Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
proprement/propre
English translation:
cleanly
French term
France
proprement/propre
1 – Laisser l’ordinateur propre ?
2 – Mettre l’ordinateur en veille après la connexion.
3 – Toujours repasser par la page d’accueil.
4 – Supprimer les cookies ou fichiers temporaires laissés sur le poste par la connexion.
From an in-house multiple choice test about computer security.
Obviously "proprement" means "properly" in the question and then "clean" in the first answer - what I am struggling with is how to come up with a similar play on words, or an appropriate (silly) first answer.
| 5 +5 | cleanly |
Neil Coffey
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| 3 +1 | If you translate 'proprement' by 'tidily' ... |
Jennifer Levey
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| 4 | orderly/in order |
Anton Konashenok
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Feb 25, 2007 10:30: Vicky Papaprodromou changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Neil Coffey, Claire Chapman, Vicky Papaprodromou
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Specialist IT translator
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
cleanly
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Note added at 42 mins (2007-02-24 17:01:43 GMT)
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...so your play on words with "clean" / "cleanly" works just as well in English as French.
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
If you translate 'proprement' by 'tidily' ...
You could do something similar with 'cleanly' in the question.
'Tidy' and 'clean' can just as easily refer to what's being described in answers 2 to 4 as 'properly'.
Czech Republic
Competing on quality, not on price
Native in: Russian , English
Works in: French to English, Czech to English, Danish to English, and 10 more.
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