Baby-faced wrongdoers have a natural advantage over the less good-looking
French translation: les délinquants au visage d'ange sont naturellement avantagés
| 14:18 Oct 13, 2008 |
| English to French translations [Non-PRO] Law/Patents - Psychology / Criminal faces | ||||
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|  Selected response from: Hélène ALEXIS France Local time: 05:23 | |||
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| baby-faced wrongdoers have a natural advantage over the less good-looking --- Explanation: Les malfaiteurs au regard de petit ange ont évidemment une longueur d'avance/un avantage sur leurs homologues moins élégants. |
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| baby-faced wrongdoers have a natural advantage over the less good-looking les délinquants au visage d'ange ont un avantage naturel sur les moins bien servis Explanation: .. simple suggestion |
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8 mins confidence:
| baby-faced wrongdoers have a natural advantage over the less good-looking les malfaiteurs au visage d'ange ... Explanation: ... disposent d'un avantage naturel sur les membres moins bien lotis de la fraternité des criminels |
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12 mins confidence:
| baby-faced wrongdoers have a natural advantage over the less good-looking les délinquants au visage d'ange sont naturellement avantagés Explanation: par rapport à leurs congénères moins bien pourvus |
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29 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| baby-faced wrongdoers have a natural advantage over the less good-looking dans le milieu du crime, le truand au visage d'ange a un avantage sur ses collègues moins plaisants Explanation: * |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| baby-faced wrongdoers have a natural advantage over the less good-looking Dans la grande famille du crime, ceux qui sont avantagés par la nature tiennent le haut du pavé. Explanation: une autre idée... |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| baby-faced wrongdoers have a natural advantage over the less good-looking les canailles au visage poupin ont un avantage certain Explanation: ...sur ceux qui sont moins gâtés par la nature. Just another idea -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2008-10-13 17:42:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Que dites vous de racailles ? C'est comme ça qu'on dit dans mon quartier. |
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20 hrs confidence:
| baby-faced wrongdoers have a natural advantage over the less good-looking Les criminels a gueule d'ange ont un avantage indéniable sur les affreux. Explanation: Les criminels a gueule d'ange ont un avantage indéniable sur les affreux. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2008-10-14 13:56:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Les criminels à gueule d'ange ont un avantage indéniable sur les affreux. (avec un accent sur le "à")! |
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| baby-faced wrongdoers have a natural advantage over the less good-looking les délinquants à la gueule d'ange sont avantagés par rapport aux sales gueules Explanation: coherent with other French expressions such as délit de sale gueule which does not indicate a criminal but just somebody's looks or racial origin. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days9 hrs (2008-10-16 00:01:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or "ont l'avantage sur les" as suggested by Sophieanne. |
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