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I worked for my vacation.

French translation: J'ai travaillé pour (pouvoir) m'offrir des vacances.

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English term or phrase:I worked for my vacation.
French translation:J'ai travaillé pour (pouvoir) m'offrir des vacances.
Entered by: CGagnon

21:27 Jan 22, 2002
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: I worked for my vacation.
past tense
Brandy
J'ai travaillé pour (pouvoir) m'offrir des vacances.
Explanation:
Plus conforme à l'«esprit» du français.

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Note added at 2002-01-22 22:20:10 (GMT)
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Et je ne suis pas sûr du que «travailler pour ses vacances» soit correct. I\'m not sure that «pour ses vacances» is correct French.
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CGagnon
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4J'ai travaillé pour (pouvoir) m'offrir des vacances.
CGagnon
4 +3J'ai travaillé...
Claudia Iglesias
4 +2J'ai travaillé pour mes vacances
Maya Jurt
4J'ai payé mes vacances en travaillant.
Karl Supierz


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
J'ai travaillé...


Explanation:
Past tense more commonly used is "passé composé"
You find it with the
"auxiliaire avoir" + "participe passé" of the vrb you want to conjugate
J'ai travaillé
tu as travaillé
il a travaillé
....

Claudia Iglesias
Chile
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 320

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña
19 mins
agree  Thierry LOTTE
47 mins
agree  thierry2
8 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
J'ai travaillé pour mes vacances


Explanation:
This is a literal translation.

I would rather say, I worked to be able to pay for my holidays

J'ai travaillé pour financer mes macances.

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Note added at 2002-01-22 21:48:40 (GMT)
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sorry for the typo. vacances of course.
And Claudia gave you the grammar for it.

Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 491

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  & Associates (X)
6 mins
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña
18 mins
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
J'ai travaillé pour (pouvoir) m'offrir des vacances.


Explanation:
Plus conforme à l'«esprit» du français.

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Note added at 2002-01-22 22:20:10 (GMT)
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Et je ne suis pas sûr du que «travailler pour ses vacances» soit correct. I\'m not sure that «pour ses vacances» is correct French.

CGagnon
PRO pts in pair: 129
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pierre POUSSIN
20 mins
agree  thierry2: je dirais que "pour mes vacances" est couramment employé en parlant tandis que "pour m'offrir..." est plus joliment tourné.
7 hrs
agree  Josse Schoonheyt: il me semble que c'est la meilleure traduction
1 day 19 hrs
agree  Jacqueline McKay (X)
4 days
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
J'ai payé mes vacances en travaillant.


Explanation:
In French we use much more the kinf of sentences. A classical exemple : I swam across the river = J'ai traversé la rivère à la nage

Karl Supierz
Dominican Republic
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 58
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