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all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

French translation: Les distractions sont nécessaires pour détendre l'esprit.

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English term or phrase:	all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
French translation:	Les distractions sont nécessaires pour détendre l'esprit.

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17:05 Oct 23, 2009

The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2009-10-26 18:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)

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English term or phrase: all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

Everybody needs a certain amount of relaxation. It is not good to work all
the time.

fabrice41 KudoZ activity Questions: 69 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 08:37

Les distractions sont nécessaires pour détendre l'esprit.

Explanation:
Source: http://www.wikiproverbs.com/index.php/All_work_and_no_play_m...
I found it a couple of minutes ago.

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Assimina Vavoula
Greece
Local time: 09:37

Grading comment

Merci.
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Summary of answers provided

4 +1

Les prisonniers du boulot ne font pas de vieux os.

Thierry Renon

4 +1

au long aller, petit fardeau pèse

Tradoxia

Trop de travail abrutit

hayam_fly

Il faut savoir se distraire de la routine

Irène Guinez

2 +1

Beaucoup de travail et peu de loisirs ne réussissent à personne

Assimina Vavoula

Les distractions sont nécessaires pour détendre l'esprit.

Assimina Vavoula

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. Beaucoup de travail et peu de loisirs ne réussissent à personne

Explanation:
maybe????

Assimina Vavoula
Greece
Local time: 09:37
Native speaker of:

Greek
PRO pts in category: 4

22 mins confidence:

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

Les distractions sont nécessaires pour détendre l'esprit.

Explanation:
Source: http://www.wikiproverbs.com/index.php/All_work_and_no_play_m...
I found it a couple of minutes ago.

Assimina Vavoula
Greece
Local time: 09:37
Native speaker of:

Greek
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Merci.

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. au long aller, petit fardeau pèse

Explanation:
« au long aller, petit fardeau pèse »

TERMIUM:
http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?la...

Wiki - sous rubriquer "expressions"
http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/aller

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Note added at 2 heures (2009-10-23 19:24:48 GMT)
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Il n'y a point de charge si légère qui ne devienne pénible à la longue.

Reference: http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?la...
Reference: http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/aller

Tradoxia
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of:

French

16 hrs confidence:

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy Il faut savoir se distraire de la routine

Explanation:
voir suggestion

Irène Guinez
Spain
Local time: 08:37
Native speaker of:

French,

Spanish

16 hrs confidence:

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy Trop de travail abrutit

Explanation:
Suggestion

hayam_fly
Local time: 16:37
Native speaker of:

French

21 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy Les prisonniers du boulot ne font pas de vieux os.

Explanation:

Ou pour rester dans la référence à la chanson d'Henri Salvador :
Le travail, c'est la santé. Rien faire, c'est la conserver.

Pas vraiment un proverbe, mais la chanson est tellement connue en France que ça en est presque devenu un !

Thierry Renon
France
Local time: 08:37
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 12

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Changes made by editors

Oct 24, 2009 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Term asked	All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. => all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Field (specific)	Linguistics => Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Field (write-in)	ENGLISH PROVERBS => Proverb

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