famously

French translation: qui, comme l'on sait, a réussi .....

15:56 Jul 7, 2007

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English term or phrase: famously

In the northern part of the park, its highest peak (at 3375 metres), Mte FitzRoy, is named after Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865), a British sailor who, while a captain in the Royal Navy, famously persuaded his superiors to allow him to take a young biologist called Charles Darwin along on his ship ‘HMS Beagle’, during long and exhaustive explorations of the South American coasts.

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Local time: 22:17

French translation:qui, comme l'on sait, a réussi .....

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Local time: 22:17

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merci à tous
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4 +7

qui est aujourd'hui célèbre pour avoir

José Ignacio Coelho Mendes Neto (X)

4 +1

est resté dans l'histoire pour avoir...

Marc Derveaux

acte devenu célèbre

Abdelbaki Boukheit

qui, comme l'on sait, a réussi .....

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10 mins confidence:

acte devenu célèbre

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Abdelbaki Boukheit
Algeria
Local time: 21:17
Native speaker of: French

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

qui est aujourd'hui célèbre pour avoir

Explanation:
Il faut remanier la phrase pour accommoder l'expression:

"... un marin britannique qui est aujourd'hui célèbre pour avoir convaincu ses supérieurs, alors qu'il était capitaine de la marine royale, de le laisser prendre à bord de son navire le 'HMS Beagle' un jeune naturaliste appelé Charles Darwin ..."

José Ignacio Coelho Mendes Neto (X)
Brazil
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

59 mins confidence:

qui, comme l'on sait, a réussi .....

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CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 22:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 106

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merci à tous

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

est resté dans l'histoire pour avoir...

Explanation:
...pour avoir réussi à persuader ses supérieurs de le laisser prendre à son bord etc.

personnellement, je préfère "persuader" à "convaincre", ici

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-07-07 19:28:13 GMT)
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ou encore "est resté célèbre"

Marc Derveaux
Germany
Local time: 22:17
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Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 7

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