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to drop the dishes

French translation: descendre les soucoupes volantes

18:28 Nov 26, 2002
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary / science-fiction
English term or phrase: to drop the dishes
dropping the dishes

nom d'une opération militaire. Une base militaire en plien nord Dakota. Un détachement de la US army attend l'atterrissage de navettes spatiales.
wearethewords
Belgium
Local time: 17:37
French translation:descendre les soucoupes volantes
Explanation:
to drop = descendre (familièrement)

par le Lieutenant GEORGE F. GORMAN de la Garde Nationale de DAKOTA du NORD ... de l'USAF
en lui conseillant de "descendre toutes les soucoupes volantes, les disques ...
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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 17:37
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3descendre les soucoupes volantes
GILLES MEUNIER
4descendre le train (d'aterrissage)
Arthur Borges
2 +1dropping the sidhes = atterrissage/descente des soucoupes (volantes)
Francis MARC
3Dropping the dishes
Nicolas Rick


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dropping the sidhes = atterrissage/descente des soucoupes (volantes)


Explanation:
flying dishes = à mi-chemin entre fluing-disks et flying-saucers ?

dropping : habituellement "largage" mais non approprié ici car probablement descente contrôlée

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 18:37
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 12561

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agree  thierry2
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
descendre les soucoupes volantes


Explanation:
to drop = descendre (familièrement)

par le Lieutenant GEORGE F. GORMAN de la Garde Nationale de DAKOTA du NORD ... de l'USAF
en lui conseillant de "descendre toutes les soucoupes volantes, les disques ...
marcogee.free.fr/ovni/sepra/ni3_2.html - 64k - En cache - Pages

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 17:37
Native speaker of: French
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agree  Louise Dupont (X): peut être aussi les antennes paraboliques ??
37 mins
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agree  lien
1 hr
neutral  Arthur Borges: Ouaf Ouaf! Truman aurait exigé que l'on tire sur les OVNIs au dessus de son squat en 1951. Einstein Oppenheimer se seraient empréssés de lui expliquer que des tirs de .50 cal ne saurait que les vexer, et que, il risquait gros au niveau de leur riposte.
9 hrs
agree  Yolanda Broad: Bonne analyse
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Dropping the dishes


Explanation:
Bonjour,

Est-ce que ce ne serait pas plutôt une façon un peu "slang" dans le langage de l'Air Force de dire que l'on va procéder à un largage de tel ou tel prototype militaire volant.

Nicolas Rick
Local time: 17:37
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descendre le train (d'aterrissage)


Explanation:
Les navettes ont des "skis" ronds, dites "dishes".
Comme pour tout autre objet volant (OVNIs compris) le commandant ou le pilote "descend le train d'aterrissage"

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Note added at 2002-11-27 04:18:25 (GMT)
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Pour faire \'jargon\', il suffit de parler du \"train\".

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Note added at 2002-11-27 04:19:53 (GMT)
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Mais comme nom d\'opération militaire -- alors là, \"I\'m just guessing!\"


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Note added at 2002-11-27 04:20:48 (GMT)
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...à moins qu\'il ne s\'agisse du déploiement des balises de piste...???

Arthur Borges
China
Local time: 23:37
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  CGagnon: À moins que ce soit... autre chose!
25 mins
  -> Bien entendu ! C'est bien de la sci-fiction !!!
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