On The Lighter Side

French translation: passons à des choses plus légères

14:10 Nov 8, 2007

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English term or phrase: On The Lighter Side

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Local time: 06:51

French translation:passons à des choses plus légères

Explanation:
impossible d'aller plus loin sans CONTEXTE

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Local time: 06:51

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Summary of answers provided

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passons à des choses plus légères

CMJ_Trans (X)

aspects (plus) positifs

Nicolas Coyer (X)

du bon côté

Marcelo Gonçalves

le côté plus lumineux de ...

Claire Chapman

Côté clair

Marie Perrin

du (côté) positif

ormiston

Côté embellie/éclaircie

Euqinimod (X)

plus positivement

jean-jacques alexandre

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

on the lighter side

passons à des choses plus légères

Explanation:
impossible d'aller plus loin sans CONTEXTE

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 06:51
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 383

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11 mins confidence:

on the lighter side Côté clair

Explanation:
en opposition au côté obscur.

Ou "sous la lumière"

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Note added at 13 mins (2007-11-08 14:23:25 GMT)
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Ou "sous les projecteurs" tout dépend du contexte, Gilles et Tony ont raison.

Marie Perrin
Local time: 06:51
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French
PRO pts in category: 4

14 mins confidence:

on the lighter side du bon côté

Explanation:
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Note added at 16 mins (2007-11-08 14:26:59 GMT)
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Regarde toujours la vie du bon côté...par exemple.

Marcelo Gonçalves
Brazil
Local time: 01:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

24 mins confidence:

on the lighter side aspects (plus) positifs

Explanation:
proposition...

Reference: http://fra.proz.com/topic/43221

Nicolas Coyer (X)
Colombia
Local time: 23:51
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French
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

on the lighter side du (côté) positif

Explanation:
could work as a heading. Doubt if it's anything to do with shedding light. The paragraph underneath might shed some light on the tone though !

ormiston
Local time: 06:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 80

2 hrs confidence:

on the lighter side le côté plus lumineux de ...

Explanation:
The lighter side typically involves a light-hearted, humorous look at some aspect of life. The phrase probably became well-known for due to Dave Berg's cartoon series for Mad magazine. It is the opposite of the serious side of life. "le côté plus lumineux de ..." is the translation of title of his cartoon into French.

Wikipedia – Dave Berg
Dave Berg (Brooklyn, June 12, 1920 – May 17, 2002) was an American cartoonist, most noted for his work in MAD Magazine. …
Berg went to work for MAD in 1956. In 1961 he started the "Lighter Side" cartoon, which would become his most famous creation. The feature usually included caricatures of Berg's own family, headed by his cranky, hypochondriac alter-ego, Roger Kaputnik. His visual style made him one of the more realistic Mad artists, although his characters managed to sport garish early-1970s wardrobes well into the 1990s. Though "The Lighter Side" was criticized by some for its frequently corny gags, and was brutally satirized by the National Lampoon's mean-spirited MAD parody, **it had a long run as the magazine's most popular feature.** Sixteen additional, original collections of Berg's strips were published as stand-alone paperbacks between 1964 and 1987.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Berg_(cartoonist)

Wikipédia - Mad
D'autres parties récurrentes du magazines incluent "The Lighter Side of..." (le côté plus lumineux de...), par Dave Berg, qui caricaturait souvent le mode de vie de la banlieue
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad

The Lighter Side of Psych
The Lighter Side of Psych was selected by the Los Angeles Times as one of the
Internet's best humor sites, along with Dilbert, Letterman, and Dave Barry!
www.erols.com

A lighter side of Buddhism (Buddhist humor)
In this section, we take a look at the lighter side of Buddhism. (NOTE: If you
get easily offended by humor about Buddhism, you may want to read this story) ...
www.serve.com

Chuck’s Blog
Our Lighter Side: R Rated Jokes, photos and other stuff. Serious Side:. News stories,
many that are off the wall! Computer Tips: Just what the name implies! ...
www.ourlighterside.com

The Lighter Side of Sports is a long-running syndicated American sports blooper program produced by Steve Rotfeld Productions. It is currently hosted by ESPN personality Mike Golic. Lighter Side is the first and longest-running of Rotfeld's productions.
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/The_Lighter_Side_of_Spo...

Russell T. Davies a dévoilé une partie du mystère Torchwood : "C'est assez sombre, mais quand j'écris quelque chose dans ce genre, j'essaie automatiquement de lui donner un côté plus lumineux, ce qui la rend paradoxalement plus sombre et plus drôle (...)
http://www.allocine.fr/series/fichenews_gen_carticle=1838551...

• La politique de Hollywood
Hollywood Politics ... Rassemblées ici sont des biographies ... site Web qui présente le côté plus lumineux de la politique de hollywood est le Righties. ...
www.fortliberty.org/lang/fr/hollywood - 28k - En cache

Bibliothèque de démonologie | Sacred-Magick.Com
Pseudomonarchia Daemonum par Johan Weyer (32 pages) ... Jeffrey Burton Russell ici explore le côté plus lumineux de l'éternité : ciel. ...
www.sacred-magick.com/french.php?u=/pdf/Demonology.html

Claire Chapman
Local time: 00:51
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

6 hrs confidence:

on the lighter side Côté embellie/éclaircie

Explanation:
La formule est volontairement elliptique pour correspondre à un titre et part de l'hypothèse que les propos qui suivent font référence à l'amélioration d'une situation en question, semble-t-il, assez sombre et tendue.

Euqinimod (X)
Local time: 06:51
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 96

2 days 2 hrs confidence:

on the lighter side plus positivement

Explanation:
more concise

jean-jacques alexandre
France
Local time: 06:51
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French
PRO pts in category: 40

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