Aug 2, 2011 13:01
12 yrs ago
English term
Expertise and reliability
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: French to English, English to French
Ho - hum
English to French
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
What is a "ho-hum" week on the stock exchange? Une période d'hésitation, d'attente, d'expectative?
Does anyone have a good idea here? Or would "mitigé" work?
Does anyone have a good idea here? Or would "mitigé" work?
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +5 | en demi-teinte |
polyglot45
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| 3 +1 | maussade |
Axelle Arbonnier
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| 3 | terne |
Roberta Beyer
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| 3 | morne |
HughDESS
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Proposed translations
+5
4 mins
polyglot45
Native in English
&
French
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
86
Selected
en demi-teinte
selon les dicos en ligne, "ho hum" veut dire "ennuyeux, sans grand intérêt"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks"
4 mins
Roberta Beyer
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Legal / Contracts / Business / Technical
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: French to English
terne
One idea... ho-hum just means without anything exciting happening. Dull, or uneventful.
+1
17 mins
Axelle Arbonnier
Belgium
Belgium
Native in French
Works in field
Belgium
Feeling for language & Sprachgefühl
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Swiss)
Works in: German to French, English to French, French
Related KudoZ points
:
4
maussade
Just an idea, but that reflects well the neither good nor bad idea behind ho-hum.
"bof-bof" would also be a possible solution, but much more colloquial.
"bof-bof" would also be a possible solution, but much more colloquial.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
MD64 (X)
10 mins
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merci
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1 hr
morne
ennuyeuse, attentiste, sans DSK...
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Mehdi Caps
: Un jour sans DSK, c'est pas ça. Un jour sans Diallo, c'est pas beau. Un jour sans Banon, bah... non.
5 hrs
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Un jour sans Anne, c'est pas (Sin)clair, ah ah ah
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