Pareil pas pareil

English translation: match; no match

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French term or phrase:Pareil pas pareil
English translation:match; no match
Entered by: Sigfrido

03:04 Dec 6, 2012
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
French term or phrase: Pareil pas pareil
A coin-flipping technique used in dispute resolution, similar to "heads or tails" (pile ou face). Here, two coins are flipped, and the person must guess if the result will be either two "heads" or two "tails" (pareil), or a "head" and a "tail" (pas pareil).
Viviane Blais (X)
Canada
Local time: 06:00
match; no match
Explanation:
If you only need a translation for 'pareil' and 'pas pareil', the bracketed expressions, then I suggest you use match and no match, respectively.
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Sigfrido
France
Local time: 11:00
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Thank you.
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4 +2match; no match
Sigfrido
3 +1Two-up
Jane F


  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Two-up


Explanation:
Two-up is a traditional Australian gambling game, involving a designated 'Spinner' throwing two or three coins into the air. Players gamble on whether the coins will fall with both (obverse) heads up, both (reverse) tails up, or with one coin a head, and one a tail (known as 'Odds').


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-up
Jane F
France
Local time: 11:00
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: I knew there had to be a game like this somewhere outside North America! Unfortunately, in the context that I am translating, "match or no match" is more appropriate.


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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
match; no match


Explanation:
If you only need a translation for 'pareil' and 'pas pareil', the bracketed expressions, then I suggest you use match and no match, respectively.


Sigfrido
France
Local time: 11:00
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Native speaker of: Spanish
Grading comment
Thank you.

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agree  Yolanda Broad
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agree  cc in nyc: Right; this works for the two choices: "pareil" or "pas pareil."
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