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English translation: mixed results overall for the school year

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French term or phrase:Ensemble en demi-teinte sur...
English translation:mixed results overall for the school year
Entered by: Lara Barnett

16:28 Aug 27, 2023
French to English translations [PRO]
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / School transcript & report
French term or phrase: Ensemble en demi-teinte sur...
This is for a school report of 2019-20 (i.e. during lockdown period).

Ensemble en demi-teinte sur l'annee scolaire. De la bonne volonte. Si le vocabulaire scientifique est parfois complique pour un francophone il est tres complique pour un allophone. Active durant le confinement.
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:12
Half-hearted/mixed results overall for the school year
Explanation:
Robert Collins French dictionary
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Kathleen Johnson
United States
Local time: 02:12
Grading comment
Thank you.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2Half-hearted/mixed results overall for the school year
Kathleen Johnson
4Mixed results overall in... (the academic year)
Conor McAuley
3 -1all in all, rather middle-of-the-road
Adrian MM.
3 -1Overall: could/must do better
Andrew Bramhall
Summary of reference entries provided
Some refs.
AllegroTrans

Discussion entries: 10





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Half-hearted/mixed results overall for the school year


Explanation:
Robert Collins French dictionary

Example sentence(s):
  • notre équipe a eu une saison en demi-teinte: our team had a season with mixed results
Kathleen Johnson
United States
Local time: 02:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: "Mixed results" would be best; half-hearted sounds too judgemental and is overtranslation
30 mins
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: Mixed results
2 hrs
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: "Half-hearted" applies to attitude and commitment, or rather lack thereof, and not to attainment. IMHO, better than 'mixed' would be ' indifferent', despite Allegro's vociferous proclamation in favour of the former' ;
1 day 3 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Mixed results overall in... (the academic year)


Explanation:
That should do it.

See the third definition here, for "en demi-teinte":

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/demi-teinte

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 11:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
ensemble en demi-teinte sur...
all in all, rather middle-of-the-road


Explanation:
'average perfformance' rather than a 'mediocre or borderline showing' over the academic year.

Mixed results is already in the ProZ Glossaries - pls. read the second weblink *closely and carefully*, as I have the Discussion Entries.


    Reference: http://www.wikiwords.org/dictionary/term/397474/792772
    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/bus-financial/11...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: Total overtranslation: mixed is mixed is mixed; no need to use "flair and imagination" here
6 hrs
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Overall: could/must do better


Explanation:
The classic UK school report comment for indifferent performance. Even once used by Margaret Thatcher as a comment on the UK economy early on during her " reign".

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: Total overtranslation: mixed is mixed is mixed // so swapping the obvious meaning for a judgemental statement that is not in the ST is a sound translation method? Come on...this is dangerous
6 hrs
  -> Typically dismissive, strident and categoric; you even had to cut and paste your reply to AMM's answer; not impressive.//Not my problem if you lack the flair and imagination to see how this could work.;
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Reference comments


1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Some refs.

Reference information:
What does en demi teinte mean?
1. [ résultats, bilan] mixed. 2. [ rentrée] subdued.

English Translation of “en demi teinte” - Collins Dictionary

Si le tribunal confirme ces réquisitions, certains ne feront pas appel", glisse un avocat en sortant de l'audience, résumant une impression générale de réquisitions en demi-teinte.
Marianne (2021)
"On ne pouvait pas se permettre d'avoir un méchant en demi-teinte, le public doit voir toute sa cruauté", argumente-t-elle.
Allociné (2021)
Le film attirera finalement 632.000 curieux en salles, un score en demi-teinte pour un projet de cette envergure.
Allociné (2021)
Un épisode en demi-teinte qui manque parfois de rythme.
Allociné (2020)
Des petits portraits de femmes qui ne soient pas que des sketches à chute, mais des histoires en demi-teinte, avec des émotions, des petits basculements qui peuvent changer une vie.
Allociné (2021)
Il ne coulait pas de source dans cette vieille terre clivée entre gauche et droite, peu encline aux demi-teintes centristes, en particulier macroniennes.
L'Opinion (2021)
D'où une littérature qui laisse à son lecteur le soin de trancher, qui joue en demi-teintes et refuse d'imposer des certitudes.
Marianne (2021)
Un vote en demi-teinte, voire un rejet, aurait été contre-productif en pleine crise sanitaire.
L'Opinion (2020)
Le refus d'affoler la population explique aussi cette communication en demi-teinte.
L'Opinion (2020)
Parfois, celui-ci le paie par des performances en demi-teinte pendant plusieurs années.
L'Opinion (2021)

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 89

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
  -> thanks
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: Not one single example sentence relating to the context here.
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Many of the examples read as "mixed"; not one of them reads as "could/must do better"
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