May 7, 2010 13:45
14 yrs ago
French term
Faustine.Rou (X)
vie de bistrot
Homework / test
French to English
Art/Literary
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
I'm translating something about Simone de Beauvoir and I came across this phrase that I don't understand, although I'm a French native speaker :
"une vie de bistrot"
context:
L'existentialisme est un grand modèle, ca veut dire qu'on ne loge pas ensemble, qu'on a pas de problème de ménage ensemble. Et ça ils s'en sont dispensé dès le départ. C'est une vie de bistrot"
Thanks for at least explaining what vie de bistrot is.
"une vie de bistrot"
context:
L'existentialisme est un grand modèle, ca veut dire qu'on ne loge pas ensemble, qu'on a pas de problème de ménage ensemble. Et ça ils s'en sont dispensé dès le départ. C'est une vie de bistrot"
Thanks for at least explaining what vie de bistrot is.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +5 | a "café society" lifestyle |
Julie Barber
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| 3 | Living like a tavern keeper |
said Lemonnier
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| 3 | cafe lifestyle / bistro lifestyle |
bozhana
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Proposed translations
+5
59 mins
Julie Barber
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Related KudoZ points
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17
Selected
a "café society" lifestyle
I think, without further context, that they are just referring to her lifestyle:
with her long-time companion, Paul Sartres, personified "café society" and its requisite nicotine haze, at nearly the same time France also instituted its smoking ban in cafés, bars, and restaurants.
http://solofemininity.blogs.com/posts/2008/01/simone-de-beau...
with her long-time companion, Paul Sartres, personified "café society" and its requisite nicotine haze, at nearly the same time France also instituted its smoking ban in cafés, bars, and restaurants.
http://solofemininity.blogs.com/posts/2008/01/simone-de-beau...
Peer comment(s):
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Chris Hall
: Good suggestion Julie - without more to go on, I agree with it.
5 mins
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Hi and thanks Chris. I lifted the term from that kind person's blog ;-)
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Verginia Ophof
21 mins
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Thanks Verginia
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marie leconte
: definitely a lifestyle thing! This is the closest (café society) we can get to it in ENglish
53 mins
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Thanks Marie!
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| agree |
Marian Vieyra
2 hrs
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Thanks Marian
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| agree |
Jean-Louis S.
2 hrs
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Thanks jlsjr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
14 mins
said Lemonnier
Native in French
Works in field
Resume
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Living like a tavern keeper
Le terme bistro(t) se réfère peut-être ici non au lieu proprement dit mais à la personne qui tient ce genre d'établissement. Elle rencontre beaucoup de gens mais de façon superficielle.
Peer comment(s):
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Chris Hall
: "Tavern keeper" sounds very strange to my ear.
9 mins
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Yes, i agree. I was just trying it as an exampe but again it depends on wether or not it could be used at the time.
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3 hrs
cafe lifestyle / bistro lifestyle
just a thought
Peer comment(s):
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Chris Hall
: More or less the same as what Julie had suggested two hours previously.
13 mins
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| neutral |
Tony M
: I think one actually has to be careful here, since 'bistro' in EN has a quite different connotation from 'bistrot' as used here in FR
12 hrs
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