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twisting the facts

French translation: travestissement des faits

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase: twisting the facts French translation: travestissement des faits Entered by: Sasha2

13:42 Oct 23, 2007

English to French translations [PRO] Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: twisting the facts what would be the best way to express this in French?	Sasha2 KudoZ activity Questions: 18 (none open) Answers: 55 Local time: 05:44
travestissement des faits Explanation: Moi j'aime bien :-)	Selected response from: hirselina
Grading comment Many thanks - in the end I used "manipulation des faits" which I hope is also OK - this was most similar since I wanted a noun to use in the title. Merci encore. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
2 +10	déformer la réalité/les faits	Stéphanie Soudais
4 +1	déformer la réalité	Alami
4	déguiser la réalité	Kévin Bacquet
3	travestissement des faits	hirselina

Discussion entries: 6

Sasha2 ASKER 14:25 Oct 23, 2007  I think "manipulation des faits" sounds good in the context as a title if that's ok to use Stéphanie Soudais France 14:01 Oct 23, 2007  "Torsion des faits", non...mais "distorsion des faits" oui, à la rigueur JulieM 14:00 Oct 23, 2007  un peu plus de contexte ? JulieM 13:59 Oct 23, 2007  non, torsion de faits ne se dit pas. pour un titre, manipulation irait. mais vous pouvez aussi éviter le substantif, avec des formules du genre "quand on déforme la réalité" Sasha2 ASKER 13:57 Oct 23, 2007  This is used as a heading Sasha2 ASKER 13:56 Oct 23, 2007  Could you say "torsion de faits" Automatic update in 00:

  

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1 min   confidence: peer agreement (net): +10

déformer la réalité/les faits Explanation: Il faudrait avoir la phrase entière pour être sûr	Stéphanie Soudais France Local time: 05:44 Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 49
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  JulieM: oui pour la réalité. bien sûr, en fonction du ctx 1 min agree  GILLES MEUNIER 6 mins   -> Merci Gilles agree  veroperl 9 mins agree  peekay: oui 9 mins agree  PFB (X): déformer la réalite 21 mins agree  Kévin Bacquet 21 mins agree  Nicolas Coyer (X) 29 mins agree  Jean-Claude Gouin: Ou "tordre la vérité" ... 2 hrs agree  sporran: déformer la réalité 11 hrs agree  Estelle Demontrond-Box 21 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +1

déformer la réalité Explanation: cacher la réalité ou manipuler les faits	Alami Germany Local time: 05:44 Native speaker of: Arabic
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  PFB (X): manipuler les faits 39 mins   -> Merci!
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déguiser la réalité Explanation: Par exemple. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 minutes (2007-10-23 13:55:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.fondation-res-publica.org/Rompre-avec-la-logique-... on n'imaginait pas qu'il ait pu sciemment déguiser la réalité, la travestir pour plaire à ses maîtres...	Kévin Bacquet France Local time: 05:44 Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 24
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) neutral  JulieM: travestir, mais pas déguiser, à mon avis/ vous avez raison, mon cher Robert qualifie cet usage de littéraire et je m'incline. mais travestir garde mes faveurs ;-) 0 min   -> Un désaccord est un peu fort à mon avis. Regardez les contextes dans lesquels on emploie cette expression! Le lien devrait nous mettre d'accord.
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travestissement des faits Explanation: Moi j'aime bien :-)	hirselina Works in field Native speaker of: French, Dutch PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment Many thanks - in the end I used "manipulation des faits" which I hope is also OK - this was most similar since I wanted a noun to use in the title. Merci encore.
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