in my book

English translation: for me personally (pour moi personnellement)

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English term or phrase:in my book
Selected answer:for me personally (pour moi personnellement)
Entered by: gilbertlu

00:16 Jan 24, 2018
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / hurling
English term or phrase: in my book
Le contexte: un jeune Irlandais , passionné de hurling, rêve de remporter un jour le championnat d'Irlande (all Ireland, ie toutes les provinces irlandaises) C'est ce dont kil rêve.
À ce propos il dit "That would be the ultimate achievement in my book: to be on the team that won the All-Ireland Championship! It is the pinnacle of Irish sport.

Mon idée: de mon palmarès ???
gilbertlu
for me personally (pour moi personnellement)
Explanation:
it's his PERSONAL GOAL, his ultimate dream to play (il rêve d'en faire)

and the All Ireland is not "all the provinces"=4) but all the counties =32

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Glad to have helped:-)
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 11:04
Grading comment
Thanks very much.
Gilbert
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +5as far as I'm concerned
David Hollywood
4 +3for me personally (pour moi personnellement)
Yvonne Gallagher


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
as far as I'm concerned


Explanation:
that's it

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"in my book" means "in my opinion"

in my book
frase de book
1.
in my opinion.
"that counts as a lie in my book"

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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/in-my-b...

In my book definition: In my book means 'in my opinion ' or 'according to my beliefs '. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

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it's a colloquial way of saying "in my opinion"

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you have posted this as "English-English", so I assume that's what you want

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s'il s'agit de traduire la expression, on pourrait dire ""pour moi" dans ce contexte

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normally "in my book" means "the way I see it" and as your posting asks for English-English this would be totally acceptable ... however, you seem to be coming from French, so it's really up to you ...bonne chance

David Hollywood
Local time: 08:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove: Yes, but I think the English is playing with the primary meaning of "book" as well. :-)
1 hr
  -> don't think so John, just as it appears

agree  philgoddard
6 hrs

agree  airmailrpl: "in my opinion"
8 hrs

agree  Lingua 5B
19 hrs

agree  B D Finch
3 days 11 hrs

neutral  AllegroTrans: doesn't quite do it; this isn't about his opinion but about his goal/ambition
4 days
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
for me personally (pour moi personnellement)


Explanation:
it's his PERSONAL GOAL, his ultimate dream to play (il rêve d'en faire)

and the All Ireland is not "all the provinces"=4) but all the counties =32

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Note added at 7 days (2018-01-31 09:36:37 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped:-)

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 11:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Thanks very much.
Gilbert

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove
1 hr
  -> Thank you!

agree  Tony M
1 hr
  -> Thank you:-)

neutral  philgoddard: It may be his personal goal as well, but that's not what the phrase means.
6 hrs
  -> It's what the phrase means here and quite commonly used that way in Ireland. He is NOT giving an "opinion"! (and see David eventually came to that conclusion too!)

agree  AllegroTrans: slightly more focussed and stressed than the other answer
4 days
  -> Thanks:-) Yes, indeed. It's the only thing it can mean here in this context
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