Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
I find someone else's fingers there.
French translation:
J'y trouve les doigts de quelqu'un d'autre
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Jul 30, 2013 10:44
11 yrs ago
English term
I find someone else's fingers there.
English to French
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Paint
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Édouard_Manet
I am influenced by everbody. But every time I put my hands in my pockets I find someone else's fingers there.
I am influenced by everbody. But every time I put my hands in my pockets I find someone else's fingers there.
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5 mins
Isabelle Cluzel
France
France
Native in French
Specializes in field
France
Professionnalisme & flexibilité
Native in: French 
Works in: German to French, English to French, Polish to French
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J'y trouve les doigts de quelqu'un d'autre
"Oui, je suis influencé par tout le monde, mais chaque fois que je mets mes mains dans mes poches, j'y trouve les doigts de quelqu'un d'autre."
Trouvé dans un article du Monde, cité par un journaliste...
Trouvé dans un article du Monde, cité par un journaliste...
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28 mins
j'y trouve le pinceau de quelqu'un d'autre
' (il s'inspire d'autres peintres)
6 hrs
Lisa Schwartz
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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English term (edited):
i find someone else\'s fingers there.
j'y trouve la main de quelqu'un d'autre
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6 hrs
Lisa Schwartz
Spain
Spain
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Works in field
Spain
Your French specialist
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, German to French, Spanish to French
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J'y trouve la trace de quelqu'un d'autre
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19 hrs
j'y trouve l'empreinte d'un autre
une option qui donne cette idée de "fingers" et d'influence
1 day 5 hrs
Chaque fois que je plonge les mains dans mes poches, j'en ressors avec les doigts d'un autre
Cela me semble mieux rendre l'idée d'influence, les doigts d'autres peintres se substituent aux siens, sans arrêt.
Mieux vaut éviter de répéter le possessif "mes mains dans mes poches", ce n'est pas très heureux.
Mieux vaut éviter de répéter le possessif "mes mains dans mes poches", ce n'est pas très heureux.
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"la langue révérée" ...
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Works in: English to French, Italian to French, French to Italian, and 1 more.
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Reference:
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Apparemment une citation de Willem de Kooning (en 1972): Now I feel like Manet who said, 'Yes, I am influenced by everybody. But everytime I put my hands..."
http://books.google.fr/books?id=uIppTKfAZLoC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA1...
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Note added at 22 hrs (2013-07-31 09:21:44 GMT)
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I had my own eyes, but I wasn't always looking in the right direction. I was certainly in need of a helping hand at times. Now I feel like Manet who said, "Yes, I am influenced by everybody. But every time I put my hands in my pockets I find someone else's fingers there."
As quoted in Willem De Kooning, 1904-1997: Content as a Glimpse by Barbara Hess, 2004
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Willem_de_Kooning
http://books.google.fr/books?id=uIppTKfAZLoC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA1...
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Note added at 22 hrs (2013-07-31 09:21:44 GMT)
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I had my own eyes, but I wasn't always looking in the right direction. I was certainly in need of a helping hand at times. Now I feel like Manet who said, "Yes, I am influenced by everybody. But every time I put my hands in my pockets I find someone else's fingers there."
As quoted in Willem De Kooning, 1904-1997: Content as a Glimpse by Barbara Hess, 2004
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Willem_de_Kooning
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