magpies

French translation: Pies

15:15 Nov 5, 2008
English to French translations [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: magpies
Le contexte est le suivant: Blair évoque ses souvenirs d'enfance en Australie dans la phrase:
"I remember returning from the hospital where my sister Sarah had just been born, looking at her in the back of the old Austin...; and being chased by magpies as I ran across the open ground near our home."
Comment traduire "magpies" sans créer un incident diplomatique? Merci d'avance
Christine Roffi
United States
Local time: 17:25
French translation:Pies
Explanation:
:-)

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-11-05 15:27:22 GMT)
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C'est bien ça :

Oiseau Pie magpie Pie d'Australie se promenant sur la plage. Pas ...
Pie d'Australie se promenant sur la plage. Pas farouche et sympathique faisant partie du décor de la nature environnante. L'idée est très bonne mais les ...
www.fond-ecran-image.com/galerie-membre,oiseau-pie,pie8jpg.... - 44k - En cache - Pages similaires
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Michel A.
Local time: 17:25
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4Pies
Michel A.


Discussion entries: 7





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Pies


Explanation:
:-)

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-11-05 15:27:22 GMT)
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C'est bien ça :

Oiseau Pie magpie Pie d'Australie se promenant sur la plage. Pas ...
Pie d'Australie se promenant sur la plage. Pas farouche et sympathique faisant partie du décor de la nature environnante. L'idée est très bonne mais les ...
www.fond-ecran-image.com/galerie-membre,oiseau-pie,pie8jpg.... - 44k - En cache - Pages similaires


Michel A.
Local time: 17:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 44
Notes to answerer
Asker: Oui, c'est bien ça! Merci :)!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Seems logical... Hitchcock would've understood the feeling...
2 mins
  -> Indeed :-)) Cheers Tony

agree  frederique sannier-lowry
4 mins
  -> Merci

agree  cfboyens (X)
16 mins
  -> Merci

agree  :::::::::: (X): one for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl and four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told...
45 mins
  -> Sure, Dear Tony saw seven of them :-)
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