Ton raisonnement est faux: c'est l'inverse!

English translation: You got it all backwards!

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French term or phrase:	Ton raisonnement est faux: c'est l'inverse!
English translation:	You got it all backwards!
Entered by:	William Stein

13:12 Nov 7, 2003

French to English translations [Non-PRO]

French term or phrase: Ton raisonnement est faux: c'est l'inverse!

Fabrice

You got it all backwards!

Explanation:
C'est comme ça que on le dirait en anglais normalement

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Note added at 21 mins (2003-11-07 13:33:55 GMT)
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Red Hat -- Linux, Embedded Linux and Open Source Solutions
... It destroys the ability to create anything upon it that is not also GPL.
I can see the difference, but I think you got it all backwards. ...
www.redhat.com/archives/open-source-now-list/ 2003-January/msg00122.html - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] A View of the Absurd
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... He was disgusted at himself. That\'s why he did not want to go back to the fight. You got it all backwards, Maureen. But don\'t they all! ...
www.comteqcom.com/pdf/Absurd_jihad.pdf - Similar pages

Doron Zeilberger\'s 47th Opinion
... soul in return for mere mathematical facts. You got it all backwards, Sir Michael! `Geometrical Intuition\' (whatever it is), is ...
www.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/Opinion47.html

Or: \"It\'s the other way around!\"

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William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 09:33

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Summary of answers provided

4 +5

your reasoning is incorrect: it's the exact opposite

IanW (X)

3 +5

Your reasoning is wrong: it's the other way around/ the opposite

Pascale Dahan

4 +4

You got it all backwards!

William Stein

5 +2

Your logic (judgement) is off : it's the opposite!

NancyLynn

4 +2

It's quite the opposite. Your arguments are not well-founded.

RHELLER

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

your reasoning is incorrect: it's the exact opposite

Explanation:
One variation: "your reasoning is incorrect: it's the exact opposite"

IanW (X)
Local time: 17:33
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 234

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Your reasoning is wrong: it's the other way around/ the opposite

Explanation:
a suggestion.

Pascale Dahan
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:33
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 81

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Your logic (judgement) is off : it's the opposite!

Explanation:
or more simply, you're off-base; more nastily, you're wrong!

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 11:33
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 715

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

It's quite the opposite. Your arguments are not well-founded.

Explanation:
my colleagues are all correct - good ideas!

or

You've got it upside-down. Your reasoning is completely erroneous.

This is an example of false logic. You have come to the opposite conclusion!

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 09:33
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1582

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

You got it all backwards!

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 09:33
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1737

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