freinantscotches (accent on the last "e")

English translation: freinant, scotchés

02:16 Nov 22, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / Adolescent Adoptions
French term or phrase: freinantscotches (accent on the last "e")
The words of a behaviorally disordered adolescent:

"Ses parents dit-il forment un ballast inutile et **freinantscotches** dans un romantisme larmoyant."
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 11:30
English translation:freinant, scotchés
Explanation:
His parents, he says, are useless ballast that slows things down (holds him back?), stuck/rooted (as they are (the parents)) in a tearful/jerking romanticism

freinant, as in putting the brakes on
scotchés, as in stuck with Scotch tape (3M)
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Bourth (X)
Local time: 16:30
Grading comment
I took it in a direction that was a little different tha yours, Bourth. Because of the scotch tape and other translators input, I said the parents were "clingy." Thank you.
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4 +5freinant, scotchés
Bourth (X)
3ball and chain
Jonathan MacKerron


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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
freinantscotches (accent on the last
freinant, scotchés


Explanation:
His parents, he says, are useless ballast that slows things down (holds him back?), stuck/rooted (as they are (the parents)) in a tearful/jerking romanticism

freinant, as in putting the brakes on
scotchés, as in stuck with Scotch tape (3M)


Bourth (X)
Local time: 16:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
I took it in a direction that was a little different tha yours, Bourth. Because of the scotch tape and other translators input, I said the parents were "clingy." Thank you.

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agree  David Goward: Certainlylookslikeaspaceismissing!
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agree  cjohnstone
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agree  Martin Cassell: céça
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agree  Alice Saunders (X)
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agree  Tony M
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
freinantscotches (accent on the last
ball and chain


Explanation:
another approach

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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