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Conges terminology question
174 months ago
Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:
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Language pair: |
French > English |
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Subject: |
Other |
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Level of diffculty: |
Easy / medium |
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Word or term in question: |
détour des virages |
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Context: |
Il démarra en faisant grinder la boîte de vitesses. En quittant le centre-ville par l'est, |
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...la route s'était faite plus étroite, plu sinueuse. Au détour des virages,, des pans de la montagne Sainte-Victoire se dévoilaient subitemetn avant de disparaître comme par enchantement...Does it mean nothing more then "bend in the road?" |
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upon each curve of the road
174 months ago
TRADUPROF 
wrote:
at each bend
174 months ago
TRADUPROF
wrote:
At each bend of the road
The asker rated this answer best
174 months ago
TRADUPROF
wrote:
Around the bends
My comment:
au détour = around (in this case)
virage = bend in the road (nothing more)
174 months ago
Claude Le Frapper
wrote:
Around the bends
My comment:
au détour = around (in this case)
virage = bend in the road (nothing more)
174 months ago
Geoff Bing
wrote:
coming out of each bend we discovered...
My comment:
check out this link - it seems to have a notion of surprise
My references:
http://www.languefrancaise.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=8447
174 months ago
Isabel Ruivo
wrote:
bend detour
My comment:
IATE and http://translation.babylon.com/french/to-english/
At each bend detour / or only: At each detour, ...
NOT SURE !!!
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