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I've been hanging around your old address?

French translation: j'ai traîné du côté de ton ancienne adresse


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English term or phrase:I've been hanging around your old address?
French translation:j'ai traîné du côté de ton ancienne adresse
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12:59 Nov 23, 2011
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-11-27 04:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Poetry & Literature / Pédagogie
English term or phrase: I've been hanging around your old address?
http://www.universound.ca/fr/chanson/1399/
fabrice41
Local time: 12:29
j'ai traîné du côté de ton ancienne adresse
Explanation:
une suggestion
Selected response from:

Pascale van Kempen-Herlant
Local time: 12:29
Grading comment
Merci.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +9j'ai traîné du côté de ton ancienne adresse
Pascale van Kempen-Herlant
3 +7je suis retourné où tu habitais autrefois
Estelle Demontrond-Box
4 +1je suis repassé là où tu habitais
Margaret Rigaud


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
i've been hanging around your old address?
j'ai traîné du côté de ton ancienne adresse


Explanation:
une suggestion

Pascale van Kempen-Herlant
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Merci.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Estelle Demontrond-Box: J'aime bien "traîner".
1 min
  -> Merci Estelle. On pourrait aussi combiner nos réponses : j'ai traîné du côté où tu habitais autrefois :-)
agree  Françoise Vogel
12 mins
  -> Merci Françoise
agree  mimi 254
13 mins
  -> Merci Mimi
neutral  kashew: Sounds to me like he didn't stay long, and it was only one visit.// In the context of the whole song - although you are right about the general use of hanging around. ;-) I think the songwriter was a bit inconsistent.
28 mins
  -> I think that "to hang around" does mean rôder/traîner/errer and not just one visit. Am I wrong?
agree  Agnes T-H: J'ai rodé peut-être.. Aussi
51 mins
  -> Merci Agnès
neutral  1045: Personnellement, je n'aime pas 'traÎner' ... et je déteste choisir 'désaccord' ... Votre suggestion laisse sous-entendre que l'individu passe ses journées là ... Je crois que ce n'est qu'une seule fois ...
1 hr
  -> Mais ton opinion est tout à fait la bienvenue 1045.
agree  Christine Correcher
7 hrs
agree  Kelly Harrison: Je dois contredire cette contradiction, "hanging aroung" veut bien dire qu'il/elle a passer pas mal de temps à trainer par la, ce derniers temps.
8 hrs
agree  Evelyne MACCARI
9 hrs
agree  Sylvie Pilon
13 hrs
agree  enrico paoletti
20 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
i've been hanging around your old address?
je suis retourné où tu habitais autrefois


Explanation:
une autre suggestion

Estelle Demontrond-Box
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Layla de Chabot
7 mins
  -> Merci Layla!
agree  kashew
24 mins
  -> Merci Kashew!
agree  Frankie J. B.: "là où" peut-être
36 mins
  -> Merci Frankie!
agree  Aline Mercuri
1 hr
  -> Merci ALine!
agree  1045: J'aime bien la suggestion de Frankie ...
1 hr
  -> Oui c'est plus élégant! Merci 1045!
neutral  Kelly Harrison: Je suis retourné plusieurs fois, oui.
8 hrs
  -> Merci Kelly!
agree  enrico paoletti
20 hrs
  -> Merci Enrico!
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
1 day25 mins
  -> Merci Gilles!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
i've been hanging around your old address?
je suis repassé là où tu habitais


Explanation:
une suggestion -- le ton de la chanson me paraît assez familier, ou oral en tout cas. A mon avis, il faut une traduction qui évoque la langue parlée.

Margaret Rigaud
Local time: 11:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  1045: Je préfère 'passé' à 'repassé' ...
21 mins
agree  Eliane Pollet
2 hrs
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