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to get up

French translation: d'intervenir

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:to get up
French translation:d'intervenir
Entered by: Thierry LOTTE

16:47 Jan 26, 2003
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: to get up
A maverick American scientist called Dr. Z. has pledged to get up at a conference held by the National Academy of Sciences in Washington and announce his plans to clone up to 200 human beings starting in November this year.
VGP
Local time: 18:22
d'intervenir
Explanation:
none needed
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Thierry LOTTE
Local time: 18:22
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Summary of answers provided
5 +17d'intervenir
Thierry LOTTE
4 +5faire une déclaration lors de, prendre la parole et annoncer
cjohnstone
5 +3prendre la parole
Marie Lauzon
5se lever
NancyLynn
5se prononcer
Smaïl Khris
4il a promis de se présenter à...
Florence Bremond
3 +1de se prononcer.....
Pascale Dahan


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
se lever


Explanation:
il va se lever pour annoncer ses projets

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 853
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
il a promis de se présenter à...


Explanation:
de se montrer à...
si le ton est familier : de se pointer à..

Florence Bremond
France
Local time: 18:22
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1739

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER: oui ou d'apparaître
14 mins
neutral  writeaway: my neutral is because IMHO the English is not so much about actually showing up, but more about what he'll do when he's there
15 mins
disagree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: "Turn up" pour "se montrer", "get up" pour se mettre debout pour parler, donc "intervenir".
6 hrs
  -> c'est évidemment le sens premier mais en français ça ferait difficilement une phrase naturelle
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +17
d'intervenir


Explanation:
none needed

Thierry LOTTE
Local time: 18:22
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 435
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paul Berthelot
10 mins
  -> Merci Paul
agree  Florence Bremond: oui ça pourrait être un bon compromis
11 mins
  -> Merci Oddie
agree  cjohnstone
12 mins
  -> Tks Cjohnstone
agree  writeaway: probablement le plus proche de l'anglais (ie it expresses what the English really means)
13 mins
  -> Tks a lot four your pertinent comment writeaway
agree  Martine Etienne
54 mins
  -> Merci Pilou
agree  JCEC
1 hr
  -> Merci JCEC
agree  Anna Taylor
1 hr
  -> Tks Anna
agree  Shog Imas: bien pens/
2 hrs
  -> Merci Shog
agree  Louise Dupont (X)
3 hrs
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Oui, si on se lève à une conférence, c'est pour intervenir!
6 hrs
agree  Ethele Salem Sperling
6 hrs
agree  michele meenawong (X)
14 hrs
agree  Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
16 hrs
agree  Isla MONTREUIL
16 hrs
agree  Nancy Bonnefond
18 hrs
  -> Tks a todas y a todos
agree  annerp
1 day 1 hr
agree  Annike THIERRY: Tout à fait
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Merci à toutes et à tous
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
faire une déclaration lors de, prendre la parole et annoncer


Explanation:
another one

cjohnstone
France
Local time: 18:22
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2457

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  GILLES MEUNIER: c'est l'effet ça
5 mins
  -> oui mais en F on a tendance à escamoter le geste qui produit le résultat et on décrit moins qu'en E
agree  Marie Lauzon: Oui
5 mins
agree  Pascale Dahan: prendre la parole, ou annoncer tout cort.
1 hr
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: prendre la parole, intervenir
6 hrs
agree  Florence Bremond: d'accord en particulier avec ton commentaire en grisé - une traduction exacte ici ferait vraiment "traduction"
17 hrs
agree  Nancy Bonnefond
18 hrs
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
prendre la parole


Explanation:
(...) pour annoncer (...)

"to get up" est une façon de dire qu'il prendra la parole, en se levant.

Ce bout de phrase pourrait aussi être incorporé, puisque "to get up ... to announce" peuvent se traduire par "annoncer" (il aura forcément pris la parole).

HIH

Marie Lauzon
Canada
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pascale Dahan
1 hr
agree  Nancy Bonnefond
18 hrs
agree  Yolanda Broad
2 days 1 hr
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
de se prononcer.....


Explanation:
But what to use for 'announce'?
Maybe you can come up with something.

A suggestion

Pascale Dahan
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 61

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nancy Bonnefond: annoncer for "announce
13 hrs
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
se prononcer


Explanation:
No comment

Smaïl Khris
Switzerland
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in pair: 22
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