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digital Candide

French translation: le nouveau Candide du numérique

20:57 Nov 4, 2013
English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: digital Candide
Michel Serres' position seems particularly dicey since he is a sort of **digital Candide**, convinced that the technological revolution of the past couple of decades will fundamentally alter humankind and alter it for the better.

un défenseur du numérique?
humm hummm
Anne R
Italy
Local time: 05:30
French translation:le nouveau Candide du numérique
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florence metzger
Local time: 05:30
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3 +4le nouveau Candide du numérique
florence metzger
3 +3Un candide du numérique
Alain Boulé
4proselyte du numérique
HERBET Abel


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
digital candide
Un candide du numérique


Explanation:
Du personnage de Voltaire.

Alain Boulé
Local time: 05:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 200

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agree  FX Fraipont (X): Candide avec maj
0 min
  -> Merci
neutral  writeaway: il n'y a qu'un Candide, non?
16 mins
  -> "Les candides" est une expression courante
agree  Germaine: un genre de Candide du numérique - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide
2 hrs
  -> Merci
agree  Jocelyne Cuenin: comme Germaine: un genre de Candide du numérique
1 day 19 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
digital candide
le nouveau Candide du numérique


Explanation:
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florence metzger
Local time: 05:30
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agree  AllegroTrans
2 mins
  -> merci
agree  writeaway
14 mins
  -> merci
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
6 hrs
  -> merci
agree  katsy
17 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
digital candide
proselyte du numérique


Explanation:
je suis d'accord avec vous quand vous dites "défenseur du ", car il n'est pas du tout candide notre M. SERRES, il est un des apôtres de cette technologie sans aucune candeur ou honte.

HERBET Abel
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