account of

French translation: qui, selon lui

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English term or phrase:his account of who
French translation:qui, selon lui
Entered by: Cyril B.

19:40 Aug 20, 2012
English to French translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Computers: Software / account of
English term or phrase: account of
he is requested to identify, to serve a reply to the response stating if they admit ou deny his characterisations of the programs and his account of who wrote them (and of their creation)
legiscriba
Local time: 01:40
selon lui
Explanation:
Pour bien faire, il faut chamger la phrase.

"(...) et qui, selon lui/elle, les a écrit(e)s"
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Cyril B.
France
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merci
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4sa version
FX Fraipont (X)
4 +1selon lui
Cyril B.
4présentation de
B D Finch
4description de
Alain Marsol
3témoignage sur
Françoise Vogel
Summary of reference entries provided
common enough meaning
Martin Cassell

  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
sa version


Explanation:
selon lui, X est l'auteur du programme

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 01:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 499

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Françoise Vogel
20 mins
  -> merci!

agree  Kévin Bernier
56 mins
  -> merci!

agree  Malika El khadhri
7 hrs
  -> merci!

agree  e_marisa
15 hrs
  -> merci!

neutral  Isabelle F. BRUCHER (X): "et sa version de qui l'a écrit"? C'est beau...
18 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
présentation de


Explanation:
A person's account of something may be pure description, or may also comprise an explanation.


B D Finch
France
Local time: 01:40
Native speaker of: English
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
description de


Explanation:
et sa description de son auteur (et de sa création)

Alain Marsol
Local time: 01:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 90
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
témoignage sur


Explanation:
www.larousse.com/en/dictionnaires/francais.../témoignage/76287
cette pièce sera un jour considérée comme un témoignage sur la vie des années 80 this play will one day be considered as an authentic account of life in the ...

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Note added at 31 mins (2012-08-20 20:12:50 GMT)
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http://www.wordreference.com/fren/témoignage

Françoise Vogel
Local time: 01:40
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
selon lui


Explanation:
Pour bien faire, il faut chamger la phrase.

"(...) et qui, selon lui/elle, les a écrit(e)s"

Cyril B.
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
merci

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabelle F. BRUCHER (X): http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/anglais-francais/accoun... aussi:
12 hrs
  -> Merci Isabelle !
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: common enough meaning

Reference information:
although I guess other possible meanings may have caused you some doubt, given the field.

Anyway, see senses 1 & 5 here:
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/account

Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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