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French: des corps de plus en plus fins

English translation: bodies that are ever smaller







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French term or phrase:des corps de plus en plus fins
English translation:bodies that are ever smaller
Entered by:rousselures
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Medical - Media / Multimedia
French term or phrase: des corps de plus en plus fins
Alors, la phrase est la suivante:

Le regard de l' homme se porte ainsi sur des corps de plus en plus fins.

Il s' agit de l' histoire de l' anatomie.
(...Le médecin s' intéresse désormais a l' anatomie moléculaire dont chaque perturbation crée la maladie...)

I was thinking of something ending like this: "...attracted man's attention". But, what about the first part of my English phrase?
gkarapapa
Greece
Clarification request(s) and response
gkarapapa: 1:19am Mar 15, 2007: Yes, I refer to "man" as in human being, mankind.

bodies that are ever smaller
Explanation:
Mankind is focusing on bodies that are ever smaller.
Or
Man's attention is on bodies that are getting smaller.

Bodies as in "cell body", that way, you keep the play on words.
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rousselures
Canada
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Summary of answers provided
5More and more/Even more slender bodies
Anna Maria Augustin
4 +1increasingly slender bodiesSwatchka
3 +1bodies that are ever smaller
rousselures


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
More and more/Even more slender bodies

Explanation:
attracted everyone's attention..

Why "men"? Do you mean mankind?

Anna Maria Augustin
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bodies that are ever smaller

Explanation:
Mankind is focusing on bodies that are ever smaller.
Or
Man's attention is on bodies that are getting smaller.

Bodies as in "cell body", that way, you keep the play on words.

rousselures
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Rob Grayson: I prefer your first option
4 hrs
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
increasingly slender bodies

Explanation:
Tried to keep the narrative style.

Swatchka
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree D' Allon: Exactly what I would say
1 day6 mins
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