Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
hallu
English translation:
crazy, unbelievable
French term
Romania
"Traduire c'est communiquer."
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English, French to Romanian, and 1 more.
hallu
Proposed translations
Germany
A way with words
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
crazy, unbelievable
I couldn't believe my eyes...
hallu = hallucination
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Marian Vieyra
: Was just about to post, totally crazy. Yes to hallucination as 'totale' agrees with it.
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Thanks Marian
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Thank you Catharine
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kashew
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Thanks kashew
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Lori Cirefice
: unbelievable
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total shock
France
Traduction / Formation
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, New Zealand, US, French) , French (Variants: Standard-France, African, Swiss, Belgian)
Works in: French to English, English to French
a bad trip
very contemporary language register
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kashew
: bad trip for him/her.
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
: "bad trip" has negative connotations in English that IMO are not present in the French
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well the speaker doesn't seem too delighted with the scene
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Colin Rowe
: Sounds about right - and the speaker is most certainly not well pleased!
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Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
(totally) awesome
France
Traduction / Formation
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, New Zealand, US, French) , French (Variants: Standard-France, African, Swiss, Belgian)
Works in: French to English, English to French
it was totally weird
United Kingdom
www.lingocraft.co.uk
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
like a (bad) trip
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-05-17 12:50:38 GMT)
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Essential Note to my suggestion:
I did not explain when posting answer, but maybe I should have, that I have used brackets [(...)] around the word "bad" with the idea that this could possibly be replaced with "weird" "colourful" "bizarre" or whatever other adjective may be appropriate to context.
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kashew
: Why not, like(!)?
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
: "bad trip" has negative connotations in English that IMO are not present in the French
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Yes good observation. And that explains the reason behind the "(...)" around the word "bad". i.e. the adjective which is normally there in said expression could be replaced!
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Colin Rowe
: I didn't realize, though, that watching flat-screen TV (LCD) could give you a bad trip! Do plasma screens have the same effect? ;-)
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Thanks for agree - I actually meant LSD and similar substances.
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Dieezah
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29 years turning out perfect English
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
total freak show
Or alternatively, "it was freak city"
Another option anyhow, to add to the many good suggestions.
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