Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

century

French translation:

cent courses

Added to glossary by gilbertlu
Mar 4, 2011 08:30
13 yrs ago
English term

century

English to French Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation Cricket
O'Brien scored the fastest 'century' in World Cup cricket history.
Merci d'avance, pour 'century'
Proposed translations (French)
3 +1 cent courses
5 100
Change log

Mar 4, 2011 08:35: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "the fastest \'century\'" to "century"

Discussion

polyglot45 Mar 4, 2011:
d'accord avec MA plutôt - marquer un score de 100
Platary (X) Mar 4, 2011:
Je ne l'ai jamais vu traduit (c'est un peu comme pour le golf). Un century c'est quand un batteur fait cent runs dans une manche. Donc cent courses, bien entendu, mais c'est comme si on disait "balle au pied" pour le football : cela ne passe pas.

Proposed translations

+1
4 mins
Selected

cent courses

Selon R+C...

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-03-04 10:20:30 GMT)
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Even if our native-speaker colleagues haven't ever heard of it, I haven't made this up, it comes from Robert + Collins, and I'm sure they must have got it from some relatively authoritative source; of course, that doesn't mean it would be right in this specific usage!
Peer comment(s):

agree Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
15 mins
Thanks, Alistair!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci beaucoup"
2 hrs

100

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Note added at 2 heures (2011-03-04 11:08:04 GMT)
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tonne?
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