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photo choquante

English translation: shocking/appaling picture

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French term or phrase:photo choquante
English translation:shocking/appaling picture
Entered by: jenny morenos

17:03 Apr 2, 2020
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
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French term or phrase: photo choquante
hi. how can we translate photo choquante into Egnlish ? thanks a lot everyone in advance for your help.
jenny morenos
France
shocking/appaling picture
Explanation:
A photo is a picture. It is also an image, but so is a movie. A picture is a still image, while a movie is a moving image. This is also why the old fashion expression "going to the pictures" is plural.

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Nicolas Gambardella
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:43
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5shocking images
Melanie Kathan
5shocking/appaling picture
Nicolas Gambardella
4graphic photo/image
Fatine Echenique


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
shocking images


Explanation:
You could say "shocking photos and videos" or just "shocking images."

Melanie Kathan
Canada
Local time: 00:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you so much for your help


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Youssef Chabat
39 mins
agree  Katarina Peters
39 mins
agree  Verginia Ophof
1 day 3 hrs
agree  Stephanie Benoist
2 days 7 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: this asker probably needs it spelled out as "shocking photos and videos"
2 days 19 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
shocking/appaling picture


Explanation:
A photo is a picture. It is also an image, but so is a movie. A picture is a still image, while a movie is a moving image. This is also why the old fashion expression "going to the pictures" is plural.

You can replace "shocking"

Nicolas Gambardella
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:43
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you very much, your translation is excellent !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  ormiston: Replace by 'appaling' with one L? (that's appalling English). And the term is 'old-fashioned'
19 hrs
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: "AppaLLing" is not a synonym for "shocking" here and "picture" is also wrong here. Picture can also mean paintings and other images, not just films. And we still say "going to the pictures" so not old fashionED
2 days 19 hrs
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
graphic photo/image


Explanation:
pic/image/photo

Fatine Echenique
United States
Local time: 00:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you very much, i wasn't sure what graphic meant , i always found that word often


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: NO, "graphic" does NOT only mean shocking but has lots of other meanings too. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/graphic
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