Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
regards croisés
English translation:
exchanged glances
Added to glossary by
Christian Le Bras
Dec 16, 2003 17:15
20 yrs ago
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French term
regards croisés
French to English
Art/Literary
exemple:
antiquité et modernité, regards croisés
antiquité et modernité, regards croisés
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 -1 | exchanged glances |
Abdellatif Bouhid
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| 4 +3 | multiple perspectives |
William Stein
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| 4 +1 | crossed observations .. |
Pierre POUSSIN
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| 4 +1 | point/counterpoint |
Karen Tucker (X)
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| 3 +1 | contrasting views |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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Proposed translations
-1
12 mins
Abdellatif Bouhid
Native in French
Respect for the Words
Native in: Arabic 
, French
Works in: English to French, Arabic to French, French to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
390
Selected
exchanged glances
As in:
Strangers in the night exchanging glances
Wond'ring in the night
What were the chances.....
Strangers in the night exchanging glances
Wond'ring in the night
What were the chances.....
1 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks all the same"
+3
3 mins
William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
1737
multiple perspectives
It usually means a presentation from several points of view, as in this article:
Regards croisés sur la crise irakienne
Alain Lormon
Des spécialistes de la politique américaine, de géostratégie, de l’Irak et du Moyen-Orient, experts ou journalistes, proposent leurs analyses à travers des ouvrages souvent passionnants. Sélection pour mieux comprendre la crise.
Regards croisés sur la crise irakienne
Alain Lormon
Des spécialistes de la politique américaine, de géostratégie, de l’Irak et du Moyen-Orient, experts ou journalistes, proposent leurs analyses à travers des ouvrages souvent passionnants. Sélection pour mieux comprendre la crise.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
24 mins
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| agree |
sarahl (X)
: évite quand même de loucher dessus !
34 mins
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| agree |
Christian Le Bras
: one of the best suggestions
3 hrs
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+1
8 mins
contrasting views
since one is looking back and the other forward
+1
20 mins
Pierre POUSSIN
France
France
Native in French
France
Fast and accurate.
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English, Latin to French, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
400
crossed observations ..
From the left and from the right!
+1
21 mins
point/counterpoint
(Hope this doesn't appear twice; I previously submitted an answer and it didn't appear.)
(I don't take credit! It's from the TV show, "Sixty Minutes")
As the others have said, this refers to exchanging a variety of views. It's often used in the title of a workshop/seminar. Two translations I found on the Web:
- X (subject)in the crosshairs
- conjoint perspectives (too stuffy! I found it on a bilingual website for an academic conference)
Karen
(I don't take credit! It's from the TV show, "Sixty Minutes")
As the others have said, this refers to exchanging a variety of views. It's often used in the title of a workshop/seminar. Two translations I found on the Web:
- X (subject)in the crosshairs
- conjoint perspectives (too stuffy! I found it on a bilingual website for an academic conference)
Karen
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