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161 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

un mélange d'odeurs acides, parfois sucrées

Context:

Un mélange d'odeurs acides, parfois sucrées, remontent des échoppes en bord de route.

 

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161 months ago

Marie-Claire  See profile wrote:

a mix of acid and sometimes sweet smells.

My comment:

The choice of words really depends on the context. If it's spices, it should be pungent fragrances or scents. I chose the word mix because it seems more abstract than mixture, but I am not sure.

a blend of acid and sometimes sweet-smelling aromas

161 months ago

Geoff Bing  See profile wrote:

a blend of sharp odours, sweet here and there

My comment:

maybe scents... depending on the feeling of the text, i suppose

161 months ago

Robert Tucker  See profile wrote:

a mixture of pungent fragrances, sometimes sweet

161 months ago

Marie-José  See profile wrote:

A blend of smells, some sour, some sweet,.........

My comment:

Chercher un peu sur l'Internet, simple et très documenté.....

A mixture of smells/odours, some[times] sour, some[times] sweet...

My comment:

A mixture of smells/odours, some[times] sour, some[times] sweet, emanate[d] from the shops along/lining the road.

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