English translation of "aller nulle part avec" - "e with children, there is no place we can/may go with children"

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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:	aller nulle part avec
Context:	—Vous savez très bien que nous ne pouvons aller nulle part avec des enfants. Donc faites..
Keywords:	...ce que je vous dis...The father of some kidnapped children refusing to negotiate with their captors unless they release them to him.

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161 months ago

wrote:

We cannot move anywhere

161 months ago

wrote:

we can't go anywhere with the children/we can't travel with the children

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161 months ago

wrote:

That's it, but I would not use "travel" though, there is no implication of travel in the French sentence. Stick with "go".

161 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

I agree

161 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

That's it, but I would not use "travel" though, there is no implication of travel in the French sentence. Stick with "go".

161 months ago

Youssef wrote:

going nowhere

161 months ago

Youssef wrote:

e with children, there is no place we can/may go with children

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161 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

There is nowhere you can go with children .........

161 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

WE can't go anywhere...... ne.....nulle part is a standard negative

161 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

The beginning of my sentence had been erased. Read "there is nowhere WE can go with children" instead of YOU can go

161 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

Sorry Jennifer, but this not what I wrote. I wrote: There is no place (or nowhere ) we can go. I could also have written: " there isn't anywhere (any place) we can go. In both cases, there is only one negative, no double negative.

161 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

Indeed, Bertrand! Simple enough!! Have a good evening. J.

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