Feb 26, 2013 19:13
11 yrs ago
French term
tous partir
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I think I'm missing the sense of this.
It looks like "they don't have enough money to all leave" but that does seem clear. Am I missing something?
Jeanne et Luc sont ensemble depuis huit ans et ont un enfant de deux ans, Ethan. Ils ne sont pas très riches et vivent dans une petite maison, quand Luc trouve enfin du travail. Le seul problème c’est que c’est loin de chez lui et ils n’ont pas assez d’argents pour*** tous partir. ****
It looks like "they don't have enough money to all leave" but that does seem clear. Am I missing something?
Jeanne et Luc sont ensemble depuis huit ans et ont un enfant de deux ans, Ethan. Ils ne sont pas très riches et vivent dans une petite maison, quand Luc trouve enfin du travail. Le seul problème c’est que c’est loin de chez lui et ils n’ont pas assez d’argents pour*** tous partir. ****
Proposed translations
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| 4 +5 | all to go |
Nicky Over
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| 4 | move house |
kashew
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| 4 -1 | pack it all up |
Schoonbeek
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Proposed translations
+5
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all to go
I think it means that they don't have enough money for them all to move to a different area - closer to Luc's job. 'Argent' should not have an 's' on the end, by the way.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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2 hrs
Schoonbeek
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pack it all up
I read it much the same as Nicky did, the don't have the money to all leave their current house. move all together.
Pack it all up has a more dramatic feel to it, which may or may not fit with the rest of the text ofcourse
Pack it all up has a more dramatic feel to it, which may or may not fit with the rest of the text ofcourse
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: pack it all up? more dramatic? means something else afaik.
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AllegroTrans
: so they want to pack up altogether? I cannot agree that the tone of this short piece suggests anything that dramatic
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I know it is more dramatic, and does not fit with the tone of this piece but it might with what follows. I suggested it more to start thinking beyond the very literal. Maybe I should have posted the "move all together" as a seperate answer.
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B D Finch
: "Pack it all up" means to abandon everything and is not only over-dramatic, but doesn't translate the French, which is about going to live near Luc's new workplace.
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I know it is more dramatic, and does not fit with the tone of this piece but it might with what follows. I suggested it more to start thinking beyond the very literal.
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21 hrs
move house
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