English: ...a golly-gee kind of person...French translation: bon enfant, simple, naïve, enthousiaste 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | ...a golly-gee kind of person... | | French translation: | bon enfant, simple, naïve, enthousiaste | | Entered by: | suezen |
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / short story | | English term or phrase: ...a golly-gee kind of person... | | "He lacked cynicism. He was a golly-gee kind of person." |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseRobert Frankling (asker): 12:01pm Sep 10, 2004: "Golly-gee"=a mild oath - The person is easily impressed, not necessarily "simple" or "credulous".
suezen: 12:11pm Sep 10, 2004: yes, I agree. Simple doesn't mean idiotic but unsophisticated. It's the sort of person who looks at you with big eyes and no pre-conceptions. That's why spontanée etc. seemed appropriate. There's something innocent about this person. -
Robert Frankling (asker): 12:26pm Sep 10, 2004: Impressionable.
suezen: 12:47pm Sep 10, 2004: well, that would bring you back to crédule. And the thing is you never really know with the golly-gee person if they're really taken in or not. I think it's the Legally blonde type of girl who's full of enthusiasm or perhaps Forest Gump. -
Robert Frankling (asker): 1:03pm Sep 10, 2004: Sometimes this translation business is harder than it looks. I'm thinking of a person who isn't stupid, but is easy to impress and expresses that bedazzlement readily. How would a French person express that? "Spontané" is close to the nuance I need. "Unrestrained in enthusiasm"??
suezen: 1:10pm Sep 10, 2004: how about 'nature' or 'bon enfant' -
suezen: 1:11pm Sep 10, 2004: un type bon enfant -
Robert Frankling (asker): 4:51pm Sep 10, 2004: Very close... - Hey, Suezen, I think you may have found the answer: définition(s) >. bon enfant loc. adj. invar. Qui a, qui exprime une gentillesse
empreinte de naïveté.Un air bon enfant.Elle est très bon enfant. ...
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Robert Frankling (asker): 4:37am Sep 15, 2004: Je remercie tout le monde pour leurs efforts de trouver la réponse. Grâce à la suggestion de Suezen, j'ai trouvé la nuance que je désirais.
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| Note from asker to answererJ'ai choisi cette idée parce que la personne en question n'était pas simple, mais d'un enthousiasme déborbant.
Phrase: "Il n'avait pas de cynisme. C'est pour cela qu'il avait l'air si bon enfant."
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