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seemly motivated

French translation: apparemment motivés

13:10 Jun 9, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
History / linguistics
English term or phrase: seemly motivated
These attractions, bolstered with Christian teachings, begot the crusaders' mindset, ///seemly motivated/// by religion but actually motivated by worldly designs. This is the reason why Christians, who had followed more or less peaceful policies in the previous 1,000 years, suddenly began to display an appetite for war—specifically, the "liberation" of the holy city of Jerusalem and Palestine as a whole.

thanks for your help.
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
New Caledonia
French translation:apparemment motivés
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Martine COTTARD
Portugal
Local time: 23:38
Grading comment
Merci
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8apparemment motivés
Martine COTTARD
5 +2il semblerait qu'elles soient motivées
Pro-Trans
4donnant (toute) l'apparence de ...
Jennifer Levey


Discussion entries: 2





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
il semblerait qu'elles soient motivées


Explanation:
une proposition de traduction

Pro-Trans
France
Local time: 00:38
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, I think this is an old use of 'seemly' that has now become 'seemingly'. NS OED lists this as a dialect form, found from the early 19th C
16 mins
  -> Thank you Tony!
agree  Assimina Vavoula
27 mins
  -> Merci Assimina
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
apparemment motivés


Explanation:
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Martine COTTARD
Portugal
Local time: 23:38
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
1 min
  -> Bonjour Tony, merci !
agree  Assimina Vavoula
11 mins
  -> Bonjour Assimina et merci !
agree  Cosmonipolita: Tout à fait
46 mins
  -> merci Muliermundi
agree  Irina Stanescu
59 mins
  -> merci Irina
agree  katsy: //bonjour Martine :-)
1 hr
  -> bonjour Katsy, merci !
agree  Euqinimod (X)
1 hr
  -> merci Euquinimod
agree  jean-jacques alexandre
21 hrs
  -> merci Jean-Jacques
agree  skerbellec
2 days 19 hrs
  -> merci Stéphanie
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
donnant (toute) l'apparence de ...


Explanation:
i.e. they deliberately gave the (misleading or even false) impression that they were on a religious mission, whereas in fact ...

There's a curious mixture of language in the ST: 'begot' and 'seemly' (as Tony says, with this obsolescent meaning, now replaced by 'seemingly') alongside 'midset' which I perceive as very much a late 20th century word.

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 18:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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