at some unachievable best

French translation: inaccessible perfection

14:53 Jun 18, 2007
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English term or phrase: at some unachievable best
In many lowland areas you will see a rolling agricultural landscape, a patchwork of fields, hedges and woodlands, a village or small town here and there, perhaps an expanse of water glinting in the sunlight somewhere in the distance. Close-by you will most likely hear the gentle hum of bees and overhead you might detect the mournful wail of a buzzard.

You could be forgiven for thinking this is some romantic, idyllic vision of nature at some unachievable best, but you would be wrong. For one thing, it is not unachievable, but quite real across large swathes of the countryside. For another, it is not natural, but almost entirely manmade.

je n'arrive pas à rendre cette expression
je pars sur 'chimérique', 'idéaliste" mais bof... merci !
Krystrad
Local time: 05:58
French translation:inaccessible perfection
Explanation:
...une vision idyllique de la nature dans son inaccessible perfection...

ou bien "à un niveau de perfection inaccessible"

je sais bien que "unachievable" ici n'est pas exactement "inaccessible", mais la "perfection inaccessible" est une expression courante
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Summary of answers provided
3inaccessible perfection
Marc Derveaux
3dans un état de perfection chimérique
Euqinimod (X)
2à son paroxysme
Stéphanie Soudais
2une (certaine) perfection irréalisable/inatteignable
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à son paroxysme


Explanation:
vision idyllique à son paroxysme?

Stéphanie Soudais
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une (certaine) perfection irréalisable/inatteignable


Explanation:
irréaliste

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perfection hors de notre portée/qui dépasse notre possible

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inaccessible perfection


Explanation:
...une vision idyllique de la nature dans son inaccessible perfection...

ou bien "à un niveau de perfection inaccessible"

je sais bien que "unachievable" ici n'est pas exactement "inaccessible", mais la "perfection inaccessible" est une expression courante

Marc Derveaux
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dans un état de perfection chimérique


Explanation:
Simple proposition.

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