Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Maybe it'd pull you out of this funk
French translation:
ça te changera, peut-être, les idees
English term
Maybe it'd pull you out of this funk
"You know, you should get a job, if you're not happy. Really. Maybe it'd pull you out of this funk."
The last sentence means "Maybe it will help end your depression," but I am looking for a French idiomatic locution that works as well as the English one does. Suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Jun 23, 2007 07:03: danièle davout changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Proposed translations
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Native in: Romanian 
Works in: French to Romanian, Romanian to French, English to French, and 1 more.
ça te changera, peut-être, les idees
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Stéphanie Soudais (X)
: oui, perso je garderais la même structure que l'anglais : "peut-être que cela te changera les idées"
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Merci.
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Mexico
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Native in: Spanish (Variants: Mexican, Latin American) , French (Variants: Belgian, Standard-France)
Works in: French to Spanish, Spanish to French, French, and 5 more.
Te tirer de ce/ton merdier.
Luck.
cela t'aidera peut-être à sortir de ta déprime
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Note added at 6 heures (2007-06-23 07:15:13 GMT)
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ça te regonflera
... histoire de te regonfler le moral
pour faire passer la déprime
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Note added at 6 heures (2007-06-23 07:16:47 GMT)
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de te tirer de cette passe
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Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 2 more.
ça t'aidera peut-être à sortir du cafard
Greece
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peut être je te ferais sortir de ce fléau
parmi les citations:
Le pire des fléaux, c'est la solitude.
[Artus de Penguern]
http://www.evene.fr/citations/mot.php?mot=fleau
Une deuxième proposition est "sortir de ce trip" (la funk comme style de musique nous fait "tripper")
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Note added at 20 mins (2007-06-23 00:58:52 GMT)
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de ce bourbier......
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Note added at 13 hrs (2007-06-23 14:04:19 GMT)
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vu un peu tard: >>>ça te ferait<<< sortir de ce fléau
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