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| | 15 June 2008 23:15 |
| | in two shake of a lambs tail et un proverbe anglais.
Je ne sais pas le proverbe en français, mais le proverbe veut dire: "très rapide"
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| | 16 June 2008 00:27 |
| | Je ne connais pas cette expression.
Si elle va bien dans le sens que tu lui as donné, on pourrait alors traduire par : "nous prendrons notre temps", ou "nous aurons tout notre temps".
Tantine saurait te traduire mieux que moi.
CC: Tantine |
| | 16 June 2008 00:29 |
| | Kaf, please could you help with this expression "it won't be two shakes of a lambs tail?" I don't really get it.
Thanks a lot! CC: kafetzou |
| | 16 June 2008 03:48 |
| | Francky, je pense qu'on pourrait traduire "two shakes of a lambs tail" par "en deux coups de cuiller à pot" ici. ou "en un tour de main"
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| | 16 June 2008 06:18 |
| | "It won't be two shakes of a lambs tail" means it'll be very soon, although the original says "I won't be ..." - that means "I won't be long"; "I'll be there very soon". |
| | 16 June 2008 08:38 |
| | Oh kafetzou, I thought "it is two shakes of a lambs tail" meant: something very quickly, but it's a negociation, so then it would be: "It is not very quick"
Well, at least that is how I've learnt the expression. Well, it would not be the first time we learn wrong things at school! =)
CC: Francky5591 |
| | 16 June 2008 10:06 |
| | So "I won't be two shakes of a lambs tail" is to be understood as if it was :"It won't take me two shakes of a lambs tail"?
I would translate it by "cela ne me prendra pas longtemps",or -even better- "je ne serai pas long" (more colloquial) just to translate the negation as it was expressed in the original, what do you think?
Thanks kafetzou, and thanks for the link, Miss, I particularly loved the south-west version lol... We could add this "en deux coups de cuiller à pot" in the comments area. |
| | 16 June 2008 12:30 |
| | It is correct now!
(Sorry, for the late reaction, I was at school doing my Biology examn)
CC: Francky5591 |
| | 16 June 2008 12:43 |
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| | 16 June 2008 13:55 |
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| | 17 June 2008 11:39 |
| | Salut tous,
Excuse mon intervention tardive, ma connexion est très mauvaise et j'ai du mal a reçevoir mes notifications.
"Two shakes of a lamb's tail" est une locution anglaise qui veux dire "très vite" ou "très rapidement", donc en français je dirai "en un clin d'oeil".
Ici la négation (et non négociation ) pourrait se traduire en français par "même pas un clin d'oeil et je serai là " (par exemple).
Bises à tous et à toutes
Tantine
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| | 17 June 2008 16:14 |
| | Oh yeah - that's good!!! |