Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Bats fly at dusk and at night.
French translation:
Les chauve-souris volent au crépuscule et la nuit.
Added to glossary by
Yolanda Broad
Nov 8, 2003 21:21
21 yrs ago
English term
Brian Costello
Bats fly at dusk and at night.
Non-PRO
English to French
Other
These small insectivorous (insect-eating)mammals can be found all over the world except Anarctica and Greenland. They were once thought to be closer related to Primates than our pet cats and dogs. Recent DNA research, however, indicates that cats and dogs may be a little closer related.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
+3
3 mins
Jacques Saleh
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Law/Investments/Finance (PhD & MBA)
Native in: English 
, Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, French to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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160
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Les chauve-souris volent au crepuscule et la nuit
voilq
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "All of you gave good answers. Some answers were very creative. I appreciate all of them. I chose Jacque's answer because it was the most concise and most conservative. However, there were really no WRONG answers anywhere."
+2
2 mins
2 mins
les chauve-souris sortent à la pénombre et la nuit.
ou le soir et la nuit
+4
3 mins
Jean-Luc Dumont
France
France
Native in French
France
Accuracy, Ability, Availability
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to French, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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2872
les chauve-souris sortent/volent au crépuscule et la nuit
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GILLES MEUNIER
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merci Gilles
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writeaway
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merci, ça en fait :-)
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SGGT
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jemo
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3 mins
cjohnstone
France
France
Native in English
&
French
France
Experience and feel
Native in: French , English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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2457
les chauve-souris volent au crépuscule (tombée de la nuit)et la nuit
NA
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pour mieux répondre à Nancy, the more I work (years and years now though not that old) the more I know that I do not know or at least never know 100%... a kind of \"the more you learn the more you realize you have to learn more\"... so one fine day (over a month ago) got so sick to see four 100% sure answers on the same question (and mistaken in my humble opinion) into the bargain that I decided that wild guess would be my next best cup of tea... and I will stick to it until we (some of us at any rate) all get a bit more reasonable about our pseudo certainties and a word to the point hunters with 100% confidence... with wild guesses... people do make the difference all the same... a bit of relativity and friendship would be so pleasant... Nancy I am very happy you did notice, few people have, that is why I have to continue until the 100% issue is really faced....-:) In this trade any one who is 100% sure is highly suspicious to me... high , ok but 100% ten times a day... is a joke, and not a funny one at all... so I will go on with my wild guesses which are no worse than 100% confidence answers.. about the same !!!
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pour mieux répondre à Nancy, the more I work (years and years now though not that old) the more I know that I do not know or at least never know 100%... a kind of \"the more you learn the more you realize you have to learn more\"... so one fine day (over a month ago) got so sick to see four 100% sure answers on the same question (and mistaken in my humble opinion) into the bargain that I decided that wild guess would be my next best cup of tea... and I will stick to it until we (some of us at any rate) all get a bit more reasonable about our pseudo certainties and a word to the point hunters with 100% confidence... with wild guesses... people do make the difference all the same... a bit of relativity and friendship would be so pleasant... Nancy I am very happy you did notice, few people have, that is why I have to continue until the 100% issue is really faced....-:) In this trade any one who is 100% sure is highly suspicious to me... high , ok but 100% ten times a day... is a joke, and not a funny one at all... so I will go on with my wild guesses which are no worse than 100% confidence answers.. about the same !!!
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NancyLynn
: Pourquoi 1 ?
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parce que je suis on confidence level strike (illimitée) trop de hundred percenters (sure of their answers) around, alors au lieu de critiquer, vaut mieux donner une sorte d'exemple non? un peu plus de modestie sur le site ça fera pas de mal...
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verbis
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grazie a lei
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writeaway
: ;-)
58 mins
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merci
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jemo
: relax cj! you can go up to50% . You knew it was not about cats going swimming in the morning! Stand by it and do not worry about the mistaken 100%ers.
3 hrs
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merci
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Will Matter
: agree with jemo, at least 80%, no porpoises swimming up the Seine, no bears in the Basque country, bats/flying/dusk/night covers it, native speaker can cover the basics, all the rest is nuance.
6 hrs
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thks
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GILLES MEUNIER
: il faut avoir plus confiance en toi cath:=)
11 hrs
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thks
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William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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277
Les chauves-souris prennent l'air dès le crépuscule.
Take it from me, I'm a vampire!
Peer comment(s):
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lien
: prendre l'air est correct pour un ballon ou un delta plane, mais applique aux chauves-souris cela devient tres amusant, parce que prendre l'air pour les etres signifie aller faire un tour, aller se promener. :)
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Je sais bien, lienlien
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sarahl (X)
: tu m'as l'air fatigué, va faire un tour à la banque du sang.
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