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as bad a dirtbag as...

French translation: t'es aussi pourri que ton frère, Jack

13:35 Nov 26, 2013
English to French translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / dirtbag
English term or phrase: as bad a dirtbag as...
Bonjour,
Avis à tous les amateurs de slang et de dialogues truculents !
Comment rendriez-vous cette tournure en français. Un homme toise un petit malfrat, soupçonné d'avoir commis un meurtre et lui dit d'un air ironique :"You're as bad a dirtbag as your brother, Jack ! "Quelle image utiliser pour rendre ce "as bad a dirtbag as" ?
Merci pour vos idées.
soperilleux
Local time: 18:46
French translation:t'es aussi pourri que ton frère, Jack
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Isabelle Cluzel
France
Local time: 18:46
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Summary of answers provided
3 +8t'es aussi pourri que ton frère, Jack
Isabelle Cluzel
4 +1t'es la même ordure
pecheurt
3 +2"T'es un vraii sac à merde, comme ton frère, Jack!"
Pierre POUSSIN
4T'es comme ton frangin, Jack, une vraie crevure
jmleger
4comme individu méprisable, tu te poses là
Marcombes (X)
4crapule, crapuleux
emiledgar


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
t'es aussi pourri que ton frère, Jack


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Isabelle Cluzel
France
Local time: 18:46
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 116
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agree  GILLES MEUNIER
5 mins
agree  C. Tougas
12 mins
agree  MelodieR
36 mins
agree  Victoria Britten
40 mins
agree  GuillaumeT (X)
50 mins
agree  Gleyse
1 hr
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
1 hr
agree  Bertrand Leduc
5 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
t'es la même ordure


Explanation:
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Note added at 7 mins (2013-11-26 13:43:03 GMT)
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T'es la même ordure que ton frère, Jack !

pecheurt
France
Local time: 18:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 35

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  HERBET Abel: yes much better
2 hrs
  -> merci !
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
T'es comme ton frangin, Jack, une vraie crevure


Explanation:
Moins j'aime bien l'argot depuis que j'ai découvert San Antonio à 14 ans... sans parler des dialogues d'Audiard

jmleger
Local time: 11:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 159
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
comme individu méprisable, tu te poses là


Explanation:


http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/raclure

Marcombes (X)
France
Local time: 18:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Odile Raymond: AMA, ce n'est pas le bon registre
5 mins
neutral  Daryo: c'est pas de l'argot ...
7 hrs
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"T'es un vraii sac à merde, comme ton frère, Jack!"


Explanation:
C'est ce qui me paraît le plus proche...

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 18:46
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 200

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Isabelle Cluzel: voilà qui fait très Père Noël est une ordure :)))
5 hrs
  -> Why not? ;-)
agree  Daryo: c'est le plus proche!
6 hrs
  -> Merci!
agree  ISABELLE BELPOIS: Ma préférée aussi. Traduit mieux l'ironie que "pourri", plus revanchard)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot!
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
crapule, crapuleux


Explanation:
IMO the closest French expression to "dirtbag" is "crapule"
Yes, I haven't translated the phrase.
"Comme crapule, t'es au même niveau que ton frère"
"t'es aussi crapuleux que ton frère" etc

emiledgar
Belgium
Local time: 18:46
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 227
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