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… moments qui représentent un retour permanent à…

English translation: an instant spent reliving one's mischievous childhood and sensitive (touchy) teens

11:06 Feb 20, 2001
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
French term or phrase: … moments qui représentent un retour permanent à…
In the context of visiting the author's ancestral city: "C'est vivre quelque moments qui représentent un retour permanent à l'espieglerie de l'enfance et à la sensibilité de l'adolescence." What I have so far seems awkward: . It is to live certain moments in which one returns to the mischievousness of childhood, and the sensitivity of adolescence. Thank you for your help!
Tamara Salvio
United States
Local time: 03:14
English translation:an instant spent reliving one's mischievous childhood and sensitive (touchy) teens
Explanation:
This phenomenon, of course, is referred to as "deja vu" (no accents) in English.

Note the way I have structured my sentence: one relives for an instant what was experienced *throughout* the childhood and teenage years.

Note, also, that "instant" is usually the best way to handle the French "moment" when no time frame is indicated (otherwise, it would be "minutes" in the plural)
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Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 06:14
Grading comment
I would like to have awarded points to both ybroad and golub; very helpful answers from both. Ybroad's translation is much closer to what I had originally come up with: "It is to relive fleeting moments of childhood mischievousness and adolescent sensitivity." I then thought that there might be a more literal translation which would be truer to the author's intent, but that seemed awkward, hence the question. Golub gave some great suggestions on improving the more literal translation, but I will go back to my first intent thanks to ybroad's excellent explanation.

Je vous remercie tous.

Tamara
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Summary of answers provided
na3 reserves
Albert Golub
naan instant spent reliving one's mischievous childhood and sensitive (touchy) teens
Yolanda Broad
namoments that represent a permanent getting back to
Henri (X)
nasuite
Albert Golub


  

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11 mins
3 reserves


Explanation:
ordre hierarchique permanent n'est pas traduit! one ou you si l'auteur veut faire partager ou s'il estime que c'est vrai pour tout le monde moments in me chagrine
j'y repense!
la structure globale de la phrase est bonne
a+

Albert Golub
Local time: 11:14
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 359

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16 mins
an instant spent reliving one's mischievous childhood and sensitive (touchy) teens


Explanation:
This phenomenon, of course, is referred to as "deja vu" (no accents) in English.

Note the way I have structured my sentence: one relives for an instant what was experienced *throughout* the childhood and teenage years.

Note, also, that "instant" is usually the best way to handle the French "moment" when no time frame is indicated (otherwise, it would be "minutes" in the plural)


Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 06:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1551
Grading comment
I would like to have awarded points to both ybroad and golub; very helpful answers from both. Ybroad's translation is much closer to what I had originally come up with: "It is to relive fleeting moments of childhood mischievousness and adolescent sensitivity." I then thought that there might be a more literal translation which would be truer to the author's intent, but that seemed awkward, hence the question. Golub gave some great suggestions on improving the more literal translation, but I will go back to my first intent thanks to ybroad's excellent explanation.

Je vous remercie tous.

Tamara
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17 mins
moments that represent a permanent getting back to


Explanation:
represent or meran

Henri (X)
Local time: 11:14
PRO pts in pair: 49
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20 mins
suite


Explanation:

si vous conservez votre version during, in the course of which (le second est pompeux) me parait + juste grammaticalement parlant
one ou you vous choisissez
sinon
it is to live certain moments that always (ever)embody a return ..... la suite me parait bien

Albert Golub
Local time: 11:14
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 359
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