Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
foisonnement
English translation:
expansion
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Nicolas Coyer (X)
May 16, 2007 16:35
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French term
emmie1976 (X)
foisonnement
French to English
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Linguistics
How to translate "foisonnement", that is the fact that a sentence/phrase translated from English to French is longer than the original English ?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | expansion |
Nicolas Coyer (X)
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| 4 | abundance |
romainlaine
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| 3 | exuberance |
Najib Aloui
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| 3 | several possibilities, see below |
cchat
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Change log
May 16, 2007 16:56: Peter Shortall changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"
May 21, 2007 21:12: Nicolas Coyer (X) Created KOG entry
Jun 2, 2007 04:31: Nicolas Coyer (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/44903">Nicolas Coyer (X)'s</a> old entry - "foisonnement"" to ""expansion""
Proposed translations
+2
5 mins
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expansion
C´est ce que j´ai pu glané sur Internet...
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Note added at 7 minutes (2007-05-16 16:42:46 GMT)
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http://webs.uvigo.es/sli/arquivos/tdt.pdf
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Note added at 8 minutes (2007-05-16 16:44:22 GMT)
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mais étant donné que c´est généralement vrai dans le sans ENG=>autre langue, pas sûr de l´existence d´une traduction consacrée en anglais
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Note added at 9 minutes (2007-05-16 16:44:47 GMT)
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"dans le sEns"
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Note added at 7 minutes (2007-05-16 16:42:46 GMT)
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http://webs.uvigo.es/sli/arquivos/tdt.pdf
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Note added at 8 minutes (2007-05-16 16:44:22 GMT)
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mais étant donné que c´est généralement vrai dans le sans ENG=>autre langue, pas sûr de l´existence d´une traduction consacrée en anglais
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Note added at 9 minutes (2007-05-16 16:44:47 GMT)
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"dans le sEns"
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1 hr
abundance
une autre traduction possible
1 hr
exuberance
...a proposal to be judged according to context ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-16 17:49:19 GMT)
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overflowing...
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-16 17:49:19 GMT)
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overflowing...
17 hrs
several possibilities, see below
A few invetive suggestions, in case the translation doesn't yet exist:
"bushiness": using a horticultural metaphor, the development of short, multiple stems
"overabundance": the notion that there is too much on one side of the scale (also "overgrowth")
"riotous abundance": the notion of gardens run wild
"dissymmetry": lacking in symmetry
"bushiness": using a horticultural metaphor, the development of short, multiple stems
"overabundance": the notion that there is too much on one side of the scale (also "overgrowth")
"riotous abundance": the notion of gardens run wild
"dissymmetry": lacking in symmetry
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