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It was not a good voyage

French translation: cela n'a pas été un voyage agréable/un bon voyage

20:34 May 19, 2003
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: It was not a good voyage
"C'était une voyage superbe," would mean it was a good voyage, although I need to know the negative form.
adel
French translation:cela n'a pas été un voyage agréable/un bon voyage
Explanation:
passé composé if the trip is over and looking back at it - you think it was not a good one

imperfect - it is not good while your are traveling - things anre going wrong - description in the past
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Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 22:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6cela n'a pas été un voyage agréable/un bon voyage
Jean-Luc Dumont
5 +5Ca n'a pas été une bonne traversée
Pierre POUSSIN
5 +3la galère pour garder la mer si c'est "voyage" parce que le rest c'est travel to me
cjohnstone
5 +2ce n'était pas un bon voyage/un voyage agréable
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
4 +1it was not a good journey
smartJIT
4 +1la traversée a été mauvaise
ntouzet (X)
3 +1ce fut un voyage épouvantable
chaplin
4Le voyage ne m'a pas plu du tout
Shog Imas


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ce n'était pas un bon voyage/un voyage agréable


Explanation:
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Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
France
Local time: 22:16
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1164

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martine Etienne: Et oui, la question répétée de ce Monsieur a été annulée deux fois...
11 mins
  -> je viens d'arriver et je n'ai rien vu, j'ai squashé les 2 derniers doublons. Bonsoir Martine
agree  Pacific
17 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
cela n'a pas été un voyage agréable/un bon voyage


Explanation:
passé composé if the trip is over and looking back at it - you think it was not a good one

imperfect - it is not good while your are traveling - things anre going wrong - description in the past

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 22:16
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 2872
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jordane Boury
11 mins
agree  RHELLER: definitely passé composé if it's over :-)
21 mins
agree  sktrans
4 hrs
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
6 hrs
agree  Ahmad Maher Sandouk
8 hrs
agree  Kvasir
15 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ce fut un voyage épouvantable


Explanation:
or atroce
more literary in a novel for example
Good luck!
Ségolène

chaplin
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:16
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 1373

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agree  sktrans
3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Ca n'a pas été une bonne traversée


Explanation:
a voyage is a travel by sea cf: a maiden voyage!

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 22:16
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1497

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andreina Baiano
53 mins
  -> Merci!
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont: très bien
1 hr
  -> Merci!
agree  sktrans
3 hrs
  -> merci!
agree  ntouzet (X)
10 hrs
  -> Merci!
agree  Kvasir: certainly
15 hrs
  -> Merci!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
la galère pour garder la mer si c'est "voyage" parce que le rest c'est travel to me


Explanation:
NA

cjohnstone
France
Local time: 22:16
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2457

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pierre POUSSIN: Yep! et en plus, il est "sick"!
6 hrs
  -> thks
agree  ntouzet (X)
9 hrs
  -> thks
agree  Shog Imas
16 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
it was not a good journey


Explanation:
could be that too no ?? who said anything about 'sea'

smartJIT
France
Local time: 22:16
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 5

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agree  Pascale Dahan: most general
4 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
la traversée a été mauvaise


Explanation:
would be a more natural way to say it in French.

voyage is a nautical term = traversée

Robert&Collins says it all.

ntouzet (X)
Local time: 22:16
PRO pts in pair: 566

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kvasir
2 hrs
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Le voyage ne m'a pas plu du tout


Explanation:
Autre possibilité ?

Shog Imas
Canada
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 295
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