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negativity

French translation: des remarques désobligeantes

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English term or phrase:negativity
French translation:des remarques désobligeantes
Entered by: gilbertlu

17:07 Jun 1, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Adele
English term or phrase: negativity
"to deal with much negativity about her appearance"
Contexte: une phrase relative à la chanteuse britannique Adele: "Adele is a girl who has struggled to control her weight and who has had * to deal with much negativity about her appearance*
C'est le passage marqué * qui me pose problème.
Merci d'avance.
gilbertlu
Local time: 20:50
des remarques désobligeantes
Explanation:
sur son physique
Selected response from:

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 20:50
Grading comment
Merci à toutes et à tous
Gilbert
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4des remarques désobligeantes
FX Fraipont (X)
3 +3a souvent dû composer avec des commentaires négatifs sur son apparence
Johanne Bouthillier
3 +2de nombreuses critiques sur son physique
polyglot45
4 +1remarques /commentaires acerbes sur son physique (ingrat)
Agnes T-H
4l'image négative
Laure Cavallo
4faire face a la negativite au sujet de son aspect
Mike Birch
3supporter l'impact négatif ( ou le handicap)de son apparence
silvester55
3 -2sur son aspect négatif
Annie Dauvergne
Summary of reference entries provided
mauvaise impression
Frederic Harnois

  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
sur son aspect négatif


Explanation:
ou : "sur son aspect qui laissair à désirer"

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Note added at 6 minutes (2011-06-01 17:13:46 GMT)
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pardon, "qui laissait"

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Note added at 7 minutes (2011-06-01 17:14:48 GMT)
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ou encore : "sur la façon dont elle se présentait"

Annie Dauvergne
Italy
Local time: 20:50
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Mike Birch: no, it's other people's opinions of her appearance
14 mins
disagree  Dieezah: I agree with Mike, your sentence does not make any sense in this context...
10 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
l'image négative


Explanation:
"Lutter contre l'image négative de son physique " ou "Lutter contre l'image négative de son aspect extérieur"

Laure Cavallo
Local time: 20:50
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Alvarez
0 min
  -> Merci!!
disagree  Mike Birch: see above
5 mins
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a souvent dû composer avec des commentaires négatifs sur son apparence


Explanation:
suggestion

Johanne Bouthillier
Canada
Local time: 14:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 79

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Françoise Vogel
1 hr
  -> merci
agree  Dieezah
10 hrs
  -> merci
agree  Amandine Dezécache
13 hrs
  -> merci
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
faire face a la negativite au sujet de son aspect


Explanation:
People make negative comments about / denigrate / disparage her appearance, and she has to do something about it.

(Sorry about lack of accents, I'm on a laptop without numeric keypad).

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Note added at 32 mins (2011-06-01 17:40:03 GMT)
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Sorry, to clarify: she has to deal with the comments, not necessarily her weight.

Mike Birch
Local time: 19:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
des remarques désobligeantes


Explanation:
sur son physique

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 20:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 1529
Grading comment
Merci à toutes et à tous
Gilbert
Notes to answerer
Asker: Un grand merci.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marion Feildel (X)
13 hrs
  -> merci
agree  MD64 (X): c'est bien ce qu'on dirait en français
14 hrs
  -> merci Maryvonne
agree  lancefredrick: des remarques et critiques
20 hrs
  -> merci
agree  Geraldine Rouland: correct
1 day 3 hrs
  -> merci
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
supporter l'impact négatif ( ou le handicap)de son apparence


Explanation:
.

silvester55
Local time: 21:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
de nombreuses critiques sur son physique


Explanation:
à du confronter de.....

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 547

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  arytranslator
6 hrs
agree  lancefredrick: des remarques et critiques sur son physique
18 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
remarques /commentaires acerbes sur son physique (ingrat)


Explanation:
Definition Larousse: Acerbe: qui manifeste une aggressivité blessante, mordante, âpre
I would translate by: Qui a dû toute sa vie composer avec les commentaires acerbes sur son physique ingrat
L'express: "Ces «demeures de l'esprit» sont l'occasion, pour Renaud Camus, d'exercer son mauvais esprit, à la grande joie du lecteur. A coups de remarques acerbes distillées au fil des pages, il n'a pas son pareil pour dénoncer l'extincteur intempestif entre deux éditions originales,"
La presse sur Leatitia d'Espagne: "J'espère aussi qu'elle ne le lit pas les commentaires acerbes au sujet de son physique, ses vêtements"
http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/nr01/2011/03/felipe-et-let...

Example sentence(s):
  • Au vu de ses récentes prises de position et de ses remarques acerbes à l'encontre de Patrice Clerc, en réponse au point de vue de l'ancien PDG d'ASO

    Reference: http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2009/07/16/qui-est-le-pl...
    Reference: http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/demeures-de-l-esprit-ii...
Agnes T-H
Local time: 11:50
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
6 hrs
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Reference comments


5 mins
Reference: mauvaise impression

Reference information:
Le texte semble suggérer que la chanteuse avait une faible estime d'elle même à cause de son apparence.

Frederic Harnois
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
disagree  Mike Birch: see above
16 mins
agree  mimi 254: C'est aussi comme ça que je comprends la phrase
15 hrs
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