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The way you do Anything is the way you do Everything

French translation: la façon dont vous gérez une chose révèle la manière dont vous gérez toutes les autres

16:33 Feb 5, 2019
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English term or phrase: The way you do Anything is the way you do Everything
bonjour,
je ne vois pas bien comment rendre cette expression en français. Il s'agit d'un texte général, des conseils sur les divers moyens de se simplifier la vie, de vivre mieux.
Merci
Laetitia
L.Lepetit
France
Local time: 23:11
French translation:la façon dont vous gérez une chose révèle la manière dont vous gérez toutes les autres
Explanation:
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david henrion
France
Local time: 23:11
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5la façon dont vous gérez une chose révèle la manière dont vous gérez toutes les autres
david henrion
4On aborde les grandes choses comme on traite les petites.
Maliki Kamara
4votre façon de faire une chose montre comment vous faites toutes les autres
Hélène ALEXIS
4La manière dont vous abordez un problème est la même tout le temps
Jean-Paul ROSETO
4 -1Être fidèle à soi même dans tout ce qu'on fait
Marie-Josée Martin (X)
4 -2On traite les petites choses comme on adresse les grandes
Alexandra Charpentier
4 -2comment vous faites quelle chose que ce soit est comment vous faites toutes les (autres) choses.
Daryo


Discussion entries: 2





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
the way you do anything is the way you do everything
la façon dont vous gérez une chose révèle la manière dont vous gérez toutes les autres


Explanation:
ma tentative

david henrion
France
Local time: 23:11
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 52
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Notes to answerer
Asker: thx !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Crouzeix
2 mins
agree  Daryo: exactly - the contrast is between "any particular one vs. all"
54 mins
agree  Francois Boye
6 hrs
agree  Gleyse
18 hrs
agree  writeaway
1 day 13 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the way you do anything is the way you do everything
On aborde les grandes choses comme on traite les petites.


Explanation:
The meaning : “The way a person does one thing is the way they do everything”.

https://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/one-phrase-changed-life/

Maliki Kamara
Cote D'ivoire
Local time: 21:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Bambara / Bamanakan
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mchd
7 mins
  -> Merci !
neutral  Tony M: I'm not sure that generalizing it and distancing it by using 'on' really works her, in the context as far as Asker has explained it? It sounds much more as if the reader is directly addressing you, the reader.
18 mins
disagree  Daryo: I can't see where do you see a link with (or any mention of) this contrast "grandes choses / petites choses"??? This is not legal or technical, but I still think you strayed too much.
45 mins
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
the way you do anything is the way you do everything
On traite les petites choses comme on adresse les grandes


Explanation:
C'est dans les petites choses qu'on voit ce qu'on vaut
Des propositions...

Alexandra Charpentier
Belgium
Local time: 23:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Isn't the logic of it rather the other way round: "How you deal with little things reveals how you will deal if something big comes along"?
53 mins
disagree  Marie-Josée Martin (X): cette utilisation du verbe adresser est un anglicisme
6 hrs
disagree  Daryo: besides "adresser", I can't see where do you see a link with (or any mention of) this contrast "grandes choses / petites choses"???
7 hrs
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
the way you do anything is the way you do everything
Être fidèle à soi même dans tout ce qu'on fait


Explanation:
Le français prend une approche plus abstraite.

Marie-Josée Martin (X)
Canada
Local time: 17:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  david henrion: "ce que l'on fait". Pour moi la phrase source implique une vision de l'extérieur, votre proposition me semble plus une approche intérieur, une cohérence avec soi-même
8 mins
neutral  Tony M: I think this would translate a rather different idiom, rather skewed from the notion of the source text here. 'plus abstraite' oui — but it does still need to convey the same notion, which I think this doesn't.
39 mins
disagree  Daryo: you turned an objective statement of fact (people always do things the same way) into some kind of personal motto / personal aim.
46 mins
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
the way you do Anything is the way you do Everything
comment vous faites quelle chose que ce soit est comment vous faites toutes les (autres) choses.


Explanation:
I understand this as "the way you deal with any particular situation (be it of minor or major importance) is an indicator of how you would deal with any other situation.

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 112

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  david henrion: votre explication montre que vous comprenez bien la notion mais la traduction est faite dans un français très approximatif
4 mins
disagree  GILLES MEUNIER: c'est du charabia
15 hrs
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the way you do anything is the way you do everything
votre façon de faire une chose montre comment vous faites toutes les autres


Explanation:
Une autre proposition, légèrement plus courte...

Hélène ALEXIS
France
Local time: 23:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 85
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2 days 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the way you do anything is the way you do everything
La manière dont vous abordez un problème est la même tout le temps


Explanation:
je veux dire que si vous abordez un problème toujours de manière méthodique et bien vous aborderez l'ensemble de ces problèmes toujours de la même manière.

Jean-Paul ROSETO
Local time: 23:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Surely that's ambiguous? Couldn't that mean that you always doe the same thing the same way?
45 mins
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