Musiques et non pas musique

English translation: Music and not just any music because Mark is very ecletic in his musical tastes

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French term or phrase:	Musiques et non pas musique
English translation:	Music and not just any music because Mark is very ecletic in his musical tastes
Entered by:	Linda Young (X)

00:03 Nov 28, 2001

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
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French term or phrase: Musiques et non pas musique

Musiques et non pas musique puisque Mark est très éclectique dans ses goûts musicaux.

Is this a strange Frenchism?

Caroline

Music and not just any music because Mark is very ecletic in his musical tastes

Explanation:
the word ecletic exists in English

Selected response from:

Linda Young (X)
Local time: 01:45

Grading comment

Yikes, a bit of a stumper isn't it? Thanks for all your help though (everyone)
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

Music and not just any music because Mark is very ecletic in his musical tastes

Linda Young (X)

4 +1

different styles of music, not just music

DPolice

Many types of music

cheungmo

5 -1

All kinds of music and not just music because Mark has very eclectic musical taste

mckinnc

4 -1

Music, and some things you probably wouldn't call music; Mark has very eclectic tastes in music.

Mary Worby

Answers

26 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Music and not just any music because Mark is very ecletic in his musical tastes

Explanation:
the word ecletic exists in English

Linda Young (X)
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 49

Grading comment

Yikes, a bit of a stumper isn't it? Thanks for all your help though (everyone)

27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Music, and some things you probably wouldn't call music; Mark has very eclectic tastes in music.

Explanation:
I think the 'non pas musique' is a judgment as to the quality of the music - may sound more like noise!

A little bit more context may make things easier, though!

HTH

Mary

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 484

41 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

All kinds of music and not just music because Mark has very eclectic musical taste

Explanation:
You need to put across the plural (musiques). It's not a case of "any old music" but all kinds of music as opposed to "just music"

mckinnc
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 922

46 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

different styles of music, not just music

Explanation:
or musical styles

DPolice
Local time: 01:45
PRO pts in pair: 454

4 hrs confidence:

Many types of music

Explanation:
From the source text:
Musiques et non musique
(note the "s" in the first)

The "s" points out that Mark doesn't listen to one type of music only, he likes many different kinds of music.

Eclectic means "all over the place". An eclectic record collection ranges from The Sex Pistols to Burt Bacharach while passing through the Vienna Boys Choir, Innu throat-signing, Barry Manilow, and Mozart.

The problem with "music and not just any music" is that it implies that Mark is choosy, rather than eclectic.

cheungmo
PRO pts in pair: 339

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