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89 months ago

bravo (a guest user) asked this question:

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89 months ago

   wrote:

Vous n'avez pas à vous précipiter pour vider la machine à laver et remettre une lessive en route.

My comment:

The meaning of the phrase "turn around" in this context is similar to the one used in transport: to "turn around a plane" means to unload it and load it again for the next flight. (dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford français-anglais). "Remettre une lessive en route" est très souvent utilisé dans le langage courant

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89 months ago

martynback   wrote:

Je suis d'accord. Daily Mail, June 19 2014: "you will be amazed how quickly they dirty them and as a working mum you can' t always turn the washing around as fast as you would like". https://www.mumblingsofamum.com/blog/im-all-yours: ...trying to do my job to the best of my ability, look after, love and feed the kids, keep the house clean and functioning, turn the washing around ...

89 months ago

martynback   wrote:

Thanks, Martynback

89 months ago

David Edwards Translation and Training   wrote:

To be honest I think you are understanding the text as referring to turning around the washing machine - in my opinion it is talking about avoiding the necessity of putting the washing (ie the objects washed) back into use straight away. So it's a very nice translation but of something rather different from the English original. Not two uses of the washing machine, but rushing to dry and put back into use the object(s) washed. (The question is ancient history now, but I've only just seen it.)

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89 months ago

   wrote:

faire la lessive

My comment:

I feel like it just means to not hurry to do the laundry but formulated differently.

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89 months ago

David Edwards Translation and Training   wrote:

I never wrote it.

89 months ago

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

traiter

My comment:

Traiter la lessive.

It's just to 'deal with' the washing - turn around (two words) seems odd here! But the meaning is clear.