English translation of "ça te dit de pique-niquer en haut" - ".would you fancy (like) a picnic up there?"

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141 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	ça te dit de pique-niquer en haut
Context:	Je vous propose de passer à table. Hein Claude, ça te dit de pique-niquer en haut?
Keywords:	In an sculptor's studio.

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141 months ago

wrote:

.would you fancy (like) a picnic up there?

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141 months ago

wrote:

It means to picniq in upstaire

141 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++ wrote:

you don't mind.. or.. feel like to picnic upstairs?

My comment:

you don't mind to picnic upstairs?
do you feel like to picnic upstairs?

141 months ago

Marie-Claire wrote:

Is it all right if we just eat upstairs?

My comment:

"Pique-niquer" might refer to the improvised venue upstairs rather than the meal.

141 months ago

Marie-Claire wrote:

How about having a bite up there?

My comment:

it's not a real picnic since it isn't in the countryside, on the grass: it's a way of saying a quick improvized meal (à la bonne franquette as we French people will say).

141 months ago

David Edwards Translation and Training wrote:

OK if you have / are you OK with / etc. .. a picnic up top?

My comment:

obviously the exact register will depend on how the characters speak elsewhere

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