Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
triés sur le carreau
English translation:
hand-picked, carefully selected
Added to glossary by
Karen Tucker (X)
Jul 14, 2005 16:36
18 yrs ago
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French term
triés sur le carreau
French to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
A description of one of the events at a cultural arts festival:
Tout vu :
Attendons-nous à bouffer de la télé, mais pas vautré-tranquille-dans-l’canapé comme d’habitude… Au menu, 24 télés diffusant autant de programmes du monde entier triés sur le carreau. Aux baguettes, les quatre acteurs de Transquinquennal et Jan Hammenecker.
A ne pas zapper.
Tout vu :
Attendons-nous à bouffer de la télé, mais pas vautré-tranquille-dans-l’canapé comme d’habitude… Au menu, 24 télés diffusant autant de programmes du monde entier triés sur le carreau. Aux baguettes, les quatre acteurs de Transquinquennal et Jan Hammenecker.
A ne pas zapper.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | hand-picked |
Paul Kozelka
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| 3 +3 | carefully selected |
jacrav
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| 5 | carefully selected |
Estelle Demontrond-Box
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Proposed translations
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Paul Kozelka
Native in English
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
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French term (edited):
tri�s sur le carreau
Selected
hand-picked
Last I knew, "hand-picked" was the standard expression for the meaning of 'carefully selected', at least in U.S. English, though top-of-the-line might also do in this context.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Both expressions would work, but I think this fits best with the register used. Thanks to everyone. Karen"
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Estelle Demontrond-Box
Australia
Australia
Native in French
Australia
Qualified Translator & Published Writer
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English, French
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French term (edited):
tri�s sur le carreau
carefully selected
= trier sur le volet = hand-picked
+3
6 mins
French term (edited):
tri�s sur le carreau
carefully selected
Should actually be "sur le volet" … ;)
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-07-14 16:45:33 GMT)
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If you Google \"sur le carreau\" a lot of hits will give you \"sur le volet\" in the sample sentence fragments.
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-07-14 16:45:33 GMT)
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If you Google \"sur le carreau\" a lot of hits will give you \"sur le volet\" in the sample sentence fragments.
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AbdulHameed Al Hadidi
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Merci ;)
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DocteurPC
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Merci ;)
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emiledgar
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Merci ;)
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