Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to go back and forth
French translation:
tergiverser
Added to glossary by
Jean-Claude Gouin
Aug 16, 2009 16:05
14 yrs ago
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English term
to go back and forth
English to French
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Réalisation film sci-fi
re bonsoir, comment pourrait-on traduire ce processus intellectuel décrit par le réalisateur ?
"I keep searching and finding new ideas as I shoot. This is a necessary process and that's why it takes time. I go BACK AND FORTH, go around, and gradually get close to what I want to accomplish."MERCI
"I keep searching and finding new ideas as I shoot. This is a necessary process and that's why it takes time. I go BACK AND FORTH, go around, and gradually get close to what I want to accomplish."MERCI
Proposed translations
(French)
3 +4 | tergiverser | Jean-Claude Gouin |
4 +1 | Faire des allers retours | Eagle Traductions (X) |
3 +2 | faire des allées et venues | Anne Bohy |
4 | vaciller/papilloter | kashew |
3 +1 | tâtonner | Sara M |
2 | avancer et revenir | mimi 254 |
Change log
Aug 17, 2009 06:56: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Cinema, Film, TV, Drama" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Aug 30, 2009 06:03: Jean-Claude Gouin Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+4
23 mins
Selected
tergiverser
Il tergiverse ...
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
4 mins
Faire des allers retours
C'est à dire que le réalisateur retourne à son projet régulièrement selon les inspirations qu'il a au fil du temps jusqu'à ce qu'il produise quelque chose qui lui plaise.
47 mins
vaciller/papilloter
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+1
5 hrs
tâtonner
autre suggestion
+2
7 hrs
faire des allées et venues
Mais dans ce contexte : "je vais et je viens, je tourne autour, je me rapproche progressivement de ce que je cherche..." devrait convenir.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Emma Paulay
: Exactly the style and register of the original. The whole sentence is a movement, travel metaphore. Why lose it when it's easy to keep it?
13 hrs
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Merci beaucoup...
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agree |
George C.
18 hrs
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16 hrs
avancer et revenir
ce qui dénote l'insatisfaction du réalisateur
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