réciter la leçon

English translation: give it a go

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French term or phrase:	réciter la leçon
English translation:	give it a go
Entered by:	Jocelyne S

13:40 Feb 23, 2005

French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: réciter la leçon

A short informal article about some junior surfers discovering new surf spots in Australia.

Le fait de partager ce rêve avec des champions venus rejoindre le team en invités surprise s’est transformé en désir de « fracasser » autant qu’eux. Il ne reste plus qu’à trouver d’autres vagues australiennes moins peuplées pour ***réciter la leçon***.

I've found phrases like "repeat parrot fashion" or "rattle off" but they just don't hit the spot. Any suggestions?

Jennifer Thomas KudoZ activity Questions: 94 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 4 United Kingdom
Local time: 23:41

give it a go

Explanation:
give it a go

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Jocelyne S
France
Local time: 00:41

Grading comment

Thanks for all the answers, much appreciated. I also really liked "do their homework", especially as it's about junior surfers on a training camp. But this is the one I used in the end.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

give it a go

Jocelyne S

5 +1

to repeat the experience

Carmy Tutino

try out what they've learnt

Ian Burley (X)

to practice

RHELLER

"do their homework" (in quotation marks)

Patrice

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

réciter la leçon

give it a go

Explanation:
give it a go

Jocelyne S
France
Local time: 00:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks for all the answers, much appreciated. I also really liked "do their homework", especially as it's about junior surfers on a training camp. But this is the one I used in the end.

3 mins confidence:

réciter la leçon try out what they've learnt

Explanation:
or "learned" depending on your target audience.

Ian Burley (X)
Local time: 00:41
Native speaker of:

English

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

réciter la leçon to repeat the experience

Explanation:
The young surfers here would like to repeat the experience exactly the same way.

Carmy Tutino
Canada
Local time: 00:41
Native speaker of:

French,

English

1 hr confidence:

réciter la leçon to practice

Explanation:
so they don't injure anyone

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 16:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

5 hrs confidence:

réciter la leçon "do their homework" (in quotation marks)

Explanation:
Obviously in practical terms what the article means is "to practice" their technique. But if there is any tongue-in-cheek element to the article, this would be a cute choice.

Patrice
United States
Local time: 15:41
Native speaker of:

English

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