French term
dénué de tout chauffage
This is relating to criminal proceedings in Paris, and is regarding the suspect's statement. It can be directly translated to "devoid of any heating", however I'm not sure this sounds totally right in English (UK). I was thinking 'devoid of details' but the client doesn't agree with this. Does anyone have any other suggestions please?
| 2 | (starkly furnished and) with a total lack of heating |
Stephanie Benoist
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| 4 +6 | without any heating |
liz askew
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Proposed translations
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: French to English
(starkly furnished and) with a total lack of heating
without any heating
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AllegroTrans
: or "totally without heating" to reflect the strength of "dénué"
35 mins
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philgoddard
: Or unheated.
1 hr
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Fatine Echenique
6 hrs
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Tony M
: I think I'd prefer 'with no heating'; and possibly in either case use 'form of heating' or 'heating facilities'; to emphasize the aspect 'dénué de tout...', one might say 'whatsoever'.
9 hrs
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Clair Pickworth
9 hrs
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Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
11 hrs
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