Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Un duel ! Parfait, je suis partante, allons-y de ce pas. Je te suis.
English translation:
Me against you! Great! I'm all for it. Let's get going. Lead the way.
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Mari O'Keefe
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Un duel ! Parfait, je suis partante, allons-y de ce pas. Je te suis.
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How might you translate "allons-y de ce pas" here?
This is part of a dialogue for a video game. See below to see it in context:
Martin: Bon, écoute-moi bien. Ici nous sommes tous les concurrents d’une course que seul le meilleur d’entre nous remportera. Si tu cherches à te faire des amis, laisse-moi te dire que l’endroit est mal choisi. Et si tu cherches à ME faire concurrence, je te le dis en toute franchise : tu perds ton temps.
Carole: Serait-ce de la peur que je sens dans ta voix ? Tu crains que je ne te vole la vedette, c’est donc ça !
Martin: Peur, moi ? Laisse-moi rire. Nous allons nous mesurer sur le podium, cela devrait te remettre les idées au clair.
Carole: Un duel ! Parfait, je suis partante, allons-y de ce pas. Je te suis.
Thanks for your help. Mari
This is part of a dialogue for a video game. See below to see it in context:
Martin: Bon, écoute-moi bien. Ici nous sommes tous les concurrents d’une course que seul le meilleur d’entre nous remportera. Si tu cherches à te faire des amis, laisse-moi te dire que l’endroit est mal choisi. Et si tu cherches à ME faire concurrence, je te le dis en toute franchise : tu perds ton temps.
Carole: Serait-ce de la peur que je sens dans ta voix ? Tu crains que je ne te vole la vedette, c’est donc ça !
Martin: Peur, moi ? Laisse-moi rire. Nous allons nous mesurer sur le podium, cela devrait te remettre les idées au clair.
Carole: Un duel ! Parfait, je suis partante, allons-y de ce pas. Je te suis.
Thanks for your help. Mari
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Me against you! Great! I'm all for it. Let's get going. Lead the way.
If your characters are on horseback, you could also use "A two-horse race".
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Lead the way
I would telescope it a bit to make it more English.
"A duel" Great. I'm game. Lead the way...... (literally, let's go now. I'll follow you - but nobody would ever say that...)
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After you.....
"A duel" Great. I'm game. Lead the way...... (literally, let's go now. I'll follow you - but nobody would ever say that...)
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After you.....
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A duel! Perfect methinks. Let's make haste. Get thee gone!
The French uses antiquated language, so the English should too.
'allons-y de ce pas' I've just found in a Corneille play.
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katsy
: perhaps too antiquated? People do say it today, even if in 'mock-solemn' tones
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I can't wait!
Let's go, I can't wait!
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Let's get cracking!
Just wanted to add another one. Not often I can answer these questions. If this is a horse riding game, I reckon I've worked on one of the competitors. Can we presume Carole is your playing character and that she has to get cred points by making friends? Depends on your length constraints of course, and whether Carole is old school or new school and whether Martin just has a competitive nature or is a real out-and-out rival. If she's got that jolly hockey sticks feel to her, it could be "Let's get cracking! I'm right behind you!" if the challenge is good natured. Or it could be: "No time to waste" if the challenge is more hostile, in echo of the "tu perds ton temps" earlier. If she's more new school in character, you could try. "Let's go for it!" "Give it to me one time, bruvva!" etc
Horse riding games rock!
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It's probably not a horse riding game, Ok, I've just read the other post.
Horse riding games rock!
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It's probably not a horse riding game, Ok, I've just read the other post.
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A duel? Great! Bring it on!
You've already wrapped this one up, but I thought you might like to consider "Bring it on!" which seems to fit your context and register better than "Let's get going".
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