Jun 3, 2004 22:32
19 yrs ago
French term
sensus verborum est anima legis
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
ringardiser
French to English
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In an article about high-definition TV by comparison with ADSL access to TV:
"Pour les télévisions, et notamment pourTF1, il est urgent d'attendre. Pour les chaines de télévision il existe pourtant un risque de se voir 'ringardisées' par les nouveaux supports. ... En terme de qualité, le DVD a pris le pas sur la télévision classique. Les chaines de télévision doivent donc faire attention a rester dans la course."
"Pour les télévisions, et notamment pourTF1, il est urgent d'attendre. Pour les chaines de télévision il existe pourtant un risque de se voir 'ringardisées' par les nouveaux supports. ... En terme de qualité, le DVD a pris le pas sur la télévision classique. Les chaines de télévision doivent donc faire attention a rester dans la course."
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2 mins
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to make something look old-fashioned/old hat in comparison
there might be other ways of saying it but that's the general idea
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Love your list of words! Have toyed with white elephants and squaresville, but have gone for being made to look antediluvian. Thanks to all!"
5 mins
become antiquated, out of date
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14 mins
would fade away / beocme obsolete/ fade into oblivion / casta side
recommend you go with an appropriate expression that contains an allusion to "fading"; it is the most accurate approximation in this context...
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Note added at 15 mins (2004-06-03 22:47:22 GMT)
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I meant \"cast aside\", sorry...
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Note added at 15 mins (2004-06-03 22:47:22 GMT)
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I meant \"cast aside\", sorry...
18 mins
out-of-date
TV channels are at risk of being rendered out-dated by ...
25 mins
being outdistanced
:)
+1
34 mins
uncoolify; fuddy-duddify; decoolify; squarify; antediluvianate; to be made instantly old-fashioned;
Beautiful word, recently coined but immediately understandable - to make something instantaneously old-fashioned. What's more, it's based on a slang word that is itself difficult to translate. A couple of attempts at coining an equivalent term, some of which get a bit of google.
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Note added at 41 mins (2004-06-03 23:13:20 GMT)
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Just wanted to mention that ringard is not neutral like \"out-of-date\", but rather something closer to unhip, uncool. Except that it is formulated in a positive sense, and except for the definately ringard term \"square\", I don\'t see an equivalent slang word in English
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Note added at 41 mins (2004-06-03 23:13:20 GMT)
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Just wanted to mention that ringard is not neutral like \"out-of-date\", but rather something closer to unhip, uncool. Except that it is formulated in a positive sense, and except for the definately ringard term \"square\", I don\'t see an equivalent slang word in English
Peer comment(s):
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: you're right but try using one of those with being..dasein
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look totally out of it/look like they missed the boat
... will make them look ...
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