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French translation: Faire que votre chef ne soit pas sur votre dos / Tenir votre chef à distance

12:23 Aug 9, 2002
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
English term or phrase: back
to keep the boss off your back
RosLyons
Local time: 08:14
French translation:Faire que votre chef ne soit pas sur votre dos / Tenir votre chef à distance
Explanation:
Luck ! :o)
Selected response from:

Circe
Spain
Local time: 09:14
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7Faire que votre chef ne soit pas sur votre dos / Tenir votre chef à distance
Circe
4pour empêcher que le patron soit toujours sur votre dos
DPolice
4tenir/garder le chef/patron à distance.
Arthur Borges
4pour ne pas avoir le (son) patron sur le dos
Jean-Luc Dumont
1détourner son dos au chef /éviter que le patron soit toujours après vous
HIPPOLYTE LOKONON


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Faire que votre chef ne soit pas sur votre dos / Tenir votre chef à distance


Explanation:
Luck ! :o)


Circe
Spain
Local time: 09:14
PRO pts in pair: 57

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
1 min
  -> Merci Gilles :o)
agree  Francis MARC
2 mins
  -> Merci Francis :o)
agree  Chinoise
9 mins
  -> Merci BBW :o)
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
11 mins
  -> Merci Geneviève :o)
agree  Arnold Baren
2 hrs
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont
5 hrs
agree  Sue Crocker
2 days 11 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pour empêcher que le patron soit toujours sur votre dos


Explanation:
if "to keep" expresses an objective:

you decided to work from home "to keep the boss off your back"




DPolice
Local time: 09:14
PRO pts in pair: 779
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
détourner son dos au chef /éviter que le patron soit toujours après vous


Explanation:
détourner son dos au patron est la traduction littérale que je suggère afin de faire apparaître dans la traduction le vrai sens du mot back

HIPPOLYTE LOKONON
Local time: 08:14
PRO pts in pair: 11
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tenir/garder le chef/patron à distance.


Explanation:
This may do it.

Arthur Borges
China
Local time: 15:14
PRO pts in pair: 242
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pour ne pas avoir le (son) patron sur le dos


Explanation:
.

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Note added at 2002-08-09 18:34:56 (GMT)
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first answer is good - but use le dos not votre dos

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 09:14
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 2872
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