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la musique pêchue

English translation: energetic music


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08:40 Jul 11, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / music
French term or phrase: la musique pêchue
How would you translate this? not sure which accent the e of pechue should have.

The sentence was something like "je veux ecouter la musique pechue"
Baadshah
Local time: 08:00
English translation:energetic music
Explanation:
Hard to get much closer without knowing more precisely what sort of music - it could be party music, fanfare, heavy metal, reggae, Vienna waltzes...

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Note added at 48 mins (2010-07-11 09:29:16 GMT)
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Even the level of language doesn't give us anything to draw on. While "la pêche" isn't even clearly ringarde, pêchu is a bit branché, without connoting a particular sub-culture.
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David Vaughn
Local time: 08:00
Grading comment
Thanks - this was most appropriate translation! :)
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Summary of answers provided
4energetic musicDavid Vaughn
4Cracking / smashing music / tunes
unitedwestand
3 +1punchy musicImanol
3upbeatpolyglot45


Discussion entries: 3





  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
La musique pechue
punchy music


Explanation:
péchu = qui a la pèche or qui donne la péche (punchy)

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Note added at 25 mins (2010-07-11 09:06:44 GMT)
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sorry : la pêche (accent circonflexe), but péchu (accent aigu)

Imanol
Local time: 08:00
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

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agree  kashew
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
La musique pechue
Cracking / smashing music / tunes


Explanation:
If "pêchue" is the adjective derived from "pêche" as in "avoir la pêche" - to feel great...

unitedwestand
France
Local time: 08:00
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in FrenchFrench
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
La musique pechue
upbeat


Explanation:
might do the trick

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
La musique pechue
energetic music


Explanation:
Hard to get much closer without knowing more precisely what sort of music - it could be party music, fanfare, heavy metal, reggae, Vienna waltzes...

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Note added at 48 mins (2010-07-11 09:29:16 GMT)
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Even the level of language doesn't give us anything to draw on. While "la pêche" isn't even clearly ringarde, pêchu is a bit branché, without connoting a particular sub-culture.

David Vaughn
Local time: 08:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 176
Grading comment
Thanks - this was most appropriate translation! :)
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Changes made by editors
Jul 11, 2010 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Term askedLa musique pechue => la musique pêchue


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