Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

fluent (English, etc.)

French translation:

maitrise parfaite (de l'anglais, etc.)

Added to glossary by Olga Berard-Perepetch
Feb 6, 2003 11:31
22 yrs ago
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English term

fluent

Non-PRO English to French Other
CV (for example: "fluent English")
Proposed translations (French)
4 +7 maîtrise parfaite
4 +15 courant
4 +1 parler couramment l'anglais

Proposed translations

+7
9 mins
Selected

maîtrise parfaite

Maîtrise parfaite du français

Pour un CV, ça me semble la meilleure façon d'exprimer ça, quoi qu'en disent les dictionnaires...
Peer comment(s):

agree gonzales76
6 mins
agree Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen : plus fort que courant
12 mins
agree michele meenawong (X)
13 mins
Merci à vous trois !!!
agree Geneviève von Levetzow : Bien que cela n'existe qu'en théorie même chez les natives speakers ;)
33 mins
Eh oui, qui dit CV dit mensonges ! Bonne journée Geneviève. :-)
agree GILLES MEUNIER
2 hrs
neutral Richard Genest : trop fort
3 hrs
agree CGagnon : Et si on enlevait "parfaite". La "maîtrise" d'une langue, c'est déjà pas mal. :)
3 hrs
agree Paul Berthelot : oui pour maîtrise
9 hrs
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+1
2 mins

parler couramment l'anglais


Ref. Harrap's:
luent
['flu:Bnt] adj (speech etc) coulant, facile;
to be a fluent speaker avoir la parole facile;
he is a fluent speaker of French, he speaks fluent French, he is fluent in French il parle le français couramment
Peer comment(s):

agree CGagnon
2 hrs
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+15
2 mins

courant

anglais courant

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Note added at 2003-02-06 11:35:19 (GMT)
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shorthand commonly used on a CV

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Note added at 2003-02-06 11:45:53 (GMT)
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seen on numerous CVs I \'ve translated from Fr - Eng
Peer comment(s):

agree hirselina
4 mins
thanks
agree Mark Hutchings (X) : on CVs
4 mins
thanks
agree Arthur Borges : This is the standard uncontested way of putting it.
4 mins
thanks
agree Maria Riegger (X)
10 mins
thanks
agree Sara Noss
20 mins
thanks
agree GILLES MEUNIER
40 mins
thanks
agree IsaPro
43 mins
agree Emmanuelle Riffault
47 mins
agree Hepburn
1 hr
agree Ghislaine Delorme
1 hr
agree swani (X)
1 hr
thanks everyone !
agree Labea
1 hr
agree Nancy Bonnefond : exact, pour un CV
1 hr
agree Peter Coles
1 hr
agree Fabien Champême
2 hrs
agree cjohnstone
2 hrs
disagree CGagnon : Calque de l'anglais. C'est quoi de l'anglais courant; l'anglais que l'on parle couramment, ordinairement?
3 hrs
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