A French thing to do

Spanish translation: una cosa muy francesa

00:34 Jan 10, 2016
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Military / Defense
English term or phrase: A French thing to do
Context:

"I remember his passing a polished and almost Meredithian epigram to me in class: it was, I regret to say, an unfriendly reflection on the French master, and even on the French nation in his person; but I remember thinking, even at the time, that it was rather a French thing to do."

Source: Letters to my wife by Robert E. Vernede
Yini
United States
Local time: 16:44
Spanish translation:una cosa muy francesa
Explanation:
Una cosa típicamente francesa.

No creo que haga falta decir literalmente "de hacer"...

Saludos.

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Note added at 1 day17 hrs (2016-01-11 18:06:17 GMT) Post-grading
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De nada, ¡un placer!
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JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 13:44
Grading comment
Gracias!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1algo muy típico de los franceses
Phoenix III
3 +2una cosa muy francesa
JohnMcDove


  

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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a french thing to do
algo muy típico de los franceses


Explanation:
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Phoenix III
United States
Local time: 16:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove: También. :-)
9 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a french thing to do
una cosa muy francesa


Explanation:
Una cosa típicamente francesa.

No creo que haga falta decir literalmente "de hacer"...

Saludos.

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Note added at 1 day17 hrs (2016-01-11 18:06:17 GMT) Post-grading
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De nada, ¡un placer!

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 13:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mónica Algazi
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias, Mónica. :-) ¡Saludos!

agree  Robert Carter
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias, Robert. :-)
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