ils ne ménagent néanmoins pas leurs forces

English translation: although they sleep twelve hours a day they are very active during the day...

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French term or phrase:	ils ne ménagent néanmoins pas leurs forces
English translation:	although they sleep twelve hours a day they are very active during the day...
Entered by:	evelyn evans

03:51 Aug 11, 2002

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
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French term or phrase: ils ne ménagent néanmoins pas leurs forces

In the following sentence:

"Dormant près de douze heures par jour, ils ne ménagent néanmoins pas leurs forces durant leurs phases d’activité diurne, ce qui entretient, chez eux, un état à la fois calme et alerte, une certaine gaieté tranquille"

Clara

although they sleep twelve hours a day they are very active during the day...

Explanation:
'Although' underlines the fact that because they sleep a lot during the night they are very active during the day.

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Note added at 2002-08-12 14:18:16 (GMT) Post-grading
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On second thoughts there are too many \'days\' in this phrase. Perhaps \'twelve hours each night\'... etc.

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evelyn evans
Canada
Local time: 09:01

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Thank you. This sounds much more natural than other suggestions. I do appreciate your time and effort answering this question. I also appreciate the other answers. Thank you all.
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4 +2

Although they spend twelve hours a day sleeping, they

DPolice

conserve their strength

Richard George Elliott

they don't hold back during...

Paul Stevens

although they sleep twelve hours a day they are very active during the day...

evelyn evans

Sleeping 12 hours a day, they nevertheless don't save their strenght during their daytime activ

writeaway

Even with sleeping 12 hrs. a day, they can't gather their energy in (their) waking activities

markmx

...they are highly active in their daytime phase...

kostan

but they do not save their energy

Jean-Luc Dumont

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Although they spend twelve hours a day sleeping, they

Explanation:
do not spare their effort

other solutions with 'nevertheless' or "however' are rather awkward

DPolice
Local time: 15:01
PRO pts in pair: 454

1 hr confidence:

Sleeping 12 hours a day, they nevertheless don't save their strenght during their daytime activ

Explanation:
My suggestion

Sleeping 12 hours a day, they nevertheless do not save their strength during their phases of daytime activity....

ménager ses forces: to save one's strength.

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Note added at 2002-08-11 05:32:57 (GMT)
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ignore the \'answer part\'. I forgot to go back and arrange it. So much for working on the computer before breakfast/drinking coffee.
Incidentally, DPolice is right about the awkwardness.

Alternative/better? suggestion:

Even though they sleep twelve hours a day, they do not save/conserve their strength during their phases of daytime activity....

writeaway
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 2913

1 hr confidence:

Even with sleeping 12 hrs. a day, they can't gather their energy in (their) waking activities

Explanation:
...

markmx
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 63

1 hr confidence:

conserve their strength

Explanation:
Sleeping almost 12 hours a day, they do not, however, conserve their strength during...

Richard George Elliott
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 23

2 hrs confidence:

...they are highly active in their daytime phase...

Explanation:
?

kostan
Austria
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in pair: 161

3 hrs confidence:

but they do not save their energy

Explanation:
They may be sleeping 12 hours a day but they do not save their energy during their daytime activity phases. This keeps them....

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 1108

5 hrs confidence:

they don't hold back during...

Explanation:
is how I would phrase this.

Alternatively, "they don't conserve their energy...".

HTH

Paul Stevens
Local time: 14:01
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 347

6 hrs confidence:

although they sleep twelve hours a day they are very active during the day...

evelyn evans
Canada
Local time: 09:01
PRO pts in pair: 17

Grading comment

Thank you. This sounds much more natural than other suggestions. I do appreciate your time and effort answering this question. I also appreciate the other answers. Thank you all.

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