qui en dit souvent bien plus long

English translation: which is more eloquent than

18:43 Oct 25, 2007

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
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French term or phrase: qui en dit souvent bien plus long

Ici, le poids du secret, du non-dit, du mystère me semble être déterminant, et j’aimerais travailler avec les comédiens sur cette « charge » qui en dit souvent bien plus long qu’une scène verbeuse, ou une séquence explicite.

A silly question maybe but I've never seen 'dire plus long'. Is it 'says far more?' . Thanks

Julie Barber KudoZ activity Questions: 279 (9 open) (6 without valid answers) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 864 United Kingdom
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English translation:which is more eloquent than

Explanation:
The expression is "en dire (plus) long sur".

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Note added at 9 mins (2007-10-25 18:53:02 GMT)
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Sorry, I forgot the "souvent":
"Which is often more eloquent than ..."
(BTW: without the plus, you could use "speaks volumes about", but no luck here.)

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Note added at 10 mins (2007-10-25 18:54:02 GMT)
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And "says far more" works fine too, of course.

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siragui
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oops I've been using the wrong fields to close the questions!! thank you to all of you!
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which is more eloquent than

siragui

which is often much more telling than

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which is more eloquent than

siragui
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oops I've been using the wrong fields to close the questions!! thank you to all of you!

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Asker: Cheers to all as usual!

9 hrs confidence:

which is often much more telling than

Explanation:
Hello,

This is what I'd say.

A non-verbal scene is often much more telling than a verbal one.

I hope this helps.

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