Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
my three-iron off the tee
French translation:
mon fer trois sur le tertre de départ
Added to glossary by
Raymonde Gagnier
Mar 9, 2007 16:40
17 yrs ago
English term
France
my three-iron off the tee
English to French
Other
Gaming/Video-games/E-sports
jeux de cartes / golf ?
- I'm feeling lucky tonight.
- Change in 5,000. Now, there's a man with confidence.
- Yeah, I'd love to join you, partner, but I got two ex-wives counting on me.
- How about you?
- I'll stick with my three-iron off the tee.
- Straight and safe, huh?
- Change in 5,000. Now, there's a man with confidence.
- Yeah, I'd love to join you, partner, but I got two ex-wives counting on me.
- How about you?
- I'll stick with my three-iron off the tee.
- Straight and safe, huh?
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 +2 | mon fer trois sur le tertre de départ |
Raymonde Gagnier
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| 3 +1 | un fer trois sur le tee |
Tony M
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| 4 -1 | empecher mes trois clubs en fer de toucher le tee |
Germaine07
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Proposed translations
+2
4 hrs
Raymonde Gagnier
Canada
Canada
Native in English
&
French
Canada
Also a narrator/je suis aussi narratrice
Native in: French (Variant: Canadian) 
, English
Works in: English to French
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mon fer trois sur le tertre de départ
Il a plus de chance de gagner au golf qu'aux cartes. "Tee-off" le début de la partie, le tertre de départ.
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Comment: "merci"
+1
8 mins
un fer trois sur le tee
'to tee off' = 'partir du tee'
Both terms from R + C
But I think to render the whole of this very colloquial phrase, you're going to have to re-phrase it completely; if I understand the EN correctly, it simply means that he'd rather play golf than join in the poker game (or whatever it is...)
Both terms from R + C
But I think to render the whole of this very colloquial phrase, you're going to have to re-phrase it completely; if I understand the EN correctly, it simply means that he'd rather play golf than join in the poker game (or whatever it is...)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
cmwilliams (X)
4 hrs
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-1
2 hrs
Germaine07
Native in French
Experienced translation proffesional
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, French
empecher mes trois clubs en fer de toucher le tee
Litteralement la traduction de la phrase sera: Je me limiterais a empecher mes trois clubs en fer de toucher le tee
Je pense que l'auteur veut tout simplement dire qu'au lieu de depenser cet argent au jeux, il se limitera a jouer au golf
Je pense que l'auteur veut tout simplement dire qu'au lieu de depenser cet argent au jeux, il se limitera a jouer au golf
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Tony M
: Ce n'est malheureusement pas la traduction littérale de cette phrase ! Il n'y pas de sens voulu de 'empêcher de toucher', et 'n° 3 iron' est purement descriptif, pas pluriel du tout !
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