wanted to name my wine (in ...
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Why is “follow with her eyes” translated as “suivre des yeux” and not “suivre de ses yeux”?
Where does the “her” go. The phrase “Following me with her ears” would be translated as “Elle me suit avec ses oreilles”. But, the possessive pronoun “ses” is nowhere to be found when “des” is used ...
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The difference between “avoir intérêt que” & “avoir intérêt à ”
I want to know the difference & the meaning of "v.avoir+intérêt+que" & "v.avoir+intérêt+à"
and what's the meaning of
" J'avais intérêt que j'y arrive "
and thanks🌸🌸
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What's the meaning of “Bien sûr je veux mon palais mais racontez pas vos salades”
I cannot understand what the meaning of "Bien sûr je veux mon palais mais racontez pas vos salades" is.
I could not understand the first part of the phrase because I know that "raconter des salades" ...
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Usage of the number “101” in French to mean introductory level of learning or the most basic knowledge of something
The term (101) was first introduced by the University of Buffalo in 1929.
It was used as a course catalog, the first known usage of the term by
Oxford English Dictionary. Based on this usage, the ...
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Mettre du beurre dans les épinards
After doing some light research I found idiomatic translations such as
we could use the extra
to grease the wheels
make lemons into lemonade
put butter on your bread
I'm somewhat confused. I ...
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What does “Après, vous vous êtes embrassés?” mean?
Does this question simply mean:
1-"After that, you kissed each other?"
Or does it have a more complex meaning depending on the context like:
2-"After you kissed each other [you went to the Eiffel ...
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mistranslation of comme ci, comme ça as now good, now bad?
In the famous book Le petit prince, I've read the following sentence:
Alors je tâtonne comme ci et comme ça, tant bien que mal.
And in an English version (translated by Katherine Woods maybe), it ...
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What is the translation of moon overhead and moon underfoot in hunting context ?
For hunting purposes, some hunters follow the moon phases to hunt accordingly. There a two important moments:
When the moon is directly overhead in the sky (moon overhead)
When the moon is directly ...
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What does « nombre de lits aux permit means? » [closed]
I was looking at news regarding pandemic and saw “lits aux permit” in « % de résidents sur le nombre de lits au permits »
What does « nombre de lits aux permit means? »
Is it like number of people ...
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petits veinards - figurative translation
Ils ont permis à des petits veinards de devenir millionnaires du jour
au lendemain.
Google Translate gives: They made little guys become millionaires overnight.
Linguee.com translates veinard as ...
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“From Russia with Love” versus “Bons Baisers de Russie”
I know that several times the original American (or British) title of a film was conveyed differently in France (and other languages as well).
If a literal transation was done, would it have beeen :
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Conveying the meaning of “This is one hell of…”
"hell of or one hell of" is used to emphasize that something is very good, very bad, or very big.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/a-one-hell-of
Speeking about the drumming in ...
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Closest translation to the colloquial 'gotta say' / 'I gotta say'
Just looking for the closest translation to the usage of 'gotta say' or 'I gotta say' in English. It's hard to explain the usage, so I'll just use it in an example sentence in both languages. Closed ...
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How to convey the sense of “scare the bejesus out of me”
Scare the bejesus out of sb: to frighten, annoy, bore, etc. someone very much [Cambridge].
Scare the bejesus out of sb: To shock or frighten one very suddenly or severely. ("Bejesus," a mild ...
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Translation of “un stratège dans l’âme”
Un stratège dans l’âme
Is this an official term in gambling, or a French expression? How should it be translated to English?
Original sentence is
Êtes-vous plutôt un stratège dans l'âme ?
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Comment transposer « to pull shenanigans » dans un contexte informel ?
We're the two largest trading partners anywhere in the world. It's
like one of your family members [says], 'OK, you go starve, and we'll
go feast on the rest of the meal.' I'm just so disappointed ...
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How to differentiate “him” as “le”, and “him” as “lui”?
I'm going to see him
Je vais le voir
It is for him
C'est pour lui
What's a good rule of thumb to predict when him is le, and when him is lui?
(There's a technical explanation here, but it's ...
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Quel est le sens de «cela tourne et se tient»?
Comment traduire l'expression «cela tourne et se tient» dans la citation suivante?
Elle se souvient, après les coups de Samir, après la torture du
tatouage, de ces mois à repousser la mort, ...
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What translation best captures the feeling of « ça veut dire »?
I've seen that « ça veut dire » means "it means", however, I'm wondering about the exact feeling of the phrase. It is more like "that is to say" or "in other words"?
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Unable to find exact meaning of Title of the paper which is in French
I am a masters student in Mathematics in an Asian Country.
I am self studying a research paper which is originally in French. I am fluent in English and Hindi.
I used Google Translator for ...
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How to translate “Summoners War”?
I was wondering what was the best translation of "Summoners War" (which is the name a rather famous mobile game).
I was thinking about "Guerre des invocateurs" but the missing apostrophe ( (why "...
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How to say “Completely Custom-Built” in a title in French? [closed]
Salut!
I want to say "Completely Custom-Built". The context is for applications and software but this is the exact title I want to use and I'm not looking for a title like custom-built apps, etc.
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Comment exprimer « with source tuning » (à propos d'un logiciel sous lequel on évalue la performance d'un processeur) ?
