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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.

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.)


English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Proverb
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.
Fabrice59
France
Local time: 09:25
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: 10:25
Grading comment
Merci.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1au long aller, petit fardeau pèse
Tradoxia
4 +1Les prisonniers du boulot ne font pas de vieux os.
Thierry Renon
2 +1Beaucoup de travail et peu de loisirs ne réussissent à personne
Assimina Vavoula
3Il faut savoir se distraire de la routine
Irène Guinez
3Trop de travail abrutit
hayam_fly
2Les distractions sont nécessaires pour détendre l'esprit.
Assimina Vavoula


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 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: 10:25
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
2 days 3 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
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: 10:25
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 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: 03:25
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joco
22 mins
neutral  Tony M: Yes — only I'm not sure that's actually the same proverb...?
4 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
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: 09:25
Native speaker of: French
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
Trop de travail abrutit


Explanation:
Suggestion

hayam_fly
Local time: 16:25
Native speaker of: French
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 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: 09:25
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sara M
1 hr
  -> Merci Sara !
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