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Il nous a brossé un vaste panorama

English translation: painted / (described ) a broad picture of the slavery /bondage

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French term or phrase:	Il nous a brossé un vaste panorama
English translation:	painted / (described ) a broad picture of the slavery /bondage
Entered by:	Liliane Hatem

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09:20 Mar 27, 2010

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Journalism

French term or phrase: Il nous a brossé un vaste panorama

...de l'esclavage à partir de l'Afrique"
is the rest of it if it helps.

xxxLaurenplow KudoZ activity Questions: 2 (none open) Answers: 7 Australia
Local time: 04:32

painted / (described ) a broad picture of the slavery /bondage

Explanation:
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Liliane Hatem
Local time: 21:32

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Thank you :)
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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5 +7

painted / (described ) a broad picture of the slavery /bondage

Liliane Hatem

He gave us a far reaching survey

Michel F. Morin

He painted a wide panorama of...

Kas66

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

painted / (described ) a broad picture of the slavery /bondage

Explanation:
...

Liliane Hatem
Local time: 21:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Arabic

Grading comment

Thank you :)

9 mins confidence:

He painted a wide panorama of...

Explanation:
This is a figurative expression from painting. Instead of paint the French use the term 'brosser' which is of course the idea of painting with a paint-brush. Here, the idea is simply that the speaker gave a broad description of the subject.

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Note added at 14 mins (2010-03-27 09:35:20 GMT)
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Sorry L Hatem I was posting as you were! One thing though the 'the' before 'slavery' would only be right is some linguistic contexts.
My full answer would be: 'He painted a wide panorama of slavery beginning in Africa/starting from Africa', but again it depends if that's really the end of the sentence.

Kas66
Local time: 20:32
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

13 hrs confidence:

He gave us a far reaching survey

Explanation:
I'm a bit behind schedule - nevertheless, maybe that can help !

Michel F. Morin
France
Local time: 20:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

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Apr 3, 2010 - Changes made by Liliane Hatem:
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