Dans un graphique on compare la performance de processeurs sous un logiciel (Weather Research and Forecasting Model) et on oppose « out of the box » à « w/ src tuning » (with source tuning). À l'...
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Translate “avant la lettre” and “à force de servir” [closed]
Auteur: Godard, Henri
Titre: "Céline et cie"
Editions Gallimard 2020
Referring to the work of novelists from de Balzac to Tolstoy, Godard writes:
“Ceux-ci s’étaient proposé avant tout de ...
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Comment traduire « arbitrary code execution » ?
On a le arbitrary code execution dans le domaine de la sécurité informatique dont on dit d'une partie dans une ébauche d'article sur Wikipédia qu'elle consiste en l'« action à faire faire à une ...
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Comment exprimer le « unhoard » de performances vidéoludiques ?
Le contexte est celui de la performance vidéoludique (speedrun) où l'on peut trouver un emploi de jargon d'usage très limité en langue anglaise: le unhoard et en contexte ça ressemble à la ...
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“I apologize for the inconvenience”, “Je m'excuse pour l'inconvenient” et “Je tiens à m'excuser pour la gêne occasionnée”
Dans quel contexte
"I apologize for the inconvenience"
peut-être rendue par
"Je m'excuse pour l'inconvenient"
et
dans quel contexte par
"Je tiens à m'excuser pour la gêne occasionnée"
?
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Does voyage souvent make sense?
I am trying to figure out how to say travel often in French. I ran “travel often” through Google translator and got “voyage souvent”.
But I have two questions
Is the translation correct
Does that ...
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Usage of “hier” to convey “ yesterday” as in “I need this report yesterday”
Yesterday has an idiomatic usage which is basically a synonym for "as soon as possible".
I need those reports, and I need them yesterday. ≈ I need them ASAP.
We want to see them in a concert. ...
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Comment exprimer « to flip the script » ?
J'ai entendu l'expression anglaise (to) flip the script, « (slang) to reverse a situation, especially by doing something unexpected » (Wiktionnaire). Le contexte c'était la compétition et le style des ...
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Alexander the Great quotation: “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”
The other day I had a conversation with some colleagues about the role of teachers in the proper education of a student. I wanted to quote Alexander the Great:
I am indebted to my father for living,...
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Conveying the idea of “to hell and back”
To hell and back: through a very difficult or unpleasant situation
that often lasts for a long time.
E.g.
I have been to hell and back since my wife became ill.
Je suis allé en enfer et en ...
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“Basic conflict” en français?
"Basic conflict" semble être un faux ami (ça ne veut pas dire "un conflit basique/peu complexe").
On le voit dans cette étude :
Harmful traditions create a basic conflict. [...] This is the basic
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How to ask in French: “What is going on?”
Situation: A teacher, holding his lesson, is once more disturbed by a noise out of the classroom and asks the students "What is going on?"
Will he ask « – De quoi s'agit-il ? » or « Qu'est-ce qui se ...
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Transat, chaise longue, bain de soleil ou chilienne ?
Salut à tout le monde, je suis un interprète italien, je suis en train de me préparer pour un travail ITA-FRA dans le domaine de l'accessibilité des plages aux PMR, et je me suis trouvé face à un ...
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How can I use a French verb substantival? - For example to formulate a title?
In English: to live - living (Living on Earth): to cook - cooking (Title: Cooking of vegetables). I am specially interested in a substantival form for "Speaking"
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How to say in French: He lives voluntarily like a prisoner?
I want to describe a person who has psychic problems and is not able to communicate with others or to leave his direct environment. How can I say this in French?
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“Ridiculously” (expressing absurdly or unbelievably good, bad, crazy, etc.) and “ridiculement”
Remembering Rush's Ridiculously Good Drummer
ridiculous[ ri-dik-yuh-luhs ] (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ridiculously)
1. adjective causing or worthy of ridicule or derision;
absurd; ...
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Comment on traduire “une source de” en anglais? [closed]
Voici une phrase: "Une source de k symboles ayant une distribution P peut être asymptotiquement encodée avec H(P) bits en moyenne."
I'm wondering who to translate "Une source de".
I would translate ...
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Strange use of “c'est sûrement”?
In a children's book I was reading, a young boy says, "C'est sûrement maman. C'est sûrement le matin..." to his mom when she's trying to wake him up for school. It seems like the boy is saying ...
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Interpretation of “Deux droites confondues” in (mathematical) context
I am reading a French geometry textbook that says the following:
Pour ce qui va nous intéresser ici, deux droites qui ne se rencontrent pas (ou sont confondues) sont dites parallèles.
My English ...
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Saying how is it that you know French
How would you say:
"How is it that you know French?"
Comment est-il que tu sais le français?
Merci à tous.
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“ouvrier emboîteur” translation
What kind of work is "ouvrier emboîteur" per Le Maitron? I can't find enough context for a translation.
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Bon voyage vs bonnes vacances [closed]
My friend is going on a holiday this weekend. Can i say "bon voyage"? Or is it "bonnes vacances"? And what's the difference between these 2 phrases? Merci.
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Equivalent en français courant, et aussi en linguistique française de “mondegreen”
Quel est le terme courant en français, et en linguistique française (deux termes s'ils sont différents), équivalents à "mondegreen"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen
En espagnol, c'est par ...
