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English: b-boy look

French translation: look bboy







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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:b-boy look
French translation:look bboy
Entered by:Stephanie Huss
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English to French translations [PRO]
Music / culture, music, fashion
English term or phrase: b-boy look
This was a period which saw music
forms crossing over, something exemplified by metal
band Anthrax who borrowed a b-boy look when they
wore adidas tracksuits and sneakers on the cover
of their ‘I’m The Man’ single in 1987.

"beach-boy look" ?
plus loin dans le texte, on parle des Beastie Boys, serait-ce plutôt ça ?

"The Beastie Boys’ ‘Check Your Head’ album was
especially important, the music acting as a soundtrack
and the cover being an ideal visual reference for the era."

merci

Stephanie Huss
France
look breaker
Explanation:
Breaking/breakdancing

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Oups!!!! Je ne sais pas si on dit \"breaker\" en francais!
but it\'s about breakdancing

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http://www.bboysummit.com/about.htm

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smurfeur!!!

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Note added at 15 mins (2005-02-03 14:09:55 GMT)
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b-boy = smurfeur


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Voilà le look smurf/de smurfeur:
http://www.bboysummit.com
Selected response from:

Stéphanie Serraï
Sweden
Note from asker to answerer
thank you! je vais laisser b-boy. sur le site bboysummit.com, on voit le sigle / logo de bboy, et cela me semble connu, donc je vais laisser tel quel

merci à toutes et à tous !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1look des Beastie Boysanna purna
5break dancing boy
Conor McAuley
4Beastie Boys
Nina Khmielnitzky
3look breakerStéphanie Serraï
3bad boy
Elodie Rousseau


  

Answers

11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bad boy

Explanation:
une suggestion...

Elodie Rousseau
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
break dancing boy

Explanation:
First few hits here:

http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=%22b-boy%22&meta=

And, while the AF may not have approved "breakdancing" in French, it is used:

http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=%22le+breakdancing%22&me...

So: "un look breakdance/breakdancing"?



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Evidence just to leave it as b-boys:

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:TBc2M_ZLTwMJ:membres.ly...

Conor McAuley
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Beastie Boys

Explanation:
I asked an expert in that field: my spouse.

Nina Khmielnitzky
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
look des Beastie Boys

Explanation:
Des milliers d'examples sur Google de ?Beastie Boys + b boys" par example, "if you visit the B-Boys website, you will see that people that don't follow Beastie politics are still loyal fans. Most people expect the Beastie Boys to continue..."

anna purna
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Conor McAuley: Yes, makes sense
15 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
look breaker

Explanation:
Breaking/breakdancing

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Note added at 12 mins (2005-02-03 14:06:52 GMT)
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Oups!!!! Je ne sais pas si on dit \"breaker\" en francais!
but it\'s about breakdancing

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Note added at 12 mins (2005-02-03 14:07:30 GMT)
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http://www.bboysummit.com/about.htm

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-02-03 14:08:39 GMT)
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smurfeur!!!

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Note added at 15 mins (2005-02-03 14:09:55 GMT)
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b-boy = smurfeur


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Note added at 42 mins (2005-02-03 14:37:17 GMT)
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Voilà le look smurf/de smurfeur:
http://www.bboysummit.com

Stéphanie Serraï
Sweden
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
thank you! je vais laisser b-boy. sur le site bboysummit.com, on voit le sigle / logo de bboy, et cela me semble connu, donc je vais laisser tel quel

merci à toutes et à tous !
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