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French translation: [il avait le regard] crispé

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22:02 Jan 17, 2012

English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

English term or phrase: tense

Contexte :
Il s'agit de quelqu'un qui est en colère.

his eyes were tense behind his glasses.

Merci d'avance pour votre aide.

CBY KudoZ activity Questions: 114 (3 open) (2 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 18 France
Local time: 12:29

French translation:[il avait le regard] crispé

Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Timothy Rake
Local time: 03:29

Grading comment

Merci !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

[il avait le regard] crispé

Timothy Rake

5 +1

(regard) cruel/pesant

Roxana Albu-Mercié

4 +1

étaient tendue

SRodrig185

"son visage était tendu derrière........."

bigmimi

son regard était mauvais

Irène Guinez

nerveux

Kelly Harrison

Son regard était dur derrière ses lunettes

Christine Correcher

briller de colère

Virginie Schmitt

le regard à l'affût derrière ses lunettes

LauretteT

lançaient des éclairs

AntoineH

Summary of reference entries provided

Elle a les yeux révolver

Roxana Albu-Mercié

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

12 mins confidence:

nerveux

Explanation:
le sens est tendu - mais évidement ça ne marche pas pour les yeux en français. Tu pourrait dire "ses yeux reflétais sa nervosité"...

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Note added at 12 mins (2012-01-17 22:15:46 GMT)
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reflétaient bien entendu

Kelly Harrison
Local time: 12:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

15 mins confidence:

lançaient des éclairs

Explanation:
Derrière ses lunettes, ses yeux lançaient des éclairs

AntoineH
Local time: 12:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

18 mins confidence:

briller de colère

Explanation:
Une proposition (parmi d'autres....)
"Ses yeux brillaient de colère derrière ses lunettes."
*Exorbité* serait sûrement plus proche de *tense* mais je trouve le terme peu élégant et moins facile à tourner (surtout avec des lunettes): *les yeux exorbités de colère derrière les lunettes / sous les lunettes* ? Il me semble que c'est lourd.
Ou alors on oublie les yeux et on passe carrément aux sourcils qui froncent, et on s'éloigne autant qu'avec "briller".

Virginie Schmitt
France
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of:

French

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(regard) cruel/pesant

Explanation:
"Elle a les yeux révolver"......

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Note added at 32 minutes (2012-01-17 22:34:57 GMT)
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j'ajoute: lourd

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Note added at 38 minutes (2012-01-17 22:41:43 GMT)
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Ou
Derrière ses lunettes m'attendais un regard lourd de colère.
Ou
La colère des ses yeux mal contenue par ses lunettes.
Ou
Derrière ses lunettes, ses yeux noirs de colère me fusillaient.....

Roxana Albu-Mercié
France
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of:

Romanian,

French

49 mins confidence:

le regard à l'affût derrière ses lunettes

Explanation:
doesn't exactly fit but in context could be an idea

LauretteT
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

étaient tendue

Explanation:
This is what is said in the original phrase. He tensed his eyes, in English if also refers to squinting, but this would have several implications and further context would be required to explain that this was done in anger.

Example sentence(s):

Ses yeux étaient tendue derrière ses lunettes.

Reference: http://translate.reference.com/translate?query=his+eyes+were...
Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/tense

SRodrig185
Local time: 05:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

2 hrs confidence:

"son visage était tendu derrière........."

Explanation:
élargissement! eyes=visage

bigmimi
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 3

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

[il avait le regard] crispé

Explanation:
..

Timothy Rake
Local time: 03:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Merci !

9 hrs confidence:

Son regard était dur derrière ses lunettes

Explanation:
tout simplement...

Christine Correcher
Local time: 12:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French

11 hrs confidence:

son regard était mauvais

Explanation:
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Irène Guinez
Spain
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of:

French,

Spanish

Reference comments

12 mins

Reference: Elle a les yeux révolver

Reference information:
Marc Lavoine

Roxana Albu-Mercié
France
Native speaker of:

Romanian,

French

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