Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
nice enough
the man had been dried up with discoloured teeth, nice enough, but hardly a sex object
J'ai un petit souci avec "nice enough" que je trouve plutôt positif en soi sauf que le reste de la description n'est pas très positif... Bref, c'est pas franchement un beau gosse !
Des suggestions ?
| 3 +5 | gentil |
Marion Feildel (X)
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| 3 +3 | plutôt pas mal |
yves la
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| 3 +3 | pas trop mal (de sa personne) |
polyglot45
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| 5 | assez sympathique |
Kelly Harrison
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| 4 -1 | acceptable |
Cizc
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| 3 -1 | presque mignon |
Manuela Fortunati
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| 3 -1 | plutôt mignon |
Laurette Tassin
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| 3 -1 | bel homme en quelque sorte |
mimi 254
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Proposed translations
gentil
Thursdays in the Park - Google Books Result
books.google.com.tr/books?isbn=0857385542...
Hilary Boyd - 2011 - Fiction - 352 pages
... a blush of guilt – the man had been weedy and dried up with discoloured teeth: nice enough, but hardly a sex object – but of anxiety. She hated confrontation. ...
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Note added at 46 mins (2012-01-17 12:08:43 GMT)
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No way it can refer to beauty!
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Note added at 48 mins (2012-01-17 12:11:01 GMT)
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autre proposition : "plutôt sympathique"
| I hadn't thought ot it this way as she was describing him. I am all confused now... because it could well be what you suggest ! |
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Letredenoblesse
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merci Agnès !
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SJLD
: assez/plutôt gentil ou sympa - comme quoi, contexte... combien de fois faut-il le dire?
5 hrs
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merci :)
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Kelly Harrison
6 hrs
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thanks, Kelly!
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Laurette Tassin
8 hrs
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merci Laurette
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MSWeston
: j'aime bien "plutôt sympathique"
8 hrs
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merci MS
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Ecrire e(s)t traduire la pensée
Native in: Italian 
, French
Works in: French to Italian, English to Italian
presque mignon
Bon courage!
France
Traduction / Formation
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, New Zealand, US, French) , French (Variants: Standard-France, African, Swiss, Belgian)
Works in: French to English, English to French
plutôt mignon
bel homme en quelque sorte
beau gosse, mais...
plutôt pas mal
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Philippe Morgan de Rivery
: i like this idea, because it can apply to the drying process as much as to the result (the man)
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thank you
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GILLES MEUNIER
15 mins
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merci Gilles
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piazza d
3 hrs
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merci
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acceptable
C'est justement le seul qualificatif positif, et vu qu'il est intercalé entre deux segments de phrase à connotation négative, je proposerais une phrase construite différemment, en mettant le qualificatif positif en premier, puis regroupant les deux qualificatifs négatifs : L'homme était plutôt d'allure acceptable, mais pas un sex-symbol, surtout avec ses dents décolorées... Mais il faudrait également voir si ça colle au contexte.
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
pas trop mal (de sa personne)
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Merline
2 hrs
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Jean-Claude Gouin
2 hrs
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Kelly Harrison
: pas trop mal - d'apparence? parce que on dit presque toujours nice-looking ou encore good-looking...
6 hrs
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Irène Guinez
21 hrs
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assez sympathique
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ou bien "assez sympa"
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writeaway
: as already mentioned earlier in the peer comment above
1 hr
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quite, but "already isn't really the write word ;o)
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