This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. French to English

ringard

English translation: old-fashioned

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:ringard
English translation:old-fashioned

20:38 Sep 26, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
French term or phrase: ringard
(from a description of Demi Sec Champagne)
Le fourreau du verre reserve pour autant une foultitude de personnages bien brodes, comportant sapidite et facilite. C'est un Champagne renouant avec ce style que les snobs on juge ringard du demi-sec, tellement delicieux dans les torpeurs de l'hiver ou bien sur les delices sucres.
Stella Woods
Local time: 07:25
old-fashioned
Explanation:
I am 100% sure of this.
Selected response from:

JH Trads
United States
Local time: 16:55
Grading comment
thanks - my dictionary gives it as 'poker' - not very helpful!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2fuddy-duddy, naff, tacky
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
5 +1this is not the correct register
mckinnc
5old-fashioned
JH Trads
4old-fashioned / passé
JH Trads


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
old-fashioned


Explanation:
I am 100% sure of this.



    native French
JH Trads
United States
Local time: 16:55
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 673
Grading comment
thanks - my dictionary gives it as 'poker' - not very helpful!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sean Henderson-Peal: Definitely not old fashioned. Naff would have been appropriate in this case. Désolé...
2 hrs
  -> navré, mais j'ai bien vérifié qu'avec old-fashioned le sens est respecté. Merci pour naff.
agree  Julia Gal: not so much 'old-fashioned' as out of fashion. 'Square' maybe in colloquial English
6 hrs
  -> merci pour square, dont old-fashionesd est un synonyme
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
old-fashioned / passé


Explanation:
oddly enough, "passé" is a word much in use in English, actually coming from French. The irony is that "passé" is now perfect in English, not so in French for this particular meaning.
Please note that "ringard" is a familiar word
I hope this helps


    native French
JH Trads
United States
Local time: 16:55
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 673
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fuddy-duddy, naff, tacky


Explanation:
It does not mean "old-fashioned". It means common, lacking in class, the opposite of chic. Something which is old-fashioned is not necessarily ringard.


Robert & Collins


Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4638

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sean Henderson-Peal: Fully agree! Naff would have been the most appropriate, but definitely not old fashioned.
1 hr
agree  mckinnc
3 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
this is not the correct register


Explanation:
(old fashioned is standard usage while ringard is colloquial)

mckinnc
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 922

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JH Trads: it is becoming quickly less and less colloquial
1 day 18 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search