English term
entendre parler vs. entendre dire
What I want to translate is "She had been dubious about the concert - a performance by the Reykjavik Symphony, of which she had never heard", so would I use entendre parler here??
| 3 +5 | dont elle n'a jamais entendu parler |
a05
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| 2 +1 | entendre parler |
teddd76
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Nov 22, 2006 21:28: Florence Bremond changed "Term asked" from "CLARIFICATION: entendre parler vs. entendre dire" to "entendre parler vs. entendre dire"
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Proposed translations
dont elle n'a jamais entendu parler
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Jonathan MacKerron
: though it still remains unclear whether it's the orchestra or the performance "of which she had never heard"
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thank you, Tony is right about the orchestra
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Christine Cooreman
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thank you
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Sandra C.
: with Jonathan here
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thank you, Tony is right about the orchestra
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Tony M
: Seems quite clear to me: she couldn't possibly have heard anything about the performance, since it is a future event; it can ONLY be referring to the orchestra, which in any case makes more sense...
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thank you, you are right about the orchestra
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laetitia eldin (X)
: "symphony, of which ..." we're clearly talking about the symphony, i totally agree with '' dont elle n'a jamais entendu parler''
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entendre parler
et "entendre dire que + verbe"
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Nicolas Coyer (X)
: entendre dire + subordonnée
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Bien sur...On chipote un peu la, non?
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Mashka
: oui, subordonnée, mais avec verbe :)
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merci :)
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laetitia eldin (X)
: oui mais on dit aussi " dont on a entendu parler."
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