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pitter-patter

French translation: qui fait battre le coeur

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English term or phrase:pitter-patter
French translation:qui fait battre le coeur
Entered by: Didier Fourcot

00:30 Oct 20, 2001
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: pitter-patter
We learned to love each other with a different love - not a pitter-patter love, but a solid, stronger love.
martine
passion dévorante
Explanation:
"Nous avons appris à nous aimer différemment - non plus de passion dévorante, mais d'un amour plus solide et plus fort"

C'est comme ça que je l'écrirais en français, ici on traduit une émotion et une idée, pas des mots un par un, et le français déteste la répétition que l'anglais affectionne: 4 fois "love" dans la phrase
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Didier Fourcot
Local time: 04:20
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Merci
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1"un flirt qui fait battre le coeur" or so
Olivier San Léandro
4à la fois compétitif et louangeux de l'autre....
Maya Jurt
4passion dévorante
Didier Fourcot
4pas a un amour de chou fleur/passager
yacine


  

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"un flirt qui fait battre le coeur" or so


Explanation:
pitter-patter=to go pitapat (heart)= battre, "faire toc toc"

Je pense que vous pouvez tourner l'expresssion à l'aide de ces éléments et de votre contexte.
J'espère vous avoir aidé un peu

Olivier

Ref: Dictionnaire bilingue Hachette

Olivier San Léandro
Local time: 04:20
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 455

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abu Amaal (X): c'est bon. peut-être "un amour romanesque"
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à la fois compétitif et louangeux de l'autre....


Explanation:
pit = opposer, mesurer
pat = congratuler, s'applaudir

if pitter-patter refers to those two verbs (it's a current attitude among couples), this could be an explanation.

You could also make it shorter and say :
Pas d'un amour "oui-oui, non-non".

HTH

Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 04:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 491
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passion dévorante


Explanation:
"Nous avons appris à nous aimer différemment - non plus de passion dévorante, mais d'un amour plus solide et plus fort"

C'est comme ça que je l'écrirais en français, ici on traduit une émotion et une idée, pas des mots un par un, et le français déteste la répétition que l'anglais affectionne: 4 fois "love" dans la phrase


Didier Fourcot
Local time: 04:20
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PRO pts in pair: 5483
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Merci
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pas a un amour de chou fleur/passager


Explanation:
HTH
Yacine


yacine
Local time: 04:20
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 157
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