Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Pour tout dire...
English translation:
In the end... /And as for the rest...
Added to glossary by
Stephanie Mitchel
Aug 23, 2004 19:41
19 yrs ago
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French term
United States
pour tout dire
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Jules Verne
Tying up the loose ends of _Hector Servadac_ by Jules Verne. How would we say this in English?
"Pour tout dire, le pigeon de Nina fut retrouvé. Le jeune Pablo et la petite fille furent élevés par les soins du capitaine Servadac et du comte Timascheff. On les maria plus tard, et, pour n'avoir pas été l'Adam et l'Eve d'un nouveau monde, ils n'en furent pas moins heureux."
"Pour tout dire, le pigeon de Nina fut retrouvé. Le jeune Pablo et la petite fille furent élevés par les soins du capitaine Servadac et du comte Timascheff. On les maria plus tard, et, pour n'avoir pas été l'Adam et l'Eve d'un nouveau monde, ils n'en furent pas moins heureux."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | In fact, |
Jean-Luc Dumont
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| 4 +7 | to make a long story short |
Susana Galilea
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| 5 +3 | to cut a long story short |
Baadshah
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| 5 | In a word |
Lubna Asmar
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Proposed translations
+1
1 hr
Jean-Luc Dumont
France
France
Native in French
France
Accuracy, Ability, Availability
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to French, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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32
Selected
In fact,
does not mean to cut a long story short
maybe it can become : As it happened/it so happened that, Nina's pigeon was found
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Note added at 8 hrs 28 mins (2004-08-24 04:10:32 GMT)
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the Robert dictionary says:
pour tout dire = en somme, en résumé
All in all, in brief, in fact,
My problem with to make a long story short is that it does not sound yoo good for the story itself :-)
maybe it can become : As it happened/it so happened that, Nina's pigeon was found
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Note added at 8 hrs 28 mins (2004-08-24 04:10:32 GMT)
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the Robert dictionary says:
pour tout dire = en somme, en résumé
All in all, in brief, in fact,
My problem with to make a long story short is that it does not sound yoo good for the story itself :-)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tegan Raleigh
: another idea: "in the end," a good way to end a story & summarize the outcome.
5 hrs
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en somme, oui - merci
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "every time i see that image i want to shower you with points. that's just how much i love peter sellers."
+7
2 mins
Susana Galilea
United States
United States
United States
Customized Translation Services ENG>SPA
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, US, Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
to make a long story short
I believe this is it
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Franck Le Gac (X)
17 mins
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| agree |
Ivana de Sousa Santos
55 mins
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| agree |
Hebe Martorella
1 hr
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| agree |
sarahl (X)
2 hrs
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| disagree |
Terry Moran
: Sorry, this expression DOES NOT EXIST in English. This is the danger of working into a language other than your own mother tongue.
3 hrs
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I don't work into a language other than my own mother tongue (unless offering suggestions in Kudoz qualifies as working), and the expression does exist (there is also no need to yell, i.e. capital letters -- we are all paying sufficient attention). peace.
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| agree |
Jean-Luc Dumont
8 hrs
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| agree |
Jonathan MacKerron
: Terry only understands Britishisms; "make a long story short" gets over 350,000 googles, "cut a long story" short gets 85,000
11 hrs
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| agree |
Natou
: My husband, who's an American, tought me that expression. Whenever I tell a story, eventually he'll look at me and say "OK... long story short..." It's very popular in the US.
17 hrs
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| agree |
Gina W
: wow, just came across this question doing a Term search and can't believe that an expression I've been using my whole life supposedly doesn't exist??;)
2296 days
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+3
1 hr
to cut a long story short
as an alternative
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: Sounds more natural to me...
18 mins
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| agree |
Terry Moran
: Spot on.
1 hr
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| agree |
suezen
9 hrs
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18 hrs
In a word
in a word means: in short
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