Oct 8, 2009 13:01
14 yrs ago
French term
Trop de tendresse frise la mollesse
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Hi
This is from a quiz about dating guys aimed at (I'm guessing) teenagers and young women. When they've completed the quiz they find out which bag in the range best matches their personality.
This question asks how they feel about tenderness in a man. The pattern of answers is always Answer 1/ I love this quality Answer 2/ I don't mind this quality and Answer 3/ this drives me mad (disguised as different answers, obviously).
In this case, Answer 3/ is "trop de tendresse frise la mollesse."
I have "It's a fine line between tenderness and sloppiness" (sloppy as in sentimental) but I'm sure there are better solutions!
Many thanks for your help.
This is from a quiz about dating guys aimed at (I'm guessing) teenagers and young women. When they've completed the quiz they find out which bag in the range best matches their personality.
This question asks how they feel about tenderness in a man. The pattern of answers is always Answer 1/ I love this quality Answer 2/ I don't mind this quality and Answer 3/ this drives me mad (disguised as different answers, obviously).
In this case, Answer 3/ is "trop de tendresse frise la mollesse."
I have "It's a fine line between tenderness and sloppiness" (sloppy as in sentimental) but I'm sure there are better solutions!
Many thanks for your help.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
4 mins
David BUICK
Native in English
Works in field
Reactive, reliable, win/win service
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
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14
Selected
Too much tenderness can be trying
my attempt at mangling Otis Redding
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This is great, thanks a million! "Try a little tenderness, sure, but too much tenderness can be trying!""
+4
7 mins
There is a fine line between tender and soppy.
Just a little comment. Sloppiness means messiness. Soppy is the word you should use (as in sentimental)
Note from asker:
| You're absolutely right, oops, I was the one being sloppy! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Rob Grayson
: I especially like "soppy"
3 mins
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| agree |
Chris Hall
: Perfect. It really works!!!
7 mins
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| agree |
mimi 254
: yes!
1 hr
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| agree |
Lianne Wilson
: I prefer 'tenderness' and 'soppiness', but yes.
2 hrs
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+1
10 mins
Excessive tenderness bordering on mushiness
...or something along those lines. (Alternatively "...to the point of mushiness".)
I realise that "mushiness" is a little dubious; I felt that "mushy" better captured the sense of "mollesse", but couldn't find a tidy way to use the adjective "mushy" instead of the noun "mushiness" without making the whole somewhat cumbersome.
I realise that "mushiness" is a little dubious; I felt that "mushy" better captured the sense of "mollesse", but couldn't find a tidy way to use the adjective "mushy" instead of the noun "mushiness" without making the whole somewhat cumbersome.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Lianne Wilson
: Mushiness sounds a fine word to me, not at all dubious.
2 hrs
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Thanks, Lianne
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20 mins
tenderness is next to gushiness
Loooovellly daaaahhhlinng.
Note from asker:
| I love this too but I'm not sure the play on words will click with all audiences. Excellent though! |
+1
35 mins
Excessive loveydoviness is a sign of weakness
Another take on this
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Note added at 40 mins (2009-10-08 13:41:56 GMT)
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or being too soft!
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Note added at 40 mins (2009-10-08 13:41:56 GMT)
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or being too soft!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
roisin56
: right language for this type of form "tender" is rarely used
8 mins
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+1
40 mins
Too soppy makes 'em floppy
couldn't resist
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Note added at 41 mins (2009-10-08 13:42:49 GMT)
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:-D
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Note added at 41 mins (2009-10-08 13:42:49 GMT)
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:-D
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Lianne Wilson
: Wow, this could have some, er, *interesting* connotations...
1 hr
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Yes, well..umm..that had not escaped my notice..but it was a little risqué, non?
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| agree |
David Goward
: LOL!
15 hrs
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ah! there IS hope for mankind.
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+1
1 hr
polyglot45
Native in French
&
English
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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44
Gentle to the point of weakness
I think it just means that a guy who is too soft and gentle will come over as a weakling
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
MatthewLaSon
: You have the right meaning. I don't agree with many of the interpretations here.
1 day 1 hr
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3 hrs
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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19
The cringe binge
funnily enough, this gets lots of g-hits
OR
Too soppy by far
Bordering/Verging on the sentimental
Sentimental to make you cringe
as this is a sort of heading, I'd try to keep it fairly simple, even if that means losing the ST construction
OR
Too soppy by far
Bordering/Verging on the sentimental
Sentimental to make you cringe
as this is a sort of heading, I'd try to keep it fairly simple, even if that means losing the ST construction
3 hrs
Too soft is like having no spine
Hello,
You don't want to be so soft and tender that makes you look like you have no backbone. It's unattractive in a man. I believe that's what they are saying here.
Can't keep the rhyme in French...I wish I could
I hope this helps.
You don't want to be so soft and tender that makes you look like you have no backbone. It's unattractive in a man. I believe that's what they are saying here.
Can't keep the rhyme in French...I wish I could
I hope this helps.
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