Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
turn day into night
French translation:
transformer le jour en nuit
Added to glossary by
Kelly Harrison
Dec 4, 2011 11:02
12 yrs ago
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English term
turn day into night
Non-PRO
English to French
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
short story translation
A character has got into the habit of staying awake all night and sleeping much of the day. His grandmother, disapproving, says, "You're turning day into night!"
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +1 | transformer le jour en nuit |
Kelly Harrison
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| 4 +3 | Confondre le jour et la nuit |
Isabelle Meschi
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| 3 | inverser le jour avec la nuit |
Virginie JANVIER-LELONG
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| 3 | "tes journées sont des nuits!" |
bigmimi
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Change log
Dec 9, 2011 22:19: Kelly Harrison Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+1
8 mins
Selected
transformer le jour en nuit
tout simplement?
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, this sounds like what the character would say. "
+3
43 mins
Isabelle Meschi
France
France
Native in French
Specializes in field
France
Translation is a Passion
Native in: French 
, Italian
Works in: English to French, Italian to French
Confondre le jour et la nuit
Une suggestion
Note from asker:
| agree - merci! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Odile Raymond
27 mins
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Merci !
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| agree |
Layla de Chabot
4 hrs
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Merci !
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| agree |
Irène Guinez
20 hrs
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Merci :)
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47 mins
Virginie JANVIER-LELONG
France
France
Native in French
France
Senior Translator/Editor/Post-Editor
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
inverser le jour avec la nuit
Autre possibilité
4 hrs
"tes journées sont des nuits!"
suggestion/contexte.
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