Nov 20, 2004 19:06
19 yrs ago
English term
Let's not pull up stumps
Homework / test
English to French
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Let's not pull up stumps and just say "We've done enough, the rest is down to biology"
Racking my brains to think of an equivalent phrase in French.
Racking my brains to think of an equivalent phrase in French.
Proposed translations
(French)
3 +2 | N'en restons pas là | jemo |
4 +2 | ne baissons pas les bras | CMJ_Trans (X) |
4 +1 | jeter l'éponge | Dr Sue Levy (X) |
4 +1 | Accomplissons notre travail jusqu'à la fin | Arroger |
3 | On arrête les frais et on laisse faire la nature... | Sophie Raimondo |
3 -1 | Ne coupons pas les cheveux en quatre | Johanne Bouthillier |
Proposed translations
+2
13 hrs
Selected
N'en restons pas là
une autre suggestion...
Peer comment(s):
agree |
manouche
: oui, je pense que l'expression est juste et pertinente ici puisqu'elle implique une reconnaissance de ce qui a été fait et laisse la porte ouverte à autre chose.
2 hrs
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agree |
Sophie Raimondo
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I thought this was an interesting phrase and this seems most appropriate to me. Thankyou!!"
5 mins
On arrête les frais et on laisse faire la nature...
Une possiblilité...
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ou \"arrêtons de couper les cheveux en quatre\"... mais j\'ai peur de m\'éloigner
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ça aiderait d\'avoir davantage de contexte
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ou \"arrêtons de couper les cheveux en quatre\"... mais j\'ai peur de m\'éloigner
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ça aiderait d\'avoir davantage de contexte
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Richard Benham
: It just means to stop.
8 mins
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donc, la phrase voudrait dire "let's not stop"
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neutral |
Dr Sue Levy (X)
: As Richard says - stumps=piquets in cricket - when you pull them up the game is over
44 mins
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ditto
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agree |
sarahl (X)
45 mins
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merci Sarah
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disagree |
manouche
: je pense que "couper les cheveux en quatre" n'est pas vraiment l'idée
15 hrs
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effectivement
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-1
34 mins
Ne coupons pas les cheveux en quatre
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Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Richard Benham
: I don't see the commection.
1 hr
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In the absence of context, I understood Let's not try to put in useless efforts...
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disagree |
manouche
: "diagree", mais ma petite phrase est chez la voisine du dessus...
15 hrs
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+1
57 mins
jeter l'éponge
throw in the towel - give up - connotations of disappointment
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Ne jetons pas l\'eponge
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gak!.... l\'éponge
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pull up stumps
verb:- to stop an activity, usually for the day and usually to go home. From the game of Cricket, where the stumps are pulled up and out of the ground at the end of the day\'s play.
http://www.aussieslang.com/Search/qsearch.asp
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Ne jetons pas l\'eponge
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gak!.... l\'éponge
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pull up stumps
verb:- to stop an activity, usually for the day and usually to go home. From the game of Cricket, where the stumps are pulled up and out of the ground at the end of the day\'s play.
http://www.aussieslang.com/Search/qsearch.asp
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Marie-Céline GEORG
52 mins
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merci :-)
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neutral |
Richard Benham
: Good explanation of the term (it's not just Aussie--it would be understood anywhere crickeet is played). The thing is though that "jeter l'éponge" implied admission of defeat, wehreas "pulling up stumps" only suggests stopping for the day and going home.
59 mins
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Agreed, but the sentence does suggest a feeling of resignation :-) Allez, I'm pulling up stumps and hitting the sack :-)
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neutral |
manouche
: "neutral", et en accord avec Richard
14 hrs
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+2
2 hrs
ne baissons pas les bras
ne jetons pas les dés
+1
3 hrs
Accomplissons notre travail jusqu'à la fin
N'abandonnons pas au milieu de l'ouvrage.
Ne nous décourageons pas
Ne nous décourageons pas
Discussion
In recent decades Britain and the US have made great strides towards greater equality in the workplace. Let's not pull up stumps and say "we've done enough, the rest is down to biology". This is neither sense nor science.
Perhaps just simply
Ne finissons pas par les mots....