"talk about mean" cuisine - What is the French translation? French translators help technical French translators with the translation of "talk about mean" cuisine

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225 months ago

Sophie (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > French
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	"talk about mean" cuisine
Context:	expression
Keywords:	-

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225 months ago

wrote:

parler de cuisine de tous les jours

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225 months ago

wrote:

Parler de mauvaise cuisine ou parler de cuisine de mauvaise qualité

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225 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

parler de cuisine osée/audacieuse

My comment:

L'argot n'est pas facile à traduire s'il n'y a pas d'équivalent en argot français. Est-ce qu’il y en a un ?

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225 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

parler de cuisine osée/audacieuse

My comment:

L'argot n'est pas facile à traduire s'il n'y a pas d'équivalent en argot français. Est-ce qu’il y en a un ?

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225 months ago

wrote:

parlant de cuisine.. may be better.

225 months ago

wrote:

About forty years ago you could have used the French word "terrible" to mean fantastic (or "fab" to be authentically sixties). This word has the advantage of using the same play on good/bad adjective. So: parlons de la cuisine terrible!

225 months ago

wrote:

parlant de cuisine.. may be better.

225 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

parler de "cuisine par excellence"

My comment:

In my opinion it's the contrary!!
A MEAN meal is a real fantastic one. So mean cuisine should be a delicious, extraordinary one...

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225 months ago

wrote:

That's right, "mean" in this case means "outstanding" (not necessariy "excellent"); American slang, usually goes with "lean and mean", which means "agressive" or "daring".

225 months ago

wrote:

Absolutely right. "Mean" = great. (Cf "He makes a mean martini.") "Mean cuisine" is also a play on words from the original expression "lean cuisine."

225 months ago

wrote:

That's right, "mean" in this case means "outstanding" (not necessariy "excellent"); American slang, usually goes with "lean and mean", which means "agressive" or "daring".

225 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++ wrote:

parler de moyen

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could be about the different means of cooking

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225 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++ wrote:

parler de "mauvaise cuisine"

My comment:

ou peut être AU SENS FIGURÉ "de sujets qui fâchent". More context would be better, thanks!

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