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You don\'t look like your picture

French translation: tu n'as pas la même tête que sur ta photo

13:09 Apr 15, 2016
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / look like one\'s picture
English term or phrase: You don\'t look like your picture
Bonjour,
Comment dirait-on cela en français ?
Le contexte : un homme (truand) a rendez-vous avec un contact qu'il n'a vu qu'en photo. Une fois leurs informations échangées, il lui dit ceci :"You don't look like your picture." Comment rendrait-on cela en français ? Merci pour vos idées
soperilleux
Local time: 07:56
French translation:tu n'as pas la même tête que sur ta photo
Explanation:
puisqu'il s'agit d'un truand son langage peut-être plus familier et il tutoie possiblement son contact.

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oups, peut être, pas peut-être.

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oups, peut être, pas peut-être.
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CarolineRodg (X)
Canada
Local time: 01:56
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4tu n'as pas la même tête que sur ta photo
CarolineRodg (X)
4 +3votre photo ne vous ressemble pas
Kévin Bacquet
4 +2je ne vous reconnais pas *sur la photo(
Philippe ROUSSEAU
5Vous ne ressemblez pas a votre photo
A Tisserand
4tu as l'air différent sur la photo
Isabelle Cluzel
4on dirait pas que c'est toi sur la photo
Jane F


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
you don\'t look like your picture
votre photo ne vous ressemble pas


Explanation:
Suggestion

Kévin Bacquet
France
Local time: 07:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 126

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandre Tissot
8 mins
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
1 hr
agree  Victoria Britten
1 hr
neutral  Daryo: Des truands qui se disent "vous"? La dernière mode dans le milieu?
2 hrs
neutral  CarolineRodg (X): un peu trop poli dans ce contexte
5 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
you don\'t look like your picture
tu as l'air différent sur la photo


Explanation:
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Isabelle Cluzel
France
Local time: 07:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 116
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
you don\'t look like your picture
on dirait pas que c'est toi sur la photo


Explanation:
une autre possibilité

Jane F
France
Local time: 07:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 51
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
you don\'t look like your picture
je ne vous reconnais pas *sur la photo(


Explanation:
*

Philippe ROUSSEAU
France
Local time: 07:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Annie Rigler
8 mins
  -> merci, Annie ! Bon week-end !
agree  Yoann Peyron
17 mins
  -> merci, Yoann ! Bon week-end !
neutral  Daryo: Des truands qui se disent "vous"? La dernière mode dans le milieu?
1 hr
  -> Je ne sais pas si l'autre personne est un truand. Ils ne se sont jamais vus. Le vouvoiement est envisageable pour les premiers contacts et permet d'endormir les soupçons sur des intentions pas forcément louables. Des truands disent surtout "nous":)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
you don\'t look like your picture
Vous ne ressemblez pas a votre photo


Explanation:
to look like=ressembler

A Tisserand
Dominican Republic
Local time: 01:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: Des truands qui se disent "vous"? La dernière mode dans le milieu?
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
you don\'t look like your picture
tu n'as pas la même tête que sur ta photo


Explanation:
puisqu'il s'agit d'un truand son langage peut-être plus familier et il tutoie possiblement son contact.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-04-15 15:23:51 GMT)
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oups, peut être, pas peut-être.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-04-15 15:24:31 GMT)
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oups, peut être, pas peut-être.

CarolineRodg (X)
Canada
Local time: 01:56
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: that sounds more like it!
10 mins
agree  Yoann Peyron
3 hrs
agree  Annie Rigler
4 hrs
agree  TB CommuniCAT
11 hrs
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