Mar 2, 2006 17:03
18 yrs ago
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French term
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en pratique
Non-PRO
French to English
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grammar
En pratique, cet ascenseur dessert deux ou trois etages. Could en pratique here mean currently? As the next sentence talks about a future version that can go up several more floors?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | in actual fact |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 +2 | in practice |
Yaotl Altan
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| 4 | actually/in reality |
Jolanta Tuzel
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Change log
Mar 2, 2006 17:08: RHELLER changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Proposed translations
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in actual fact
in actual practice
a lot will depend on what went before in the text
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Note added at 3 mins (2006-03-02 17:07:03 GMT)
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it could also be "in reality" (as opposed to some theoretical arrangement mentioned before)
a lot will depend on what went before in the text
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Note added at 3 mins (2006-03-02 17:07:03 GMT)
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it could also be "in reality" (as opposed to some theoretical arrangement mentioned before)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
MDI-IDM
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thanks
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sporran
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thanks for the moral support
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| agree |
Aisha Maniar
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thanks
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| agree |
HelenG
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
15 mins
Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexican translator proofreader +20 years
Native in: Spanish 
, Italian
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 5 more.
in practice
in practice
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
LBMas
: although the French phrase seems a bit odd
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Merci beaucoup :)
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Miranda Joubioux (X)
18 hrs
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1 hr
Jolanta Tuzel
United States
United States
Works in field
United States
Done right the first time
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, French to English, Polish to English, and 1 more.
actually/in reality
just another way
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