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peck out

French translation: De ses doigts s'égrenaient les mots avec lenteur, mais assurance...

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English term or phrase: peck out French translation: De ses doigts s'égrenaient les mots avec lenteur, mais assurance...

16:33 Nov 29, 2004

English to French translations [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: peck out His fingers pecked out the words slowly and decisively.	cedric
De ses doigts s'égrenaient les mots avec lenteur, mais assurance... Explanation: P't'êt' qu'il tape sur des touches...d'un seul doigt! Ce qui s'appelle "taper comme un gendarme"!	Selected response from: Pierre POUSSIN France Local time: 09:19
Grading comment Merci beaucoup. Je pense que le choix du verbe souligne bien la métaphore 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
4 +3	De ses doigts s'égrenaient les mots avec lenteur, mais assurance...	Pierre POUSSIN
3 +1	picoraient	DocteurPC
3 +1	ont choisi/sélectionné (un à un)	CMJ_Trans (X)
4	choisir/sélectionner	yacine
3 +1	ses doigts distillaient les mots ...	Platary (X)

Discussion entries: 1
raoul weiss France not enough context; could be anything 16:41 Nov 29, 2004  Automatic update in 00:

  

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1 min   confidence: peer agreement (net): +1

picoraient Explanation: to peck = picorer comme un poulet qui cherche sa pittance - il cherchait les mots?	DocteurPC Canada Local time: 03:19 Works in field Native speaker of: French, English PRO pts in category: 8
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Arroger 14 mins
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3 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +1

ont choisi/sélectionné (un à un) Explanation: normalement j'aurais dit "pick out" - ce sont les poules qui peck (picorer) mais est-ce une image qui rappelle la manière dont mangent les poules - en prenant chaque morceau individuellement? Je suppose que c'est une personne qui tape à la machine/un clavier?	CMJ_Trans (X) Local time: 09:19 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 55
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  RHELLER: oui, il a tapé lentement avec les deux indexes 2 mins
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choisir/sélectionner Explanation: faire un choix raisonnable	yacine Local time: 09:19 Specializes in field Native speaker of: Arabic, French
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ses doigts distillaient les mots ... Explanation: ... et là ... tout dépend du reste, mais je sens bien ce que je propose.	Platary (X) Local time: 09:19 Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 4
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  DocteurPC: j'aime beaucoup - c'est mieux que de picorer ;-) 1 min   -> J'apprécie ... Merci. Il y a sans doute beaucoup plus derrière, mais cela ce sera à l'asker de s'en faire une idée.
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15 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +3

De ses doigts s'égrenaient les mots avec lenteur, mais assurance... Explanation: P't'êt' qu'il tape sur des touches...d'un seul doigt! Ce qui s'appelle "taper comme un gendarme"!	Pierre POUSSIN France Local time: 09:19 Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment Merci beaucoup. Je pense que le choix du verbe souligne bien la métaphore
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  GILLES MEUNIER 4 mins   -> Merci! agree  Platary (X): Très bien vu, c'est pourquoi je parlais de distillerie. Mais donc là c'est très bien ciblé. Sincèrement c'est parfait !!! 50 mins   -> Merci beaucoup! Et bonne soirée! agree  Francine Alloncle: Bravo! 1 hr   -> Merci! Mille grazie!
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