French: bois ? clichés ?English translation: wood decor / usual stuff 
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Social Sciences - Music / Popular Culture | | French term or phrase: bois ? clichés ? | Our interviewee is being asked to guess what the singer might be like:
Ouais ça pourrait être un petit cabaret. Un petit cabaret, simple, juste une guitare à côté. Moi je ne sais pas ce qu’il y a comme instrument dedans, j’ai pas fait attention à ça. Du bois au niveau de la décoration, mais vraiment un truc simple, pas les gros clichés, je sais pas une voiture ou quelque chose comme ça, on s’en fou un peu quoi.
Bois ? clichés ? He doesn't care, but I have to translate this stuff. Are there any pop-conscious teenagers out there who can do my translation for me? |
| | Clarification request(s) and responsePhilip BOYDEN (asker): 11:07am May 30, 2005: Conor: What are nightclub sets usually made of and how would timber be "simple"?
Philip BOYDEN (asker): 11:27am May 30, 2005: Yes, of course, Suezen, a wooden stage would be simple. Thanks.
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Conor McAuley
France
| Note from asker to answerer3 minutes ! You were reacting quickly yesterday ! Thanks.
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| stage design made from wood / not the usual or standard stuff
Explanation:
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-30 11:04:26 GMT)
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Gros clichés - semi-clad backing singers, big screens, singer prancing about etc.
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 |
| woodwork - cliché or "stuff"
Explanation:
If it is all about an imagined small cabaret, woodwork deals with the decoration ( unless he means wood instruments - unlikely -).
Cliché stays as it is. Unless it sounds too highbrow in a teenager's mouth!
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21 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 |
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