Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
Canada
French Canadian, fast, efficient
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French
greasy diners
Mar 15, 2011 16:37: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Marketing" to "Tourism & Travel"
Mar 20, 2011 11:56: silvester55 Created KOG entry
PRO (2): Stéphanie Soudais, Lany Chabot-Laroche
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Proposed translations
gargote
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Note added at 4 days (2011-03-19 14:55:17 GMT)
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Thank you for your note .
| I never heard of the word either but you can find gargote in Termium and in "petit dictionnaire canadien de la langue française" 1969 edition (old one from school) and so I opted for your answer. Thanks |
Native in: French , Italian
Works in: Spanish to French, Spanish to Italian, French to Spanish, and 4 more.
restauroutes graisseux
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Lany Chabot-Laroche
: Ou restoroute. Bien, aucun des deux n'est vraiment utilisé ici, mais ça se comprend bien.
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Oui, tu as raison. Restoroute en France, restauroute est plutot canadien, je crois
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France
The right word at the right time
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
Dîners lourds, indigestes
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Note added at 15 mins (2011-03-15 15:08:39 GMT)
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Sorry : I translated "Dinner" instead of "Diner", which is a small restaurant. As Tony proposed, "boui boui" sounds good to me too
| diner aux É.-U. est un restaurant |
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Tony M
: It's not 'dinner' (= dîner) but 'diner' (= a type of restaurant)
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Thanks tony, I just realized I missed a letter ...
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restaurants douteux
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Tony M
: Really very much less pejorative than the source term. / No really, there's a whole cultural connotation behind it which is perfeclty captured in bouiboui, I can't believe there isn't some equivalent term that you do have over there in CA?
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It is? I would have though it would be more pejorative before it was less.
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bouiboui
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Note added at 7 minutes (2011-03-15 15:00:29 GMT)
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R+C gives a pejorative def. of this as 'greasy spoon', which is the UK equivalent of the US '...diner', I think
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Note added at 2 heures (2011-03-15 17:41:23 GMT)
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It's not just greasy food, but the whole idea of a place that smells of frying, alarmingly poor hygiene, slovenly staff, etc. — it conjures up a whole colour(and odour)ful image.
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Note added at 2 heures (2011-03-15 17:44:04 GMT)
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Here's an image that very much conjures up the same idea:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Zk1ALk9gQKw/R_Y2VGnFbLI/AAAAAAAADjo/_Y...
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Gwen Delbury
: I agree
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Merci, Gwen !
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Lany Chabot-Laroche
: Jamais entendu ce mot au Canada
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Asker didn't say if it was specifically for Canada, and I can assure you this word is very common over here in France
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Nadine Mondestin
: "diner" ici fait plutot reference a un type de re restaurant qu'a un "repas" et je crois que bouiboui transmet bien l'idee tant dans le type d'etablissement et le caractere douteux de leur cuisine, et la surrepresentation de la graisse dans leurs menus
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Merci, Nadine !
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patates
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-03-15 17:50:39 GMT)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/8555671@N05/2639544732/in/set-7...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-03-15 17:51:20 GMT)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/8555671@N05/2596275029/in/set-7...
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