Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
trifle giddy
French translation:
légèrement grisée
Added to glossary by
Raymonde Gagnier
Feb 14, 2007 02:37
17 yrs ago
English term
Canada
Canadian French Translator 17+ exp.
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, French, and 3 more.
trifle giddy
English to French
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
She laughs, a trifle giddy to be sipping a white wine in the home of the famous professor...
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 +4 | légèrement grisée |
Raymonde Gagnier
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| 4 +2 | un peu étourdie |
Irina Stanescu
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| 4 +1 | un tantinet grisée |
Jean-Philippe Drécourt
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Proposed translations
+4
27 mins
Raymonde Gagnier
Canada
Canada
Native in English
&
French
Specializes in field
Canada
Also a narrator/je suis aussi narratrice
Native in: French (Variant: Canadian) 
, English
Works in: English to French
Related KudoZ points
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19
Selected
légèrement grisée
Pour tenter de garder le style un peu ampoulé du texte.
Peer comment(s):
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Merline
: Très bien!
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Merci Merline!
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Helen Chrysanthopoulou
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Merci!
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Tony M
: That basically means intoxicated, doesn't it? But that isn't really the reason she's giddy here...
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a lot of things can intoxicate: love, money, power... :)
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katsy
: oui, comme dans grisé par le succès etc.
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Merci!
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Pierre Gehenne
6 hrs
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Merci!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci"
+2
13 mins
Irina Stanescu
Specializes in field
Film and book translations
Native in: Romanian
Works in: French to Romanian, Romanian to French, English to French, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
un peu étourdie
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-02-14 02:56:37 GMT)
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ou UN PEU FRIVOLE, ça dépend de votre contexte
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-02-14 02:59:37 GMT)
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mais ici c'est etourdie
Peer comment(s):
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Richard Levy (X)
: Irina, je suis tout à fait d'accord.
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Merci, Richard !
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jean-jacques alexandre
: elegant & context fitting
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Merci, Jean-Jacques !
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7 hrs
un tantinet grisée
ou "un rien grisée"
"trifle" donne une tournure ironique à la phrase qui est perdue avec "légèrement" ou "un peu"
"trifle" donne une tournure ironique à la phrase qui est perdue avec "légèrement" ou "un peu"
Peer comment(s):
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Obladi Oblada (X)
: Oui, c'est bien de conserver le ton d'origine
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Merci Nadine.
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