Putting out

French translation: appelez ça bosser/ être à la hauteur

16:10 May 11, 2019
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Autobiographie - Navy Seal
English term or phrase: Putting out
Bonjour,

je suis toujours sur l'autobiographie d'un navy seal à la retraite et il y une expression qui m'échappe.
Voici le contexte et la paragraphe dans lequel se trouve l'expression (ils sont tous arrivés à la semaine des enfers et leur supérieur les harcèle) :

Guys are looking around the Grinder, practically giddy, thinking, “Yeah, we’re in Hell Week, motherfuckers!” Ah, but reality has a way of kicking everyone in the teeth sooner or later.
“You call this putting out?” Psycho Pete asked no one in particular.
“This may be the single sorriest class we ever put through our program. You men are straight up embarrassing yourselves.”

Auriez-vous une petite idée en ce qui concerne la phrase “You call this putting out?” svp ?
merci !!
Carine Paturel
France
Local time: 23:31
French translation:appelez ça bosser/ être à la hauteur
Explanation:
The instructor is taunting them by suggesting that harder work is to come.
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Justin Reeve
Canada
Grading comment
Bonjour le DO a validé la traduction "être à la hauteur". Merci pour votre aide !
Bonne journée
Carine
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1mouiller sa chemise
FX Fraipont (X)
3 +1C'est tout ce que vous avez?
Elisabeth Richard
4appelez ça bosser/ être à la hauteur
Justin Reeve
4Vous n'êtes pas foutue de faire mieux que ça?
Daryo
3se donner du mal
Florian PLATEL
3vous vous donnez à fond, là ?!
ormiston


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
putting out
se donner du mal


Explanation:
Suggestion selon ce post qui a l'air d'être dans le même contexte



Example sentence(s):
  • https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/putting-yourselves-out.2201264/
Florian PLATEL
France
Local time: 23:31
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Elisabeth Richard: Je pense aussi que c'est l'idée. Idéalement il faudrait une phrase sur le même registre.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
You call this putting out?
C'est tout ce que vous avez?


Explanation:
Ma proposition pour garder le même registre de language. Sachant que je ne sais pas en quoi consiste la Hell Week, ni quel genre de personnage est Psycho Pete ou quel est son positionnement, cela reste bien sûr, une simple suggestion.

Elisabeth Richard
France
Local time: 23:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: that's the idea, but probably expressed too nicely ...
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
putting out
appelez ça bosser/ être à la hauteur


Explanation:
The instructor is taunting them by suggesting that harder work is to come.

Justin Reeve
Canada
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Bonjour le DO a validé la traduction "être à la hauteur". Merci pour votre aide !
Bonne journée
Carine
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
putting out
vous vous donnez à fond, là ?!


Explanation:
Pourrait marcher ?

ormiston
Local time: 23:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
putting out
mouiller sa chemise


Explanation:
"to put out
6. To make an effort: We've really had to put out to get this project finished."
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/put by



FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 23:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 106

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra Mouton: Le registre de langue me semble le bon.
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
“You call this putting out?”
Vous n'êtes pas foutue de faire mieux que ça?


Explanation:
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Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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