J’avais en face, onze hommes et moi, qui était la seule femme

English translation: Out of the twelve candidates, I was the only woman

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French term or phrase:	J’avais en face, onze hommes et moi, qui était la seule femme
English translation:	Out of the twelve candidates, I was the only woman
Entered by:	Jane F

10:37 Dec 27, 2015

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Government / Politics / Candidate to elections

French term or phrase: J’avais en face, onze hommes et moi, qui était la seule femme

A woman candidate talking about elections. My doubt here is 'J'avais en face'

CVD2008 KudoZ activity Questions: 51 (9 open) (1 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 1
Local time: 19:16

Out of the twelve candidates, I was the only woman

Explanation:
Another way of putting it.

Selected response from:

Jane F
France
Local time: 19:16

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

Out of the twelve candidates, I was the only woman

Jane F

4 +4

I was facing / Opposing me were

Tony M

4 +3

As the only female, I was up against 11 men

polyglot45

"Up against me were eleven men; I was the only woman."

Lara Barnett

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

J’avais en face I was facing / Opposing me were

Explanation:
'en face' basically connotes the idea of 'opposite', 'facing'

Possibly 'I was confronted with'

The slickest way to word it in EN will of course depend on the surrounding text.

Tony M
France
Local time: 19:16
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 56

36 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

Out of the twelve candidates, I was the only woman

Explanation:
Another way of putting it.

Jane F
France
Local time: 19:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

56 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

As the only female, I was up against 11 men

Explanation:
en face = up against

polyglot45
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 44

5 hrs confidence:

"Up against me were eleven men; I was the only woman."

Explanation:
What I would do.

"Up against someone or something
In opposition to someone or something as in a contest."
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/up against

Example sentence(s):

"When David Rodriguez was going UP AGAINST ME in the second to last round I told him exactly what to do in order to beat me, and he did."

Reference: http://americanparkour.com/smf/index.php?topic=30975.20;wap

Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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