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la couleur 'à chier'

English translation: bloody awful colour

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French term or phrase:la couleur \'à chier\'
English translation:bloody awful colour
Entered by: EirTranslations

17:01 Sep 30, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Slang
French term or phrase: la couleur 'à chier'
the reply of a user surveyed about a ne cleaning product, this is what he likes / doesnt like thanks

toujours la couleur 'à chier'
EirTranslations
Ireland
Local time: 22:16
bloody awful colour
Explanation:
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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-10-01 08:38:38 GMT)
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Do we need to worry about offending people? Imagine, say, that McFerguson-Douglas-Dowe cannot understand why their all-purpose miracle cleaning product isn't selling as well in France as in the US, so have commissioned a market survey. Apart from the Like, Don't Like answers etc., the level of language will tell them something about the people who buy, like, or not, their product. They may wish to discount the answers of a certain socio-economic category, determined by the language used, from the survey.
Selected response from:

Bourth (X)
Local time: 23:16
Grading comment
lol thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3bloody awful colour
Bourth (X)
3 +3crappy colour
Elizabeth Slaney
4color 'sucks'
Delphine Perrottet
4horrible colour
kashew
3gross colour
Marta Scott
3colour that makes you want to puke
polyglot45


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
gross colour


Explanation:
hopefully reflects the 'disgusting' sense of the French and the familiar language style while not offending readers!

See definition here, which includes 'Offensive; disgusting':

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gross

Marta Scott
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:16
Native speaker of: English
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
crappy colour


Explanation:
Or "crap" colour"....to keep the toilet image. I think this should work in the US too. Or even "crappy, colour-wise". Just a few ideas.

Elizabeth Slaney
Netherlands
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fiona W
49 mins
  -> Thank you Fiona
agree  Ellebore
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Ellebore
agree  SMcG (X): or 'shitty' if you want to go up a notch.
15 hrs
  -> Thanks SMcG
neutral  kashew: Khaki?
19 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
color 'sucks'


Explanation:
He/she thinks that the color always 'sucks'

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-09-30 18:19:26 GMT)
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'Sucks' might be offending indeed, so is the French term used :) gross or crappy are probably better

Delphine Perrottet
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: French
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
colour that makes you want to puke


Explanation:
if I guess the context rightly

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
horrible colour


Explanation:
*ghastly

kashew
France
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bloody awful colour


Explanation:
-

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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-10-01 08:38:38 GMT)
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Do we need to worry about offending people? Imagine, say, that McFerguson-Douglas-Dowe cannot understand why their all-purpose miracle cleaning product isn't selling as well in France as in the US, so have commissioned a market survey. Apart from the Like, Don't Like answers etc., the level of language will tell them something about the people who buy, like, or not, their product. They may wish to discount the answers of a certain socio-economic category, determined by the language used, from the survey.

Bourth (X)
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 35
Grading comment
lol thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Goward: and with the comment. The other answers aren't as strong as "à chier", IMHO.
48 mins
agree  kashew: Keeps away from shit which now means great (bee's knees/dog's dangly bits)!
5 hrs
agree  Sandra Mouton
14 hrs
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