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Apr 12, 2010 17:04
14 yrs ago
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French term
numéro d'appel
French to English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
autobus
Voici le contexte..(extrait du roman 'Pietr le Letton' par G. Simenon, 1931)
... Des gens attendaient un autobus sous un reverbere a bande verte. Quand il arriva, il y eut des discussion parce qu'il n'y avait plus de numeros d'appel. Un sergent de ville intervint, fut aux prises, longtemps encore apres que le vehicule fut parti, avec un gros homme indigne...
Merci d'avance..
... Des gens attendaient un autobus sous un reverbere a bande verte. Quand il arriva, il y eut des discussion parce qu'il n'y avait plus de numeros d'appel. Un sergent de ville intervint, fut aux prises, longtemps encore apres que le vehicule fut parti, avec un gros homme indigne...
Merci d'avance..
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | Call number |
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Change log
Apr 13, 2010 06:15: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "numero d\'appel" to "numéro d\'appel" , "Field (specific)" from "Automotive / Cars & Trucks" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
numero d'appel
Call number
French term or phrase: call number...
Here is the context (from the novel 'Pietr the Latvian, by G. Simenon, 1931) ...
People were waiting for a bus under a street light by a green stripe. When the bus arrived, there were arguments because there were no longer any call numbers. A policeman intervened and he was facing problems, even long after the vehicle was gone, with a big ingignant man...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-04-12 19:29:50 GMT)
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Are you aslomg who was arguing?
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-04-12 19:30:09 GMT)
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Are you asking who was arguing?
Here is the context (from the novel 'Pietr the Latvian, by G. Simenon, 1931) ...
People were waiting for a bus under a street light by a green stripe. When the bus arrived, there were arguments because there were no longer any call numbers. A policeman intervened and he was facing problems, even long after the vehicle was gone, with a big ingignant man...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-04-12 19:29:50 GMT)
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Are you aslomg who was arguing?
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-04-12 19:30:09 GMT)
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Are you asking who was arguing?
Example sentence:
People were waiting for a bus under a street light by a green stripe. When the bus arrived, there were arguments because there were no longer any call numbers.
Note from asker:
| Thanks... But why the absence of the call number (of what? whom) made arguments? That's what I don't understand clearly... |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
philgoddard
: I agree with the asker - this doesn't seem to make any sense in the context.
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Discussion
The city in the context is Paris.