English: arresting adjectiveFrench translation: saisissant, frappant, marquant, sidérant (ici) 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | arresting adjective | | French translation: | saisissant, frappant, marquant, sidérant (ici) | | Entered by: | MultiPro |
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Economics / Currency Performance -- Euro | | English term or phrase: arresting adjective | The French, it seems, do not use the word “brutal” in quite the way the English do. XXX, the French president of the Central Bank, reached for this **arresting adjective** earlier this week to describe the euro’s recent gains against the dollar—the single currency eventually reached a record price of $1.30 on Wednesday November 10th. But according to a translator, writing in the Financial Times, Mr Trichet’s comments were not as alarming as they sound. When the French describe a change as brutal, they mean it is sudden, not cruel or vicious.
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| | saisissant, frappant, marquant | Explanation:
Dramatique, prenant, grave, poignant, troublant, bouleversant, impressionnant, interessant, étonnant, marquant, important, rare, particulier.
Il me semble que les 3 premiers seraient les plus appropriés, et je suis certaine qu'il y en a encore bien d'autres. |
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| Note from asker to answererMerci. J'ai finalement utilisé 'sidérant' qui combine les deux notions de "frappant" et "arrêt/pause".
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| saisissant, frappant, marquant
Explanation:
Dramatique, prenant, grave, poignant, troublant, bouleversant, impressionnant, interessant, étonnant, marquant, important, rare, particulier.
Il me semble que les 3 premiers seraient les plus appropriés, et je suis certaine qu'il y en a encore bien d'autres.
| NewCal
New Caledonia
Native speaker of:  English, French
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| Note from asker to answerer| Merci. J'ai finalement utilisé 'sidérant' qui combine les deux notions de "frappant" et "arrêt/pause". |
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