Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
du réveil au coucher
English translation:
from sun-up to sun-down
French term
France
Localisation and content creation
Native in: English (Variants: British, New Zealand, UK, French, US, Australian, US, British, New Zealand, UK) 
Works in: French to English, English
du réveil au coucher
Aug 24, 2008 09:14: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Aug 24, 2008 12:28: Claire Cox changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Aug 29, 2008 18:45: lundy Created KOG entry
PRO (1): emiledgar
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Emma Paulay, Claire Cox
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Proposed translations
from sun-up to sun-down
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Enza Longo
: First thing that came to mind - perhaps even 'til' sun-down. As for spelling, there's many variations but I'd probably hyphenate both.
6 hrs
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Thanks!
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from dawn to dusk
From jumping out of bed to slipping back between the sheets
| I'm sorry, I just can't shake the vampire movie "From Dusk to Dawn" out of my head when I read this. |
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Sheila Wilson
: It's the obvious one for me
43 mins
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writeaway
1 hr
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Susan Nicholls
: from dawn to dusk, without doubt
1 hr
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Katarina Peters
3 hrs
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liz askew
11 hrs
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sunrise to sunset/sun-up to sunset
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Robin Salmon (X)
15 hrs
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Thank you.
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Jeanette Phillips
1 day 3 hrs
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Merci.
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Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
from sunrise to nighttime
Spain
Translator/writer (medical/pharma specn)
Native in: English
Works in: Greek to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
from dawn till dusk
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Note added at 16 mins (2008-08-24 08:36:09 GMT)
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Sorry I jumped the gun - should be 3 because dawn is not exactly same as getting up (fortunately!)
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Note added at 36 mins (2008-08-24 08:55:20 GMT)
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Perhaps something with "waking hours"
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Irene Chalmers Preire
19 mins
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Sheila Wilson
: I've often used this expression for my day - and I avoid seeing the sun rise when I can, and I certainly don't go to bed when it gets dark
45 mins
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David Vaughn
: "Waking hours" is a good idea. I also think I prefer "till", even if google gives my suggestion "dawn **to** dusk" as much more common.
55 mins
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Gacela20
1 hr
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writeaway
: coucher often means coucher du soleil. there is 000 context so while this is the bog standard En expression, who knows ?
1 hr
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swanda
1 hr
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Claire Cox
4 hrs
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Helen Shiner
: I, too, prefer 'til, though would spell it this way: " 'til "
9 hrs
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Enrique Huber (X)
10 hrs
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Spain
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
from wake / rise to sleep
www.umfm.net/radio/stations.php?section=house - 32k
| SladeTheGreyFox's Xanga Site ... -I can't help it if my either side of the family is rail thin and the kid has more energy FROM WAKE TO SLEEP than a nuclear power plant. ...
weblog.xanga.com/SladeTheGreyFox/519771046/what-goddamn-day-is-it-anyway.html - 57k
What is going on in the world?: - Think about your typical day FROM RISE TO SLEEP. How many things do we cram into a day? If you are a professional think about your morning routine when you ...
pinchworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/time-together-is-what-really-matters.html -
from reveille to taps
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-08-24 09:52:47 GMT)
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from wakey-wakey to bye-byes, in a childhood context.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-08-24 10:04:34 GMT)
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From wake-up to sleep for school kids:
FROM WAKE UP TO SLEEP :-D? During the week it's like this? 6am - Wake up call out the door by 7am School starts @ 7:45am ...
www.answerbag.com/q_view/676475
From wake-up to bedtime for campers, children, at-home Moms, Jimmy Carter, and astronauts:
I told him before we got started that he would be more or less married to us, FROM WAKE-UP TO BEDTIME,” Mr. Demme said. ...
www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/movies/21carr.html?n=Top/Referen...
Counsellors work in teams of two in a cabin with 8 – 12 campers, looking after their general welfare FROM WAKE-UP TO BEDTIME, including meals and evening ...
www.summerjobs.com/do/profile/624
Predominantly music, RTÉ Junior is programmed around a child's day and broadcast daily FROM WAKE-UP TO BED-TIME (7am to 9pm). ...
www.rte.ie/digitalradio/pressrelease1.html
I'm a good at-home mom, but only because I'm not on duty FROM WAKE-UP TO BEDTIME, Sunday through Saturday. The end result of this childcare relay is a ...
www.mothersmovement.org/essays/07/12/hyland-tassava_he_gets...
If all went well and they got down on time and got the EVA started promptly, it was still going to be a 22 1/2 hour day FROM WAKE UP TO BEDTIME. ...
history.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.prepdi.html
From wake-up to lights out for summer camp and safaris:
Discovery & motivation FROM WAKE-UP TO LIGHTS OUT. A residential summer camp program taught by experts, offering academic & life skills. ...
www.kidscamps.com/camps/u.s.a.-college-prep-camps.html
Lesson 4. Finishing a Day's Work in Advance. In this lesson, you will learn how to lay out your day in advance, FROM WAKE UP TO LIGHTS OUT. ...
my.safaribooksonline.com/0028636139/ch04lev1sec1
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writeaway
: who knows? No context has been provided, just an isolated expression. /it does, extremely well.
16 mins
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It was my hope that this answer would indicate the extent to which context is necessary in determining the relevance (or not) of a literal(ish) translation.
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: Your "military context" brought back good memories ... except reveille and lights out; I'm not an early bird and I hate worms ... LOL
4 hrs
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Good? Bad? Apologies, as the case may be!
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Christopher Crockett
: Context? Context??? I don't have to show you no stinkin "context."
1 day 2 hrs
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Finance, law, property development, art
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
from first thing in the morning until last thing at night
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writeaway
: not just UK English at all! but asker wants it snappy. Of course no one knows what the context is.......
20 mins
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Canada
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Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French, French, and 1 more.
from sunrise to sunset
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writeaway
: but sunrise is 'lever'..... would work very well if it's a back translation of Fiddler on the Roof/seriously, we need context. no way to judge apart from the very obvious En equivalent
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Thank you for your input, writeaway. I try to translate the idea instead of just words, but without sufficient context, it's difficult to translate the exact meaning ...Have a great day ... what's left of it ...
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Jeanette Phillips
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