Help me
Hi Dear kwiziqians,
The below English texts have below them their translations, which have two
"fonts" : Italic and Bold.
Would you mind telling me which translations are correct between the italic
and bold translations?
Why You Feel So Stressed Out After a Vacation
La raison
pour laquelle vous vous sentez si stressé après des vacances or Pourquoi vous vous sentez si stressé après des
vacances ( I don't think that this is normal because "pourquoi"
is used only for only questions, not affirmative sentences)
It’s normal to experience some degree of stress or disorientation when
you’re coming down from the high of vacation.
Il est normal de vivre un certain degré de stress ou de désorientation lorsque
vous descendez or revenez du sommet des vacances.
Is "sommet des vacances" = the high of vacation?
But the problem isn’t taking vacation in the first
place — it’s your approach to it.
Mais le
problème n’est pas de prendre des vacances en
premier lieu or d'abord : c’est votre conception des
vacances.
For this one, there is an external intervention. The
"and" which is within brackets is not in the original speech. Can I
do that in French?
"The return to the faster pace of life, the work that has piled up,
the responsibilities, and the backlog of ‘to-dos’ often creates a sense of
anxiety, dread, [and] even sadness that can cancel out the very benefits of the
vacation a person has just taken," he said.
« Le retour
à un rythme de vie plus rapide, le travail qui s’est accumulé, les
responsabilités et l’arriéré de « tâches à faire » créent souvent un
sentiment d’anxiété, de crainte [et] même de tristesse qui peut annuler les avantages mêmes des vacances
qu’une personne vient de prendre », a-t-il dit.
I used Nous ne pouvions pas être plus heureux...why is this wrong?
What is the difference between temps and époque?
Why is “the best answer” given as “Mes parents seront trop impressionnées”? Doesn’t the “ées” imply that both parents are female?
Also, could “impressionnant” be used instead of “impressionnés”? What would be the difference in meaning?
I seems to me that in most circumstances "attendre que + subjunctive" means "to wait until" and "jusqu'à ce que" is unnecessary. I asked this a few days ago and stil have not had a reply, so I checked in both Grevisse & Wartburg/Zumthor. They agree with me and even say the simple "que" is better.
I don’t see any rule offered as to when to use faire de or jouer à. In fact the samples provided include both, “Il fair du tennis” and “Il joue à tennis.” Is there a rule as to when to use one or the other?
Hi Dear kwiziqians,
The below English texts have below them their translations, which have two "fonts" : Italic and Bold.
Would you mind telling me which translations are correct between the italic and bold translations?
Why You Feel So Stressed Out After a Vacation
La raison pour laquelle vous vous sentez si stressé après des vacances or Pourquoi vous vous sentez si stressé après des vacances ( I don't think that this is normal because "pourquoi" is used only for only questions, not affirmative sentences)
It’s normal to experience some degree of stress or disorientation when you’re coming down from the high of vacation.
Il est normal de vivre un certain degré de stress ou de désorientation lorsque vous descendez or revenez du sommet des vacances.
Is "sommet des vacances" = the high of vacation?
But the problem isn’t taking vacation in the first place — it’s your approach to it.
Mais le problème n’est pas de prendre des vacances en premier lieu or d'abord : c’est votre conception des vacances.
For this one, there is an external intervention. The "and" which is within brackets is not in the original speech. Can I do that in French?
"The return to the faster pace of life, the work that has piled up, the responsibilities, and the backlog of ‘to-dos’ often creates a sense of anxiety, dread, [and] even sadness that can cancel out the very benefits of the vacation a person has just taken," he said.
« Le retour à un rythme de vie plus rapide, le travail qui s’est accumulé, les responsabilités et l’arriéré de « tâches à faire » créent souvent un sentiment d’anxiété, de crainte [et] même de tristesse qui peut annuler les avantages mêmes des vacances qu’une personne vient de prendre », a-t-il dit.
Why is the ne explétif used in this informal spoken conversation? I thought that it was usually used in formal French.
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