atypique
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| French to English translations [Non-PRO] Tourism & Travel / a description of a palace | |||||||
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| 4 +1 | unusual/outlandish |
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| 4 +1 | unique |
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| 5 | atypical |
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| 4 | (completely) different |
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| 4 | extravagant |
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| 3 | extraordinary |
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| 4 -1 | untypical |
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| 1 +1 | eccentric |
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| A picture? |
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3 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1unusual/outlandish Explanation: For a start. |
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1unique Explanation: another option: often works well for tourism |
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(completely) different Explanation: And now for something completely... |
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18 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1eccentric Explanation: a stab in the dark, aargh! |
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1 hr confidence:
extraordinary Explanation: Having seen the photo Alain has posted. It's an amazing building. Extraordinary/fabulous and extraordinary/out of the ordinary! |
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23 hrs confidence:
extravagant Explanation: I know this is straying quite a long way from a direct translation, but it came to me last night (you'd think I'd have other things to think about!) and I thought it might work well for your text. Anyway, no harm in offering it up as a possibility! |
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1 day 4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1untypical Explanation: keeping a hint at "marginal", as the word "atypique" in French. |
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4 days confidence:
atypical Explanation: meaning unusual/inhabitual |
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Reference comments
31 mins peer agreement (net): +2 |
| Reference: A picture? Reference information: I think a picture might be useful for a meaningful translation... http://www.normandie-tourisme.fr/articles/p-le-palais-benedi... |
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