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Oct 18, 2012 19:50
11 yrs ago
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French term
Germany
l'artiste joue à se faire peur, comme les adolescents…
Non-PRO
Not for points
French to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Texte de présentation d'un artiste
Proposed translations
(English)
References
| dans Robert-Collins... fwiw |
writeaway
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Proposed translations
+1
15 mins
the artist plays at scaring himself in adolescent fashion.
* somewhat childishly
1 hr
Nicolas Pigrais
France
France
Native in French
France
Reliable, fast and versatile.
Native in: French (Variants: Canadian, Belgian, Standard-France, Swiss)
Works in: English to French
That artist likes to give himself thrills, just like teenagers do...
"That" because this is a precise article. "thrills" because it is more idiomatic than a simple word for word translation.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
writeaway
: don't understand your reasoning for your choices. thrills is more idiomatic than what? how does fear/fright turn into thrills?
1 hr
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| neutral |
David Vaughn
: not all thrills are frightening and not all fright is thrilling
2 hrs
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+1
4 hrs
Kate Collyer
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
elegant, eloquent, accurate translation
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, German to English, Dutch to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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7
the artist deliberately scares himself, like teenagers do
My take on it...
I'm tempted to replace "scares himself" with "takes risks" - but that is interpreting the source text rather too much given the limited context, I fear.
I'm tempted to replace "scares himself" with "takes risks" - but that is interpreting the source text rather too much given the limited context, I fear.
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