Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Anything But Average
French translation:
surtout pas moyen
Added to glossary by
Didier Fourcot
Aug 19, 2016 12:42
8 yrs ago
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English term
Canada
French Canadian, fast, efficient
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French
Anything But Average
English to French
Marketing
Marketing
Industrial appliance
Title of a marketing brochure.
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +4 | surtout pas moyen |
Didier Fourcot
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| 3 +2 | Tout sauf médiocre |
Andrew Bramhall
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| 4 +1 | Mieux que la moyenne |
Francois Boye
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| 4 | tout sauf quelconque |
FX Fraipont (X)
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| 3 | tout sauf banal |
Jane Vazzotti
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| 3 | au-delà de la moyenne |
TB CommuniCAT
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| 3 -1 | Tout l'un ou tout l'autre |
Karine Derancy (X)
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Change log
Aug 21, 2016 09:17: Didier Fourcot Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+4
22 mins
Selected
surtout pas moyen
dans le genre "surtout pas de contexte"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
36 mins
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| agree |
GILLES MEUNIER
1 hr
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| agree |
Daryo
3 hrs
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| agree |
B D Finch
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci"
+2
11 mins
Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Flair and accuracy tailored to your text
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Tout sauf médiocre
An idea to get the ball rolling;
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
GalileoTrans
12 mins
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merci
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| agree |
Chakib Roula
33 mins
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merci
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| agree |
Alain Marsol
40 mins
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merci
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Tony M
: I think the idea of including a negative term in the heading (which doesn't even have a positive one to balance it) would be a poor marketing ploy.
47 mins
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unless they meant it ironically, self-deprecatingly...
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david henrion
: Je suis sur la même idée que Tony, la source dit "moyen" et ne contient pas cette connotation péjorative.
51 mins
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merci
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: Puisque je déteste voir 'désaccord' je choisi 'neutre' ...
2 hrs
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merci
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Daryo
: You've set the "reference level" far too low compared to the ST // also there is no merit / nothing to brag about if you are better only if compared to the worst
3 hrs
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thanks all the same
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Germaine
: Même si le sens de médiocre = moyen, pour la plupart des gens, la connotation est pire: une chose "moyenne" serait meilleure qu'une chose "médiocre". En marketing, personne ne veut être "tout sauf médiocre"; à la rigueur "tout sauf ordinaire" serait ok.
1 day 3 hrs
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1 hr
Jane Vazzotti
France
France
Native in English
&
French
Works in field
France
Translating French & English Naturally
Native in: English , French
Works in: French to English, English to French
tout sauf banal
Just a suggestion, to move away from a literal translation of "average", words such as "banal", "ordinaire" etc. may be appropriate.
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-08-19 14:01:51 GMT)
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Just realised that "tout sauf" was already suggested above, it could also be "n'a rien de banal" or whatever.
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-08-19 14:01:51 GMT)
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Just realised that "tout sauf" was already suggested above, it could also be "n'a rien de banal" or whatever.
1 hr
TB CommuniCAT
Canada
Canada
Native in French
Specializes in field
Canada
Bridging the communication gap
Native in: French (Variant: Canadian)
Works in: English to French
Related KudoZ points
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4
au-delà de la moyenne
suggestion
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-08-19 14:38:37 GMT)
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autre possibilité... au-delà de la gamme moyenne
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-08-19 14:38:37 GMT)
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autre possibilité... au-delà de la gamme moyenne
2 hrs
tout sauf quelconque
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+1
2 hrs
Francois Boye
United States
United States
Native in French
Specializes in field
United States
An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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91
-1
18 hrs
Tout l'un ou tout l'autre
Un peu compliqué de proposer un titre quand on n'a pas accès au texte. Cependant, "anything but average" --> on ne fait rien dans la moyenne, cela peut-être super ou médiocre, on ne fait pas dans l'entre deux.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Sheila Wilson
: Even with no context, the source implication is better than, not worse than.
2 hrs
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| disagree |
Germaine
: D'accord avec Sheila: tout l'un ou tout l'autre = le meilleur ou le pire! // Ça arrive, faut pas s'en faire. Vous pensiez peut-être à "rien de moins que", genre "Rien de moins que l'excellence!"
9 hrs
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ok - my mistake. J'aurais juré que cela équivalait à "tout sauf ça", donc par définition cela pouvait être aussi bien positif que négatif
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