Mar 1, 2012 20:38
12 yrs ago
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French term
jouer parole contre parole
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French to English
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Expliquez-moi s'il vous plait comment vous comprenez cette expression : "jouer parole contre parole". Le francais n'est pas ma langue maternelle et je ne trouve pas cette expression nulle part sur le net...
Contexte: "Et si refermant le livre, celui qui a lu se demande pourquoi Szpilman, le pianiste immortalisé sous les traits d'Adrien Brody, accusa Wiera, refusa de l'aider, offrit au monde sa version de l'histoire en effaçant la chanteuse qu'il accompagnait, il se refuse à accuser encore, à jouer parole contre parole. Car alors il aurait lu pour rien."
Source: http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2011/01/13/03005-20110113ARTFI...
Contexte: "Et si refermant le livre, celui qui a lu se demande pourquoi Szpilman, le pianiste immortalisé sous les traits d'Adrien Brody, accusa Wiera, refusa de l'aider, offrit au monde sa version de l'histoire en effaçant la chanteuse qu'il accompagnait, il se refuse à accuser encore, à jouer parole contre parole. Car alors il aurait lu pour rien."
Source: http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2011/01/13/03005-20110113ARTFI...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | his word against her's |
Kim Jolicoeur
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| 4 | weigh accusations |
cc in nyc
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| 2 +1 | confronting one word against another |
Laurette Tassin
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| 3 | fight word against word |
MatthewLaSon
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Proposed translations
+1
23 mins
Kim Jolicoeur
Native in French
Quick, accurate and versatile
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
his word against her's
"Sa parole contre la sienne" est l'expression que je comprend par l'exemple, le contexte donné.
Example sentence:
"(...) he refuses to accuse again, to put his word against her's (...)"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sofia Dervisi
25 mins
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| neutral |
Jennifer White
: Don't know for sure, but the apostrophe should not be used here.
54 mins
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| neutral |
cc in nyc
: mine, yours, his/hers, ours, yours, theirs ;-)
19 hrs
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+1
46 mins
Laurette Tassin
France
France
Native in French
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English
France
Traduction / Formation
Native in: English (Variants: New Zealand, US, French, British, Australian) 
, French (Variants: Swiss, Belgian, Standard-France, African)
Works in: French to English, English to French
confronting one word against another
a proposal
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Alison Sparks (X)
: without the confronting peferably.
11 hrs
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Thanks Alison , *play the game of* seemed to me difficult to work with here
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19 hrs
weigh accusations
IMO, in this context, which is the closing paragraph of this book review:
http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2011/01/13/03005-20110113ARTFI...
http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2011/01/13/03005-20110113ARTFI...
2 hrs
fight word against word
Hello,
I think this is a more natural way of saying this in English.
Again, when you are renting you need to get all agreements in wrighting because it is extremely hard to fight word against word. Hope this .
http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/advice/t-312901.html
I hope this helps.
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Note added at 2 days20 hrs (2012-03-04 17:29:57 GMT)
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You could use "play the game of his word against hers" here, but I prefer "to fight word against word" as it is less verbose as well as something we're more likely to say ("game" is fine, but not as common)
I think this is a more natural way of saying this in English.
Again, when you are renting you need to get all agreements in wrighting because it is extremely hard to fight word against word. Hope this .
http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/advice/t-312901.html
I hope this helps.
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Note added at 2 days20 hrs (2012-03-04 17:29:57 GMT)
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You could use "play the game of his word against hers" here, but I prefer "to fight word against word" as it is less verbose as well as something we're more likely to say ("game" is fine, but not as common)
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