English translation of "une ovation publique".
Chris
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21/11/17
The term "standing ovation" is certainly more often heard but "public ovation" is not unheard of.
Nigel
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21/11/17
Claus, many thanks!!
Do you have some examples? I've not heard it before in English.
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Nigel
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21 November 2017
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English translation of "une ovation publique".
I wonder about the colloquial English translation of "une ovation publique". " A public ovation" is not a phrase which I have ever seen used, and for which I can't find an example on the internet. "Ovation" in English is almost universally used as a "standing ovation" for which the French appears to be "une ovation debout".
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