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English translation: nonsense / malarky / BS / load of crap / total crap

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French term or phrase:	connerie
English translation:	nonsense / malarky / BS / load of crap / total crap
Entered by:	Yolanda Broad

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14:54 Jul 30, 2003

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
/ magazine article

French term or phrase: connerie

'Il y a des gens qui disent que les enfants, ca rapproche. Je ne sais pas d'ou vient cette idee. Comment est-ce qu'on peut croire a cette connerie monumentale?

kokomo

stupidity

Explanation:
how can one believe such monumental nonsense?

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Note added at 2 mins (2003-07-30 14:57:29 GMT)
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How is it possible to believe such stupidities?

Selected response from:

RHELLER
Local time: 18:18

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +10

load of rubbish, pile of nonsense

HRiley

5 +5

Can you believe how insane that is?/what a load of crap!

Carolingua

4 +5

stupidity

RHELLER

4 +2

bullshit

Diana Donzelli-Gaudet

5 +1

such a ridiculous notion

xxxIanW

What a load of tosh (for the whole sentence)

Pat Jenner

4 +1

such a stupid thing

Jean-Luc Dumont

sheer nonsense

xxxTransflux

3 +1

malarky

Jonathan MacKerron

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

bullshit

Explanation:
Bullshit (too heavy??)

Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
Local time: 02:18
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

disagree

Pete179: hehe, perhaps it is too heavy for an article, good one though :)

3 mins

-> Thanks!

neutral

RHELLER: magazines tend to avoid foul language of any type

12 mins

-> Thanks!

disagree

asun: too light

1 hr

-> Thanks!

agree

Jean-Luc Dumont: such BS seems less offensive tham spelled out - but if it is a quote nothing wrong in using foul language - if needed "..." can help

1 hr

-> Thanks!

agree

NatalieD: connerie monumentale is pretty heavy. I think you could even use "load of bullshit"

2 hrs

-> Thanks!

agree

gradiva: yes; if connerie is in the original (and monumental at that!), then, it's not for us to decide it's too rude.

8 hrs

-> Thanks!

agree

Nancy Bonnefond: Why not, after all "connerie" is a foul word. Depends on the magazine.

1 day37 mins

-> Thanks, Nancy!

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

stupidity

RHELLER
Local time: 18:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1582

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

load of rubbish, pile of nonsense

Explanation:
How on earth are we supposed to believe such a load of rubbish / pile of nonsense?

Alternatives: poppycock, cobblers, bull...

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Note added at 27 mins (2003-07-30 15:21:39 GMT)
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Who in their right mind would believe such codswallop?

(this is fun :o)

HRiley
Local time: 02:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 89

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

such a ridiculous notion

Explanation:
I'd say "How can you be expected to believe such a ridiculous notion?".

(However, I don't necessarily agree that magazine steer clear of foul language - relatively harmless words like "crap" and "bullshit" are quite commonplace, particularly in quotes.)

xxxIanW
Local time: 02:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 234

1 hr confidence:

sheer nonsense

Explanation:
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xxxTransflux
Local time: 02:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 211

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

such a stupid thing

Explanation:
...

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How can someone believe such BS?

depends on content of article - apparently based on testimony or opinion of someone who had a bad marital experience and sounds pretty desillusioned and upset - so why not ? connerie is not that nice either - even less when monumentale

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 02:18
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in pair: 1108

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Can you believe how insane that is?/what a load of crap!

Explanation:
I would phrase it from another angle to engage the readers more directly:

"can you believe how insane that is?" or "how insane is that?"

or "can you believe that load of crap?"
or "what a load/bunch of crap!"

I think these expressions suit the context and they are very commonly used in English to refer to a ridiculous notion (at least in the United States).

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\"crap\" is a slightly nicer way to say \"bullshit\"

Carolingua
Local time: 19:18
Native speaker of:

French,

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in pair: 193

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

malarky

Explanation:
a word I've always wanted to suggest in Proz.com

Jonathan MacKerron
Local time: 02:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 875

1 day1 hr confidence:

What a load of tosh (for the whole sentence)

Explanation:
Just putting in my two cents worth!

Pat Jenner
Local time: 01:18
PRO pts in pair: 51

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