Cours Du 26/11 Flashcards
Voix passive
On transforme le complément en sujet et on conjugue BE au temps + participe passé du verbe principal et on ajoutee reste
On pense qu’ils viendront
They are thought to Come
Cet article s’intitule
This article is entitled
Le gallois ne se parle presque plus
Welsh IS hardly spoken anymore
On accuse cet homme de s’être battu avec un policier
This man IS accused of fighting with a policeman
On ne peut pas les suspecter de mentir
They can’t be supposed of lying
On dit de lui qu’il boit / on lui dit de boire / on lui dit que Mehdi boit
He is said-througt-alleded to drink/ he is told to drink ou he is adviced-suggested-ordered/ he is told that Medhi drinks
On dit que c’est l’homme le plus intelligent de l’école
He is said to be the smartest-shrewdest man of the company
Elle m’a conduit a l’aéroport
I was driven to the airport
Il a reçu un prix pour son travail
He was awarded a prize for his job
Est-ce qu’on s’est occupé des blessés ?
Have thé injured been attended to?
Ce livre aurait été écrit au moyen âge
Attention pas de would seulement avec le if si il y’a condition
This Book is thought to have been written in thé begining of
Il ressemble a qlq1 il semble (fatigué)
To look like/ to look +adj
Les aveugles/ myope
The blind / short-sighted
Sourd / son fort faible strident
Deaf/ loud faint harsh
Jeter un coup d’œil / apercevoir / regarder attentivement
Glance / glimpse / peer
Être bouche bée / être dans les nuages/ bégayer / silence /
To gape / to gaze / to stutter / hush
J’aurais préféré
I would rather
Techniques de traduction
Synonymes transposition modulation
Il est né sous la bonne étoile
He was born under the lucky star
Vigoureux
Lusty
Devant / derrière
In front of / behind
Être mort
Have been dead (fini)
Translation
At 25 he started a modelling agency. His first wife ran (operated) it for five years. Then, once my modelling career was over, I took over (from her). Yet, with his fair curly hair and his lusty (vigoureux) figure, Fabrice embodies heterosexual pep (stamina) in fashion circles.
He was born under the right star (a lucky star): even when slouching (sprawling / loafing) in front of the TV and gazing at nothing he will radiate energy. Everyone assumes he is sportsman when his greatest physical effort boils down to long marathons on the phone with his pals. Officially, that’s work.
This is true: they discuss girls (chicks / broads). Having said that, I didn’t care that much. Far from being short-sighted, he loved checking on women (ogling women, eyeing women up). I would have preferred him not to love (would rather he hadn’t loved) them all but I did not complain. We just got along (on) fine.
When we settled down (set up house / shacked up) together, I demanded only one thing: to have (having) my own bathroom. I love being on my own and this goes back a long time: I have been like this since my parents died. Fabrice was quick to understand how crucial this strategic place could be.
