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209 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:

élan de cœur

Context:

La Direction Administrative vous présente ses compliments pour l'élan de cœur qui permit

Keywords:

cet envoi de matériels pour notre institution. /// I get the idea, it's some sort of movement of the heart which motivated the addressee to send materials to this organization...right? How to word this...?

 

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209 months ago

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momentous action

My comment:

Selon Larousse, élan de coeur=impulses of the heart. If I look further into the meanings of "impulse," I come up with my non-literal translation.

My references:

Webster's New World Ddictionary (American English)

209 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

heartfelt generosity

My comment:

that would be my wording

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209 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

heartfelt generosity

My comment:

that would be my wording

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209 months ago

myrthe  See profile wrote:

Burst of enthusiasm

My comment:

Burst of enthusiasm: Accès d'enthousiasme


My references:

http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/burst%20of%20heart