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How bush league can you get.

French translation: comme il est possible d\'être pitoyable

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English term or phrase:How bush league can you get.
French translation:comme il est possible d\'être pitoyable
Entered by: marlene Le Duc (X)

13:54 Jun 15, 2021
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang / teenager\\\'s fantasy fic
English term or phrase: How bush league can you get.
Lucky growled back, “I can’t climb the cliff. I will get back to the list when I’ve cleared this damned chasm. If I had wings, I would fly out of here and get back to work. Please give Kampot the Crazy my message. I want wings and bolts of lightning to shoot from my eye.”
Only a hiss returned, “Be respectful or you might get shit to shoot from your ass.”
The damned cat creature laughed at its own joke. How bush league can you get.
marlene Le Duc (X)
France
Local time: 14:15
comme il est possible d'être pitoyable
Explanation:
Définition de bush league : Also see Bushleague. Adj. 1) Below good standards, not good or incorrect. Pitiful, poor, terrible, awful, bad, sucky,
"That's a bushleague call, ref."

"That kid is real bushleague."

"Comme" plutôt que "comment" puisque c'est une affirmation ici.
"Comme tu peux être pitoyable" selon qui s'adresse à qui (mais j'ai l'impression que c'est le narrateur ici)
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Samuel Clarisse
France
Local time: 14:15
Grading comment
merci, en l'occurrence, l'auteur s'adresse directement au lecteur. Cela arrive régulièrement dans ses livres et c'est assez déstabilisant à traduire
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1comme il est possible d'être pitoyable
Samuel Clarisse
3plus lourd, tu meurs !
ph-b (X)
2Comment peut-on faire mieux.
Samuël Buysschaert


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Comment peut-on faire mieux.


Explanation:
Juste une interprétation, suggestion,

le personnage constate le manque de raffinement et de niveau et cherche à rétorquer à la menace précédente et se demande jusqu'où peut-il aller dans la même médiocrité pour pouvoir répondre.
De ce fait, comment peut-on faire mieux (dans ce même niveau "pitoyable").

Définitions Bush League

slang "Subpar or inept; lame."
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bush league

"being of an inferior class or group of its kind : marked by a lack of sophistication or professionalism"
"Synonyms: Adjective
bad, inferior, lame, lousy, poor, suboptimal, subpar, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wack [slang], wretched, wrong, ..."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bush-league

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*Comment peut-on faire mieux ?

Je me suis aussi référe à la suite du texte présente dans une autre question.

Samuël Buysschaert
France
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
how bush league can you get.
comme il est possible d'être pitoyable


Explanation:
Définition de bush league : Also see Bushleague. Adj. 1) Below good standards, not good or incorrect. Pitiful, poor, terrible, awful, bad, sucky,
"That's a bushleague call, ref."

"That kid is real bushleague."

"Comme" plutôt que "comment" puisque c'est une affirmation ici.
"Comme tu peux être pitoyable" selon qui s'adresse à qui (mais j'ai l'impression que c'est le narrateur ici)

Samuel Clarisse
France
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
merci, en l'occurrence, l'auteur s'adresse directement au lecteur. Cela arrive régulièrement dans ses livres et c'est assez déstabilisant à traduire

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agree  Kyaw Kyaw Aung
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
how bush league can you get.
plus lourd, tu meurs !


Explanation:

trop le bolos !

etc.

On peut s'écarter de la structure how... can you get [!].

ph-b (X)
France
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: French
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