Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Highroller
French translation:
flambeur
Added to glossary by
Courtney McConnel (X)
Feb 28, 2006 15:14
20 yrs ago
English term
Highroller
J'ai pensé à :
Gros joueur
Contexte :
Non-fiction
Avocat criminel le jour; Ray Charles la nuit, Papa est parti en prison. Pour “Ray White”, c’est “une chance d’utiliser la salle de musculation et de s’occuper de quelques problèmes dentaires.” Rencontrez cet homme excentrique et haut en couleurs dont les amis ont un oeil en verre ou trop de balles pour passer un détecteur de métaux.
Gros joueur
Contexte :
Non-fiction
Avocat criminel le jour; Ray Charles la nuit, Papa est parti en prison. Pour “Ray White”, c’est “une chance d’utiliser la salle de musculation et de s’occuper de quelques problèmes dentaires.” Rencontrez cet homme excentrique et haut en couleurs dont les amis ont un oeil en verre ou trop de balles pour passer un détecteur de métaux.
Proposed translations
(French)
| 5 +4 | flambeur |
Krystrad
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| 5 | casse-cou |
Tom Bishop
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Proposed translations
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flambeur
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robert & collins super senior
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robert & collins super senior
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Vykinta Saulyte-Bukauskaite
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sporran
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IC --
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21 mins
Tom Bishop
Native in English
Technical and commercial translations
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
casse-cou
I can see nothing in your text to indicate that he is a big-time gambler (flambeur), so assume that Collins Robert's other translation, "casse-cou", is probably more appropriate. Harrap's gives this as "daredevil", which seems to correspond to "excentrique et haut en couleurs".
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If you are looking for something in the sense of "big spender", Harrap's gives "dépensier" as a noun for spender but, like Collins Robert, does not use a noun for "big spender". (They go for "être très dépensier" and "dépenser beaucoup" respectively.) This is why it is so important to see the word in its context. If it's not a title but part of a sentence, it may be a case of turning things around somewhat.
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Note added at 47 mins (2006-02-28 16:01:46 GMT)
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If you are looking for something in the sense of "big spender", Harrap's gives "dépensier" as a noun for spender but, like Collins Robert, does not use a noun for "big spender". (They go for "être très dépensier" and "dépenser beaucoup" respectively.) This is why it is so important to see the word in its context. If it's not a title but part of a sentence, it may be a case of turning things around somewhat.
Discussion
Criminal lawyer by day, Ray Charles by night, Dad has gone to prison. For “Ray White”, it's “a chance to use the weight room and get some dental work done.” Meet this eccentric and colorful man whose friends sport a glass eye or too many bullets to pass through a metal detector.