English term
United States
Invisible translations, visible results
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: English to French, French to English, French, and 1 more.
blows with his fists
"“…the most interesting stories about the Capresi are not ancient but modern ones, about when and how this or that person made his fortune in hotels, villas, houses and blows with his fists. Then (city) becomes…full of the affairs of families ferociously engaged in eternal competition over a square meter of real estate.”
| 3 +2 | à la force de ses poignets |
AnneMarieG
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| 3 +2 | coups de poing |
Anne-Marie Grant (X)
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| 5 | à la force du poignet |
Marie José Thériault
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| 4 | en faisant le coup de poing |
MICHELS
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| 3 | grâce aux......et à la vigueur de ses poings |
jean-jacques alexandre
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| 3 | batailler/ se démener/se débattre |
Euqinimod (X)
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| 2 | en venir aux mains |
polyglot45
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Apr 17, 2009 07:44: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Journalism" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Non-PRO (1): Colin Rowe
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Proposed translations
France
Translation with style
Native in: French , German
Works in: German to French, French to German, English to French, and 5 more.
à la force de ses poignets
| agree |
sueaberwoman
: Plutôt "à la force de ses poings", plus clair AMA. On pensera de tte façon à la locution d'origine.
31 mins
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Oui, c'est pas mal. Bonne idée.
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| agree |
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 days 2 hrs
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Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
en venir aux mains
| neutral |
jean-jacques alexandre
: I agree, there is a lack of continuity in the English, "blows..;" seems out of context
8 hrs
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coups de poing
| agree |
Amandine Dezécache
17 mins
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| neutral |
Germaine07
: I do not that goes with the meaning in this contex
1 hr
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| agree |
Colin Rowe
11 hrs
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en faisant le coup de poing
France
never lost in translation
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
grâce aux......et à la vigueur de ses poings
batailler/ se démener/se débattre
Writer-translator-adaptor/49 yrs exp.
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Italian to French
Discussion
Faire sa fortune en bagarres ??
Par contre, boxeurs professionnels peuvent gagner une fortune.