au bloc de

English translation: in the neighbourhood of... (or: around...)

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French term or phrase:	au bloc de
English translation:	in the neighbourhood of... (or: around...)
Entered by:	Katarina Peters

21:04 Mar 28, 2007

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / From the introduction to a book

French term or phrase: au bloc de

"Baba Nani était le plus grand pêcheur de mulet du monde ***au bloc de*** la goulette [La Goulette, the name of a place on the sea near Tunis, Tunisia] et ailleurs. Pendant les vacances scolaires, au levé du jour, mon frère William et moi l’accompagnions pour apprendre et assister à ces pêches miraculeuses. Mon frère a hérité de lui le don de la pêche et est devenu à son tour le plus grand pêcheur du monde."

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Conor McAuley KudoZ activity Questions: 1264 (none open) (122 closed without grading) Answers: 2485 France
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in the neighbourhood of... (or: around...)

Explanation:
or: ...in the La Goulette neighbourhood...
or: ...around the La Goulette area...

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Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 23:22

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4 +3

in the neighbourhood of... (or: around...)

Katarina Peters

3 +2

on the pier of La Goulette

katsy

3 +1

in the (surrounding) area

Swatchka

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

in the (surrounding) area

Explanation:
and beyond.

Swatchka
Spain
Local time: 05:22
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English
PRO pts in category: 4

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

in the neighbourhood of... (or: around...)

Explanation:
or: ...in the La Goulette neighbourhood...
or: ...around the La Goulette area...

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 23:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Hungarian,

English
PRO pts in category: 14

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peer agreement (net): +2

on the pier of La Goulette

Explanation:
based on this:
Mais le nom de la Goulette reveille en moi des souvenirs inoubliables. ... et le Bloc, la fameuse jetee de la Goulette ou nous nous asseyions sous le phare, ...
www.harissa.com/D_Souvenirs/victormemmi.htm - 21k
In other Google references, it's called 'un port'.... so Harbour or port, but given 'bloc', 'pier' is what I've chosen

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Note added at 24 mins (2007-03-28 21:28:34 GMT)
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If you go here:
http://www.lagoulette.net/leport.html
you will even see a picture of it

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Note added at 36 mins (2007-03-28 21:40:56 GMT)
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... or 'jetty' of course...

katsy
Local time: 05:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 15

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