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"heart and lungs" transplant

French translation: une refonte totale de la tête aux pieds


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English term or phrase:"heart and lungs" transplant
French translation:une refonte totale de la tête aux pieds
Entered by: Claudine Seynaeve
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13:42 May 31, 2005
English to French translations [PRO]
Marketing - Business/Commerce (general) / newsletter
English term or phrase: "heart and lungs" transplant
"This is the equivalent of a complete "heart and lungs" transplant and is the result of 18 months work."

Context - business newsletter telling about successful branches' systems migration.
je trouve l'expression un peu trop forte, n'y a t-il pas une autre idee??

Merci
Claudine Seynaeve
Canada
Local time: 11:18
une refonte totale du pied jusqu'à la tête
Explanation:
a starter for you... keeping that body part imagery going

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-05-31 13:48:04 GMT)
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or even comme si on avait changé le moteur et refait la transmission ;-)
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Glen McCulley
France
Local time: 17:18
Grading comment
Genial - J'ai gardé cette idée car ca colle parfaitement avec mon contexte. Merci!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3une refonte totale du pied jusqu'à la tête
Glen McCulley
3 +2équivalent à un ravalement de façade complet
alx
4greffe totale réussieJean BUCQUET
4comme si l'on avait ravalé l'immeuble de fond en comblexxxCMJ_Trans
4greffe cardio-pulmonaire
Sabine Seguin
3transplantation d'organes totaleSophie Borel


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
greffe cardio-pulmonaire


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Sabine Seguin
Local time: 17:18
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Glen McCulley: wanted something figurative
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
transplantation d'organes totale


Explanation:
peut-être que si l'on ne se réfère pas au nom des organes, l'image paraîtra moins lourde ?

Sophie Borel
Local time: 17:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 35
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
"heart and lung transplant"
une refonte totale du pied jusqu'à la tête


Explanation:
a starter for you... keeping that body part imagery going

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-05-31 13:48:04 GMT)
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or even comme si on avait changé le moteur et refait la transmission ;-)

Glen McCulley
France
Local time: 17:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 17
Grading comment
Genial - J'ai gardé cette idée car ca colle parfaitement avec mon contexte. Merci!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stephanie Huss: oui mais des pieds à la tête est plus idiomatique :)
5 mins
  -> exacte, je m'y même les pieds ( ;-P)
agree  Marie-Céline GEORG: oui, mais d'accord avec Stéphanie... l'imagerie anatomique tient compte du fait qu'un humain normalement constitué possède deux pieds ;-) (est-ce qu'on ne dit pas "de la tête aux pieds" plus souvent que "des pieds à la tête" ?)
1 hr
  -> of course
agree  Agnesf: d'accord avec ce qui précède
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
comme si l'on avait ravalé l'immeuble de fond en comble


Explanation:
vous avez dit image.....

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 17:18
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
équivalent à un ravalement de façade complet


Explanation:
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alx
Local time: 17:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SanC: j'aime bien ravalement de façade
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agree  GILLES MEUNIER
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
greffe totale réussie


Explanation:
il me semble qu'il faut garder l'idée médicale pour ne pas trahir le concept de soin, mais rester imprécis quant aux organes.

Jean BUCQUET
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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