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In my Fathers Shoes

French translation: sur les traces de mon père

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English term or phrase:In my Fathers Shoes
French translation:sur les traces de mon père
Entered by: silvester55

09:03 Apr 15, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: In my Fathers Shoes
Contexte :

In my Fathers Shoes

I have seen many casinos in my life as my father who happened to be a professional blackjack player used to travel the world playing at various casinos. I somehow managed to learn the game and did not realize that some day I would follow in his footsteps venturing into casino games. Being a blackjack player is very complicated where one has to deal with failure and success and not forgetting the greed for money. I still remember at times how he used to be so obsessed with the computer playing online casino games when ever he was not playing blackjack at tables in front of crowds.
gwendoline soleau (X)
Local time: 00:46
sur les traces de mon père
Explanation:
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silvester55
Local time: 01:46
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7sur les traces de mon père
silvester55
4 +2(Voilà que je me retrouve) à la place de mon père
FX Fraipont (X)
4 +1Tel père, tel fils
Christian Fournier
4dans la peau de mon père
Beila Goldberg
3les chiens ne font pas des chats
polyglot45


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
in my fathers shoes
sur les traces de mon père


Explanation:
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silvester55
Local time: 01:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
5 mins
  -> merci Gilles
agree  kashew: for "footsteps" in the source extract. But perhaps not so good for "shoes".// You have to get into the shoes before you can (do anything) follow the footsteps, I suppose ;-) Not much difference really - and the writer probably just changed it for style?
12 mins
  -> thanks K.you're right , but i felt it had the same meaning here .the asker should know , according to the general meaning of the text .lucky it's only shoes , not used socks , haha .reminds me of "the house of the rising sun"
agree  Platary (X): Du vrai Pagnol : "La gloire de mon père", "Le château de ma mère"...
33 mins
  -> .....et le " agree" de Adrien , merci
agree  lancefredrick: la meileur reponse
40 mins
  -> Très gentil de ta part Lance
agree  Mokhtar Oussama Alliouche
40 mins
  -> thanks Mokhtar
agree  CATHERINE ERNST: C'est aussi ce à quoi j'ai pensé instinctivement en lisant la question.
6 hrs
  -> merci CEHTrad
agree  arytranslator
19 hrs
  -> merci
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
in my fathers shoes
(Voilà que je me retrouve) à la place de mon père


Explanation:
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 00:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 1529

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: If it's shoes, yes.
11 mins
  -> thanks
agree  enrico paoletti
1 day 9 hrs
  -> merci
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
in my fathers shoes
Tel père, tel fils


Explanation:
ou telle fille....selon le sexe du narrateur

Christian Fournier
France
Local time: 00:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  arytranslator: This would be a good title!
19 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
in my fathers shoes
les chiens ne font pas des chats


Explanation:
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 547
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in my fathers shoes
dans la peau de mon père


Explanation:
Et il explique comment il s'y retrouve ...
Dans la peau de ma mère, dans la peau d'une blonde ...
Tellement souvent employé en français !

Beila Goldberg
Belgium
Local time: 00:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 65
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