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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

throw them off the scent

French translation:

brouiller les pistes

Added to glossary by Cyril Bel-Ange
Jul 20, 2016 10:33
7 yrs ago
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English term

throw them off the scent.

English to French Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters colloquial phrase
On the island of Mallorca, mike's life of luxury and calm is shattered. Meanwhile, Paul has crossed the bridge into criminality, which is then burnt behind him. In London, Gykes and Hardy meet with MI6 in an attempt to throw them off the scent.
Proposed translations (French)
4 +8 Brouiller les pistes
4 dans une tentative de divertir leur attention ailleurs
4 -1 de les remettre dans le droit chemin
3 tenter de les dépister

Discussion

Daryo Aug 2, 2016:
I definitely like the idea of a suspect trying to put detectives on the right track! That would certainly be an off the beaten track approach to avoiding capture ...

Proposed translations

+8
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Brouiller les pistes

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Peer comment(s):
agree C. Tougas
0 min
Merci!
agree pettiefleur
0 min
Merci!
agree Annie Rigler
14 mins
Merci!
agree sporran
20 mins
Merci!
agree Pierre POUSSIN
2 hrs
Merci!
agree Jean-Claude Gouin
2 hrs
Merci!
agree Yoann Peyron
2 hrs
Merci!
neutral Daryo : yes, that's the idea for sure, but how are you going to incorporate the '... them ...' bit?
5 hrs
Il faut certainement ici revoir la structure de la phrase.
agree Nicholas Bachant-Lagacé
11 hrs
Merci!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks!"
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English term (edited): in an attempt to throw them off the scent

dans une tentative de divertir leur attention ailleurs

dans une tentative de les détourner de la bonne piste
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-1
9 hrs

de les remettre dans le droit chemin

suggéré
Peer comment(s):
disagree AllegroTrans : No, it's the total opposite
1 hr
Vous ne comprenez pas le Français et en tout cas ce n'est pas brouiller les pistes
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11 hrs
English term (edited): attempt to throw them off the scent.

tenter de les dépister

Bulles: cinq éléments pour les dépister | L'Echo
www.lecho.be/.../Bulles_cinq_elements_pour_les_depister.962... - Translate this page
20 Apr 2015 - ... vraiment sûr de leur existence. Voici cinq éléments tirés de l'éclatement de la bulle techno du Nasdaq pour tenter de les dépister à temps.
Le sport après 50 ans - Page 10 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=2804146294 - Translate this page
Charles M. Thiebauld, ‎Pierre Sprumont - 2005 - ‎Education
Il donc est capital de tenter de les dépister au préalable. Pour MARON (2000), la cause prédominante de la mort subite chez les sportifs après 35 ans est la ...
[PDF]CONFÉRENCE INTERNREGIONAŒ _ :_7 WHO/Mal/l70
whqlibdoc.who.int/malaria/WHO_Mal_170_fre.pdf
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by KC Liang - ‎1956
serait peine perdue de tenter de les dépister par un examen du sang de l'ensemble de la population. Par exemple, sur 37 827 écoliers âgés de 6 à 9 ans ...
Peer comment(s):
neutral Daryo : you got a false friend here: 'dépister' is not about sending someone else off-track it's more about getting yourself on the right track or more precisely in a medical context "to detect" whatever you are looking for in some sample.
3 hrs
Have a look at this Larouuse entry: http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/dépister/23788
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