Feb 17, 2014 21:29
10 yrs ago
French term
United Kingdom
Professional, qualified and accomplished
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
allergies
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Training presentation for a project
Hi
I am translating a presentation for a training workshop for a forthcoming project. There is a section which says that
"We all have qualities!
But every quality has
-ses pièges (qualité exprimée à l’excès)
-ses allergies (l'exagération du défi que demande les pièges)
and we should take these into account if we are going to work together.
Can anyone help with the "allergies" bit?
Thanks in advance
Mark
I am translating a presentation for a training workshop for a forthcoming project. There is a section which says that
"We all have qualities!
But every quality has
-ses pièges (qualité exprimée à l’excès)
-ses allergies (l'exagération du défi que demande les pièges)
and we should take these into account if we are going to work together.
Can anyone help with the "allergies" bit?
Thanks in advance
Mark
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +1 | pet peeve |
Rosa Paredes
|
| 4 | exacerbations |
Marcombes (X)
|
| 4 | sore point/chagrin |
Josephine Cassar
|
| 4 | allergic reactions |
Jo Durning
|
| 3 -1 | compulsions |
AllegroTrans
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Proposed translations
+1
59 mins
Rosa Paredes
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Works in field
Canada
Criminal, Civil and Immigration Law
Native in: English 
, Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Chilean, Standard-Spain, Mexican)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
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:
12
Selected
pet peeve
Maybe?
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-02-17 22:32:12 GMT)
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wiki.answers.com › ... › Idioms, Cliches, and Slang
A pet peeve is something that upsets your sensibilities to a higher degree than normal. Some examples are leaving the top off the tooth paste, slow drivers or ...
www.getannoyed.com/
A big list of pet peeves (people or things that annoy you).
dictionary.reference.com/browse/pet+peeve
noun. a particular and often continual annoyance; personal bugbear: This train service is one of my pet peeves. Origin: 1915–20, Americanism. Dictionary.com ...
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wiki.answers.com › ... › Idioms, Cliches, and Slang
A pet peeve is something that upsets your sensibilities to a higher degree than normal. Some examples are leaving the top off the tooth paste, slow drivers or ...
www.getannoyed.com/
A big list of pet peeves (people or things that annoy you).
dictionary.reference.com/browse/pet+peeve
noun. a particular and often continual annoyance; personal bugbear: This train service is one of my pet peeves. Origin: 1915–20, Americanism. Dictionary.com ...
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Comment: "Thanks"
33 mins
exacerbations
'
-1
42 mins
AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
:
325
compulsions
Compulsions - What are Compulsions - OCD - Learn About OCD ...
ocd.about.com/od/whatisocd/a/Compulsions.htm Cached
Compulsions are obsessive compulsive behaviors that you feel you must carry out over and over, often for hours on end. Common OCD compulsions include
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Enneagram of Compulsion
www.lessons4living.com/enneagram_of_compulsion.htm Cached
A compulsion is something you have to do. To grow you must give up the compulsion. Each type has a compulsion, which is that behavior they must do .
ocd.about.com/od/whatisocd/a/Compulsions.htm Cached
Compulsions are obsessive compulsive behaviors that you feel you must carry out over and over, often for hours on end. Common OCD compulsions include
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Note added at 43 mins (2014-02-17 22:13:00 GMT)
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Enneagram of Compulsion
www.lessons4living.com/enneagram_of_compulsion.htm Cached
A compulsion is something you have to do. To grow you must give up the compulsion. Each type has a compulsion, which is that behavior they must do .
11 hrs
Josephine Cassar
Malta
Malta
Native in English
Works in field
Malta
12 yrs. experience translating EU stuff
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) , Maltese
Works in: English to Maltese, Italian to Maltese, French to Maltese, and 3 more.
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11
sore point/chagrin
one of the things I absolutely hate-set me off, such as when someone leaves the top cupboard open & I bang my head right into it as it should be closed and I expect it to be closed
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-02-18 08:42:15 GMT)
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Chagrin was given by Thesaurus, but I would prefer sore point; remove chagrin please
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-02-18 08:42:37 GMT)
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Disregard chagrin please
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-02-18 08:42:15 GMT)
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Chagrin was given by Thesaurus, but I would prefer sore point; remove chagrin please
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-02-18 08:42:37 GMT)
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Disregard chagrin please
13 hrs
Jo Durning
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Related KudoZ points
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16
allergic reactions
The source text is giving images (easy to remember), followed by explanations. So you need a similarly striking image. This suggestion has the advantage of sticking close to the source.
Discussion
Dans ce contexte, on peut penser que ce projet risque de mener à une "sur-dose", parce qu'il va réclamer une forte implication des
participants au projet qui peuvent en ressentir à terme une "allergie".
Bon courage
- Qualité: Jean est vraiment drôle. Il a un grand sens de l'humour.
- Pièges: Il sort constamment une blague, un jeu de mots; tout peut être tourné au ridicule. Ça plaît à certain, mais ça déplaît énormément à d'autres!
- Allergies: quand l'atmosphère est lourde, on lui demande de sortir une blague, de faire rire; il déteste ça. Il va vous répondre qu'il n'est pas un clown et que sa job n'est pas de vous faire rire!