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tes lumières

English translation: your wisdom

03:45 Jan 15, 2004
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
French term or phrase: tes lumières
Allez, fait pas la gueule, reviens, tu nous manques à tous, c'est nous que tu prives de tes lumières, c'est toi le meilleur du groupe
hobbes
English translation:your wisdom
Explanation:
come on, don't sulk, come back, we all miss you, don't deprive us of your wisdom [or similar], you're the best out of all of us.

Something like that.
Selected response from:

Charlie Bavington
Local time: 00:12
Grading comment
Thank you very much everybody.
J'ai mis "wisdom" et toutes vos propositions, puisque c'est la verite. J'ai remplace par "we are the one left..."
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7bright ideas
CMJ_Trans (X)
4 +4wits, intelligence, knowledge,
Jean-Luc Dumont
5 +2"c 'est nous que tu prives... " - we're the ones left (without ...)
Jane Roffe
3 +3your wisdom
Charlie Bavington
3 +2your inspiring comments
RHELLER
5your brains
nothing
3your wit
ben baudoin


  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tes lumières
your wisdom


Explanation:
come on, don't sulk, come back, we all miss you, don't deprive us of your wisdom [or similar], you're the best out of all of us.

Something like that.

Charlie Bavington
Local time: 00:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you very much everybody.
J'ai mis "wisdom" et toutes vos propositions, puisque c'est la verite. J'ai remplace par "we are the one left..."

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RHELLER: lovely!
52 mins
agree  Alina-Valeria Buzuloiu
6 hrs
agree  lien
8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tes lumières
your inspiring comments


Explanation:
your brainy ideas!

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 17:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lien: yes !
8 hrs
agree  David Vaughn: "your brainy ideas" is the closest to the overall tone - though lumires might be considered to be a more lofty word poetically stuck in a "popular" text
3 days 7 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
tes lumières
wits, intelligence, knowledge,


Explanation:
wits here

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 01:12
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  moya
1 hr
agree  Anita Milos
3 hrs
agree  Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
4 hrs
agree  lien: knowledge too
6 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
bright ideas


Explanation:
don't sulk - we miss you and your bright ideas

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Note added at 2004-01-15 07:34:38 (GMT)
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pearls of wisdom

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 01:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jerrie
2 hrs
agree  ZIL (X): bright conveys the idea of lumieres too
2 hrs
agree  Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
3 hrs
agree  lien: with ZIL
5 hrs
agree  Abdellatif Bouhid
7 hrs
agree  mdesestret
3 days 7 hrs
agree  sousou
9 days
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"c 'est nous que tu prives... " - we're the ones left (without ...)


Explanation:
this bit is missing from the other suggestions...

Jane Roffe
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lien: right
2 hrs
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): this is the only correct one
1 day 9 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
your brains


Explanation:
A lot less formal, because the context looks like a letter to a friend or relative

nothing
Local time: 00:12
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
your wit


Explanation:
??may be not in this context

ben baudoin
France
Local time: 01:12
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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