What sort

French translation: Qu'est-ce qui vous intéresse?

23:26 Dec 15, 2001

English to French translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: What sort

What sort of things do you like?

Rich

French translation:Qu'est-ce qui vous intéresse?

Explanation:
I agree with this expression, rather than QUELLES CHOSES.

Selected response from:

Lise Balthazar
Canada
Local time: 02:29

Grading comment

Thanx v.much very helpful
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

Quel genre de choses t'intéresse?

DPolice

4 +1

Qu'est-ce que vous aimez?

Germaine

Quel genre de choses aimez vous

Qu'est-ce qui vous intéresse?

Lise Balthazar

3 +1

quelle sortes

cheungmo

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

quelle sortes

Explanation:
I couldn't let all of the easy ones pass me by...

For a translation, however, things are never as easy as they appear to be. To the question "what sort of things", I ask "things" meaning "objects" or "activities"? If "activities" (going out, dining, dancing, etc), then perhaps "qu'aimez-vous faire?" is better. If things, then "qu'est-ce que vous aimez?" might be better than "quelle sorte de choses aimez-vous?".

Season to your own taste.

cheungmo
PRO pts in pair: 556

50 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Qu'est-ce que vous aimez?

Explanation:
or:
Qu'est-ce qui vous intéresse?
or:
Qu'est-ce que vous aimer faire? (do) voir? (see) lire? (read) etc.
or:
Qu'aimez-vous...

In french, "Quelles sortes de choses" wouldn't be natural.

Native French speaker

Germaine
Canada
Local time: 02:29
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 4059