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avants nécessaires à la création

English translation: the groundwork needed to create it

19:58 Jun 1, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Circus extravaganza
French term or phrase: avants nécessaires à la création
from an article on Cirque Plume, a contemporary circus.

Un spectacle est né ce soir-là. Qui efface les affres de tous les avants nécessaires à la création.
janisct
Local time: 14:33
English translation:the groundwork needed to create it
Explanation:
Just another option.

"That cancels out all the pain of the groundwork needed to create it."

or more simply "the struggle that went into its creation".
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Evans (X)
Local time: 14:33
Grading comment
I chose your second suggestion, with a tiny tweak!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3preparations needed to create it
Verginia Ophof
4 +1pre-requisites of creation
Helen Shiner
4 +1the groundwork needed to create it
Evans (X)
3 +1everything that had gone into the making of it
Tony M
4all the grief it took to create (it)
B D Finch


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
preparations needed to create it


Explanation:
Who clears the throes/torments/drama of all the preparations needed to create it.

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 07:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Hall
48 mins
  -> Thanks Chris :)
agree  Isabelle17
55 mins
  -> Thank you Isabelle :)
agree  mimi 254
13 hrs
  -> Thanks Mimi
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pre-requisites of creation


Explanation:
Another way of saying it.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Hall
41 mins
  -> Thanks, Chris
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
everything that had gone into the making of it


Explanation:
Just a different way of expressing the same idea.

or: everything it had taken to bring it about / to life / into being etc.

Tony M
France
Local time: 15:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 128

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: I like this, too - depends on the tone of the text.
3 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the groundwork needed to create it


Explanation:
Just another option.

"That cancels out all the pain of the groundwork needed to create it."

or more simply "the struggle that went into its creation".

Evans (X)
Local time: 14:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
I chose your second suggestion, with a tiny tweak!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Hall
1 hr
  -> thanks, Chris
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
all the grief it took to create (it)


Explanation:
Incorporating "affres" too.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 15:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 43
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