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French translation: repoussé/écarté (sommairement)


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14:42 Aug 30, 2004
English to French translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: brushed off
...as in "to brush off someone"...I felt brushed off, ignored, as though I were not important.
The person feels more hurt than angry, I think, but there is some anger felt as well.
I'm uninspired. Ideas? Merci d'avance.
clangfor1
French translation:repoussé/écarté (sommairement)
Explanation:
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xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 19:44
Grading comment
many good suggestions, so thanks to everyone. this is simply the one that worked best for the context at hand. thanks again
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4repoussé/écarté (sommairement)xxxCMJ_Trans
4 +3envoyer promener qq
GILLES MEUNIER
3 +4rejeté(e)
writeaway
4 +2Mis à l'ecart.
Carol S-C
4 +2dédaigné
Philippe KOESSLER
4FYIRHELLER
4mis à l'écart/ l'index
Christine C.
3je me sentais exclu(e)/banni(e)
Nanny Wintjens
3 -1repoussée, balayée ...xxxESPARRON


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
envoyer promener qq


Explanation:
Harraps

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 62

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agree  RHELLER: exactly :-)
1 min
neutral  Michel A.: je me suis sentie "envoyée promenée" ??? - le niveau de langage n'est pas celui là
4 mins
  -> to brush off someone, faut savoir lire...
neutral  xxxESPARRON: Dac avec Michel. On a une phrase dans les mimines ...
9 mins
  -> to brush off someone, faut savoir lire...
agree  Philippe KOESSLER: "envoyée promener", selon Harrap's, c'est bien ce niveau de langage...
45 mins
agree  jacrav: Oui pour le sens habituel de l’expression. Pas dans l’exemple donné … ;)
4 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
rejeté(e)


Explanation:
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dans ce contexte-ci

writeaway
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michel A.: oui correspond mieux au niveau de langage du texte
2 mins
agree  xxxESPARRON: C'est bien aussi.
8 mins
agree  suezen
19 mins
agree  jacrav: Oui pour l’exemple donné …
4 hrs
neutral  lien: trop fort
22 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
repoussé/écarté (sommairement)


Explanation:
aussi

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 55
Grading comment
many good suggestions, so thanks to everyone. this is simply the one that worked best for the context at hand. thanks again

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxESPARRON: Je peux pas dire non.
14 mins
agree  Emérentienne: écarté
1 hr
agree  jacrav
4 hrs
agree  lien: ecarte, mis a l'ecart
22 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
repoussée, balayée ...


Explanation:
... et autres variantes

xxxESPARRON
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  GILLES MEUNIER: balayé, sérieux?
2 hrs
  -> Un gros coup de balai sur le disagree, mais bon, c'est en effet plus que sérieux. Pour comprendre il faut avoir fait plusieurs voyages en tapis volant. Ce n'est cependant pas ainsi que vous allez me mettre sur la touche ??? Dropped !
neutral  jacrav: Balayé est trop fort
4 hrs
  -> Peut-être, mais laissons le Demandeur faire son ménégae !
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mis à l'écart/ l'index


Explanation:
Assez d'accord avec CMJ_Trans.
Une variante.

Christine C.
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  jacrav: à l’index est trop fort.
4 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
je me sentais exclu(e)/banni(e)


Explanation:
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Nanny Wintjens
Spain
Local time: 18:44
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

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neutral  jacrav: Banni est trop fort.
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FYI


Explanation:
this is colloquial language - not very strong - usually describing a temporary state; the same person may be nice to you later

brush off

Dismiss or rebuff, as in Roberta brushed off the poor reviews with a shrug, or
You can't brush off a boyfriend and expect him to do you a favor. This expression, transferring sweeping off crumbs to a curt dismissal, was first recorded about 1820. However, it became common usage only in the 1930s. Also see give someone the air (brush off).



Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

v : bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, discount, push aside, ignore]


    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=brush%20off
RHELLER
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Mis à l'ecart.


Explanation:
"Etre mis à l'écart", on garde cette notion d'isolement, de rejet, de peine ,d'incompréhension. D'ailleur si l'on se penche sur le terme anglais " brushed off" on retrouve cette idée "d'envoyer au loin" " de balayer" ." brushed off from dust".


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Carol S-C
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

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agree  GILLES MEUNIER
2 hrs
agree  jacrav
3 hrs
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
dédaigné


Explanation:
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Philippe KOESSLER
France
Local time: 19:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
2 hrs
agree  jacrav
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