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morality tale

French translation: un conte avec une morale

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English term or phrase:morality tale
French translation:un conte avec une morale
Entered by: lien

17:12 Jan 8, 2004
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: morality tale
"A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood, 1993), with its ironically Utopian title, is a kind of morality tale about the shameful results of American social values"
Anne GLACET
une sorte de conte avec une morale
Explanation:
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lien
Netherlands
Local time: 22:07
Grading comment
merci!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Une fable
B. Bruzon
4 +1un conte morale (ou moralisateur)
Michael Hesselnberg (X)
5une projection de la réalité
Merline
4est une sorte d'histoire à valeur morale ...
Debra LeBlanc
4une histoire moralisatrice ...
Jean-Claude Gouin
4une sorte de conte avec une morale
lien


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
un conte morale (ou moralisateur)


Explanation:
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Michael Hesselnberg (X)
Local time: 22:07
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 475

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jean-Claude Gouin: pas de "e" à "morale" ...
8 mins
agree  jemo: conte moral
13 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Une fable


Explanation:
Une fable

B. Bruzon
Local time: 22:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emérentienne
13 mins
agree  Isabelle DEFEVERE (X)
19 mins
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
est une sorte d'histoire à valeur morale ...


Explanation:
just a suggestion

Debra LeBlanc
France
Local time: 22:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
une histoire moralisatrice ...


Explanation:
Une suggestion de plus ...

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 16:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 636
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
une projection de la réalité


Explanation:
qui nous fait voir le déclin des valeurs morales de la société américaine.

Sans traduire mot pour mot, cette phrase décrit bien ce que l'auteur veut dire.

Merline
Local time: 16:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1643
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
une sorte de conte avec une morale


Explanation:
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lien
Netherlands
Local time: 22:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 384
Grading comment
merci!
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