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out of nowhere

French translation: sans comment ni pourquoi

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English term or phrase:out of nowhere
French translation:sans comment ni pourquoi
Entered by: jenny morenos

11:22 Jul 15, 2020
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: out of nowhere
hello. What's the translation of this please ? thank you very much everyone

God gave him a dream ; out of nowhere, he knew he was about to wake up from the dream ; but right before he woke up, God gave him a very quick sequence of events ; it started off with the world order ; the lamb picture had a small section or clip of each dream the Creator had given him up to that point ; then he saw the antichrist get revealed ; it was barack ; immediately after that, the sky opened up and then regenerated Christians were raptured after that ; they were raptured after the antichrist was revealed ; then after that, it was wars, the nuclear bombs, all that happened ; after that, a very significant event

Dieu lui a donné un rêve ; tout à coup, on sait pas comment ? sans crier gare ? comme par enchantement , d’on ne sait où, sorti de nulle part, il savait qu'il était sur l’ point de se réveiller du rêve ; mais juste avant qu'il ne se réveille, Dieu lui a donné une très rapide séquence d'événements ; ça a commencé par l'ordre mondial ; dans des rêves précédents, Dieu lui avait montré un agneau ; la photo de l'agneau comportait une petite section ou un clip de chaque rêve que le Créateur lui avait filé jusqu'alors ; puis il a vu l'antéchrist se révéler ; c'était barack ; immédiatement après cela, le ciel s’est 'ouvert et les Chrétiens régénérés ont été enlevés après cela ; ils ont été enlevés après la révélation de l'antéchrist ; puis après cela, eurent des guerres, des bombes nucléaires ; tout cela s'est passé ; après cela, il y eut un événement très significatif

out of nowhere, he knew he was about to wake up from the dream

tout à coup

à brûle - pourpoint

on sait pas comment

sans crier gare

comme par enchantement

d’on ne sait où

de nulle part

d'on ne sait où

sans prévenir

sorti de nulle part
jenny morenos
France
sans comment ni pourquoi
Explanation:
God gave him a dream ; out of nowhere, he knew he was about to wake up from the dream ; but right before he woke up,

Dieu lui a donné un rêve ; tout à coup, sans comment ni pourquoi, il savait qu'il était sur le point de se réveiller du rêve ;


here "out of nowhere" means without any apparent reason, without any explanation why it should happen (i.e. why he should know he's about to wake up);
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Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:55
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Summary of answers provided
5tout d'un coup/subitement
Michael Roberts
4.survenant comme un flash
Maïté Mendiondo-George
4apparaissant de façon inopinéee
Maïté Mendiondo-George
3 -2sans comment ni pourquoi
Daryo


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tout d'un coup/subitement


Explanation:
The alternatives 'sans crier gare' or 'sans prévenir' ne correspondent pas au contexte

Michael Roberts
Morocco
Local time: 12:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks a lot for helping me


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: this one is not much better than 'sans crier gare'
7 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
.survenant comme un flash


Explanation:
...pour marquer qu il n a pas de lien avec.la situation

Maïté Mendiondo-George
France
Local time: 13:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks a lot for helping me !

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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
apparaissant de façon inopinéee


Explanation:
....

Maïté Mendiondo-George
France
Local time: 13:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you for your help

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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
sans comment ni pourquoi


Explanation:
God gave him a dream ; out of nowhere, he knew he was about to wake up from the dream ; but right before he woke up,

Dieu lui a donné un rêve ; tout à coup, sans comment ni pourquoi, il savait qu'il était sur le point de se réveiller du rêve ;


here "out of nowhere" means without any apparent reason, without any explanation why it should happen (i.e. why he should know he's about to wake up);


Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 112
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you for your help, this is an excellent translation !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  GILLES MEUNIER: nonsense
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Your MT got twisted in a pretzel and all it could throw out was "nonsense"? Try for a change a different method - like understanding the ST as first step ...
disagree  Maïté Mendiondo-George: dans ce cas : sans savoir ni pourquoi, ni comment non je n'ai absolument croisé l'expression que vous avez proposé ..
4 days
  -> Seriously? You have never ever seen an abbreviated form being used??
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