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216 months ago

Gina W  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

hôtel de poupée

Context:

Une plage minuscule pour un hôtel de poupée

Keywords:

Le [nom de l'hôtel] surplombe cette petite crique bordée d'un mince bandeau de gros sable balayé par les vagues les jours de tempête. Plusieurs chambres donnent directement dessus. Transats et parasols en été. Même si la plage est publique, comme toutes les plages de [département], la tranquilité semble assurée. /// description of a hotel /// I just keep thinking "doll" or "puppet", but don't think that is correct here. Or is it?

 

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216 months ago

  See profile wrote:

dollhouse hotel

My comment:

I would just translate it like this
"a mini beach for a dollhouse hotel". I think this conveys the positive nuance.

216 months ago

Sasha2  See profile wrote:

dollhouse hotel

My comment:

I would just translate it like this
"a mini beach for a dollhouse hotel". I think this conveys the positive nuance.

216 months ago

Sasha2  See profile wrote:

dollhouse-like

My comment:

I think it's met in the figurative but positive sense here, i.e., a diminutive, doll-house like hotel,

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216 months ago

Sasha2  See profile wrote:

tiny hotel

My comment:

It means the hotel is very small, as if it were for the dolls.