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porter haut les couleurs de la france

English translation: represented France with flying colours

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French term or phrase:porter haut les couleurs de la france
English translation:represented France with flying colours
Entered by: maisy

16:26 Aug 12, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
French term or phrase: porter haut les couleurs de la france
describing someone's behaviour overseas.
maisy
Local time: 00:37
represented France with flying colours
Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 18:37
Grading comment
Thank you all for your help. As always it is greatly appreciated.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +13flying the flag for France
Karen Marston
4 +2represented France with flying colours
Jean-Claude Gouin
2 +4to proudly wear the colors of France
MatthewLaSon
4flying high the Tricolour of France
Michel F. Morin
3proud of being French/represent France in the best light
Speakering (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +13
flying the flag for France


Explanation:
Without knowing who the person is and what the context is it is hard to know if this needs to be expressed in a different way but this keeps the reference to the flag and means that the person is representing France well

Karen Marston
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Notes to answerer
Asker: It is referring to a flag.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lundy
2 mins
agree  Bashiqa
16 mins
agree  Martin Cassell: as good as anything, on such a skimpy "brief"!
20 mins
agree  Lauren UK
36 mins
agree  writeaway: but too bad sufficient context doesn't seem to be forthcoming
1 hr
agree  liz askew: Nicely translated, given the lack of context.
1 hr
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
1 hr
agree  Mohamed Mehenoun
1 hr
agree  SME: Definitely, this is the idea!
4 hrs
agree  Gacela20
9 hrs
agree  Christopher Newell: No context is really necessary, this is a standard french expression, and means exactly what has been given here.
13 hrs
agree  Mollie Milesi
19 hrs
agree  Jacqui Audouy
21 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
represented France with flying colours


Explanation:
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Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 18:37
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you all for your help. As always it is greatly appreciated.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Enrique Huber (X)
1 hr
  -> Muy muchas gracias, Enrique ...
agree  Claire Cox
5 hrs
  -> Un gros merci, Claire ...
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +4
to proudly wear the colors of France


Explanation:
Hello,

This could be taken literally or non-literally. Maybe he's just behaving in a very proud manner of his country (showing it off)/ He could also be literally wearing the French colors ( red, white and blue).

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Note added at 32 mins (2008-08-12 16:59:42 GMT)
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I see this used in reference to the fans of French rugby and soccer teams.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 18:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
Notes to answerer
Asker:


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: Since this is a close translation and we have little context, I would tend to go with this answer for preference./Or even 'to hold high the colours of France' if meant metaphorically, which I guess it must, since this is not a discussion of jousting!
15 mins
  -> Thanks, Helen!
agree  Graham macLachlan: in absolute terms this is about 'wearing' rather than 'carrying' or 'holding' but perhaps the author is mixing his metaphors, who knows?//cf. 'les bleus' and 'le bleu, blanc, rouge' ;-)
52 mins
  -> Thanks, Graham! How are you these days?
agree  Sébastien Ricciardi
1 hr
  -> Merci beaucoup Sébastien!
agree  Yolanda Broad
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Yolanda!
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
proud of being French/represent France in the best light


Explanation:
just to stray from the colors.

Speakering (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in MacedonianMacedonian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 3
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
flying high the Tricolour of France


Language variant: flying high the French Tricolour

Explanation:
Seems to me as keeping a link between "haut" and "high", and as suggesting something brilliant and buoyant (to fly high...).

Michel F. Morin
France
Local time: 00:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
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