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sobering reality

French translation: voilà qui donne à réfléchir...

15:08 Nov 5, 2007
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: sobering reality
Un ancien pilote de l'US Air Force explique pourquoi la mise en orbite de Spoutnik 1 ne l'a pas impressionnée :

In 1957, as a pilot in the US Air Force, I was stationed in West Germany, where I was training to fly tactical fighters to send nuclear weapons into the Soviet Union. In the event that a nuclear exchange did break out, it was unlikely that I would have a base to return to. That was a sobering reality for a 28-year-old with a young family. When Sputnik went into space and sent back its radio signal, it seemed to me little more than a stunt.

J'ai du mal à choisir un adjectif ici. Merci d'avance
Stéphanie Soudais
France
Local time: 14:20
French translation:voilà qui donne à réfléchir...
Explanation:
...quand on a 28 ans et une famille
une idée
Selected response from:

JulieM
Local time: 14:20
Grading comment
Merci à tous
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6voilà qui donne à réfléchir...
JulieM
4 +2une réalité dégrisante
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
4une réalité bien triste
Claudette Valois
4une réalité ou prise de conscience désillusionnante /un désenchantement ou désillusionnement radical
Mariamne Lohe
4 -1une réalité plate
Catherine CHAUVIN


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
une réalité dégrisante


Explanation:
une possibilité



Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
France
Local time: 14:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  LesBrets: Ouais c'est pas mal, moi çà m'enthousiasme comme proposition !
12 mins
agree  Geneviève Granger
26 mins
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
voilà qui donne à réfléchir...


Explanation:
...quand on a 28 ans et une famille
une idée

JulieM
Local time: 14:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Merci à tous

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  yanadeni (X)
12 mins
  -> merci !
agree  PFB (X)
26 mins
  -> merci philippe
agree  siragui
57 mins
  -> merci siragui
agree  FX Fraipont (X)
1 hr
agree  Krecoum
3 hrs
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
4 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
une réalité plate


Explanation:
sans intérêt manifeste, par rapport aux autres évènements qui se passaient dans la vie de cet homme.

Catherine CHAUVIN
France
Local time: 14:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  siragui: Au contraire, ça dégrise tout de suite.
45 mins
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
une réalité bien triste


Explanation:
soit ça le fait réfléchir soit ça le rend bien triste... étant donné la suite de la phrase, j'opterais plus pour la tristesse.

Claudette Valois
Canada
Local time: 09:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
une réalité ou prise de conscience désillusionnante /un désenchantement ou désillusionnement radical


Explanation:
... ou "ca fait déchanter" ?

Mariamne Lohe
Local time: 14:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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