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Set your mind in motion

French translation: faites fonctionner vos méninges, creusez-vous les méninges

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English term or phrase:Set your mind in motion
French translation:faites fonctionner vos méninges, creusez-vous les méninges
Entered by: Pascale Chatton

16:06 Jan 24, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Set your mind in motion
Set your mind in motion and make a creative statement for diversity, against discrimination

contexte concours d'affiches
legiscriba
Local time: 09:49
faîtes fonctionner vos méninges
Explanation:
peut-être plus "colloquial" que le cerveau?
Selected response from:

Pascale Chatton
France
Local time: 09:49
Grading comment
merci
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4faîtes fonctionner vos méninges
Pascale Chatton
5Activez vos méninges!
Huguette Matte
4Mettez vos idées en branle !
Premium✍️
4 -1activer votre cerveau
Marc Glinert
4 -1creusez-vous la tête
Krystrad
4 -1Mettez votre cerveau en marche
Jocelyne S
3Faîtes travailler (ou marcher)vos neurones
iol


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
set your mind in motion
activer votre cerveau


Explanation:
bit of an instant response legiscriba - I'll let you know if I think of anything better

Marc Glinert
Local time: 09:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Huguette Matte: Voir autres notes.
11 hrs
  -> having plastered Disagree all over this board, Huguette, I thought you would be coming up with something other than merely sticking together two halves of responses which had already been posted
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
set your mind in motion
creusez-vous la tête


Explanation:
ou encore remuez-vous les méninges :-)

Krystrad
Local time: 09:49
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marc Glinert: I detect a difference in meaning here krysblue - they're not asking you to dredge up some information held somewhere in the deep recesses of your mind, as in the Weakest Link, but to give free rein to creative thought
24 mins
disagree  Huguette Matte: Voir autres notes.
11 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
set your mind in motion
faîtes fonctionner vos méninges


Explanation:
peut-être plus "colloquial" que le cerveau?

Pascale Chatton
France
Local time: 09:49
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
merci

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nina Khmielnitzky: Oui, ou "creusez-vous les méninges"
4 mins
  -> merci, c'est vrai que "creusez" est bien
agree  Francine Alloncle: Creusez-vous les méninges, bravo Nina
10 mins
agree  Anne Bohy: oui, mais "faites" sans accent
1 hr
  -> OK merci
agree  Carole Paquis: oui pour 'creusez-vous les méninges'
1 hr
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
set your mind in motion
Mettez votre cerveau en marche


Explanation:
Encore une suggestion !

Jocelyne S
France
Local time: 09:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Huguette Matte: Certainement pas. Vor autres notes.
10 hrs
  -> Normalement sur Proz on ne colle pas des "disagree" partout sans explications. Si vous avez une critique précise, alors oui ; mais si c'est juste que vous préférerez une autre réponse, alors merci de s'abstenir.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
set your mind in motion
Mettez vos idées en branle !


Explanation:
"set your mind in motion" means that you have to start thinking and having creative ideas. The notion of setting up the process has to be conveyed.
-Pensez dès maintenant
-Réfléchissez immédiatement
-Réveillez vos méninges !

Relevez le défi d'Einstein. Chaque mardi, affrontez un nouveau challenge qui met votre capacité intellectuelle à l'épreuve. Réveillez vos méninges. >> ...

Premium✍️
United States
Local time: 00:49
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 91

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Huguette Matte: Pas mal!
8 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
set your mind in motion
Faîtes travailler (ou marcher)vos neurones


Explanation:
Une enième possibilité...

iol
France
Local time: 09:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 14
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
set your mind in motion
Activez vos méninges!


Explanation:
Faites preuve de cocologie!

Huguette Matte
Local time: 03:49
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marc Glinert: having plastered Disagree all over this board, Huguette, I thought you would be coming up with something other than merely sticking together two halves of responses which had already been posted.
5 hrs
  -> Les 3 réponses + « disagree » ne conviennent vraiment pas en français. En bout de ligne, libre à la personne qui a posé cette question de choisir l'expression qu'elle préférera ici ou une autre!
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