on se voit tellement peu

English translation: we hardly see each other

15:05 Oct 30, 2007

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research

French term or phrase: on se voit tellement peu

Les entretiens annuels sont essentiellement consacrés:
1. À parler de performance, celle qui a été réalisée et celle à venir
2. A permettre au collaborateur d’exprimer son projet professionnel
3. À discuter, on se voit tellement peu !

Questionnaire within training course.

Amy Grieve KudoZ activity Questions: 283 (1 open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 23
Local time: 04:34

English translation:we hardly see each other

Explanation:
another variation on the same theme

Selected response from:

Expialidocio (X)
France
Local time: 05:34

Grading comment

So many to choose from, but this fitted nicely with the tone of the rest of the questionnaire.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +6

we hardly see each other

Expialidocio (X)

4 +2

meetings are rather scarce

Eugen Cojocaru (X)

4 +2

we see so little of one another

Attorney DC Bar

4 +2

we hardly ever get the chance!

Sandra Petch

we meet so rarely

swisstell

as we don't see each other very often

Angela Dickson (X)

comment

Bourth (X)

for once!

CMJ_Trans (X)

one of those rare oppurtunities to meet and discuss

Jonathan MacKerron

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

meetings are rather scarce

Explanation:
or: we all see each other so rarely!

Eugen Cojocaru (X)
Romania
Local time: 06:34
Native speaker of:

Romanian

8 mins confidence:

we meet so rarely

Explanation:
"for discussions, as we meet so rarely"

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 05:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

we hardly see each other

Explanation:
another variation on the same theme

Expialidocio (X)
France
Local time: 05:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

So many to choose from, but this fitted nicely with the tone of the rest of the questionnaire.

17 mins confidence:

as we don't see each other very often

Explanation:
one option.

Angela Dickson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:34
Native speaker of: English

43 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

we see so little of one another

Explanation:
Nothing to explain.

Attorney DC Bar
Local time: 05:34
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

we hardly ever get the chance!

Explanation:

3/ Chat.. we hardly ever get the chance!

One more for the pot...

Sandra Petch
Local time: 05:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 19

1 hr confidence:

one of those rare oppurtunities to meet and discuss

Explanation:
yet another

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10

1 hr confidence:

for once!

Explanation:
To chat/talk/natter, for once

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 05:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 255

8 hrs confidence:

comment

Explanation:
One of the things that irritates me about these silly questionnaires is that so often the "right" answer, or at least the "wrongest" one is "télégraphée". Here the difference betwee the formal style of the first two options and the very casual style of the third is blatant.

Unless you want to cook the books (by going for rare when the organizers are going for well done), you probably really should reflect that casual, lighthearted, even comical style.

- To chat; we only ever scrape hulls in the night.
- To have a natter; we'll have to stop meeting like this!
- Just to talk: my partner is beginning to suspect ...
- Nothing more than a chat; we hardly know each other!

I may be going over the top, but I hope you get my drift (those amphoras in that oil slick off Sicily again).

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-10-30 23:23:06 GMT)
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For a chin-wag; there's always something else happening as a rule.

Bourth (X)
Local time: 05:34
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 85

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