Oct 9, 2007 04:10
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French term
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réponse bateau
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can anyone help please. Thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | catch-all, one-size-fits-all.... |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 +2 | stock dictionaries help |
Bourth (X)
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| 5 | fake, wrong, made up answer |
ntaylor (X)
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| 3 +2 | stereotyped answer |
Francis MARC
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| 3 +1 | standard reply |
XXXphxxx (X)
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| 4 | the usual answer |
Eric BILLY
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| 2 -1 | answer that leads you the wrong way/ takes you on a ride/ wrong answer |
Valosh
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Proposed translations
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catch-all, one-size-fits-all....
the STOCK answer
Note from asker:
| Excellent. Thanks |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Bourth (X)
: Perfect.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
1 hr
fake, wrong, made up answer
mener en bateau means to take someone for a ride or to lead somebody up the garden path, pull someone's leg, tell story as if true but really a joke.
Or it could be a common-place, ordinary, everyday answer
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-09 06:06:45 GMT)
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I would go with made up answer
Or it could be a common-place, ordinary, everyday answer
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-09 06:06:45 GMT)
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I would go with made up answer
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answer that leads you the wrong way/ takes you on a ride/ wrong answer
A suggestion only. It makes me think of the expression:
"mener quelqu'un en bateau"/"monter un bateau à quelqu'un"
=lead somebody on/fool somebody/pull somebody's leg/ take somebody for a ride
Hope it helps!
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-09 06:11:44 GMT)
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and sorry, that is "takes you for a ride" NOT "on a ride". Sorry!
"mener quelqu'un en bateau"/"monter un bateau à quelqu'un"
=lead somebody on/fool somebody/pull somebody's leg/ take somebody for a ride
Hope it helps!
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-09 06:11:44 GMT)
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and sorry, that is "takes you for a ride" NOT "on a ride". Sorry!
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
nordiste
: mener en bateau sans rapport avec l'utilisation de bateau dans réponse bateau
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+1
3 hrs
standard reply
Found this on a forum. Someone fills in the form on the website and gets a standard (i.e. not personalised) reply back:
J'ai contacté tdf via leur formulaire de site web et ils m'ont fait une réponse bateau.... :
Madame, Monsieur,
Nous avons bien reçu votre fiche d’information concernant un problème de réception TV / radio et nous vous en remercions.
Après enquête de nos services techniques, nous avons constaté que les perturbations rencontrées ne sont pas dues à un problème de diffusion. Nos équipes ne peuvent donc pas intervenir.Nous vous prions d'agréer, Madame, Monsieur, l’expression de nos salutations distinguées.
J'ai contacté tdf via leur formulaire de site web et ils m'ont fait une réponse bateau.... :
Madame, Monsieur,
Nous avons bien reçu votre fiche d’information concernant un problème de réception TV / radio et nous vous en remercions.
Après enquête de nos services techniques, nous avons constaté que les perturbations rencontrées ne sont pas dues à un problème de diffusion. Nos équipes ne peuvent donc pas intervenir.Nous vous prions d'agréer, Madame, Monsieur, l’expression de nos salutations distinguées.
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stock dictionaries help
Lexis says:
bateau [ ...] Fam. Idée devenue banale à force d'être sans cesse exposée : C'est un de ses bateaux préférés : la corruption de la jeunesse actuelle (syn. LIEU COMMUN, fam. DADA). adj. Une idée bateau.
Commonplace, stereotype, standard, stock, unthinking, unthought-out, off-the-cuff,
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-09 07:38:23 GMT)
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Given the situations in which the term is used on the Ouèbbhe, I think you have quite some interpretational latitude in the absence of firm context, since it appears to cover all my suggestions above, some of which deviate from the strict dictionary definition.
bateau [ ...] Fam. Idée devenue banale à force d'être sans cesse exposée : C'est un de ses bateaux préférés : la corruption de la jeunesse actuelle (syn. LIEU COMMUN, fam. DADA). adj. Une idée bateau.
Commonplace, stereotype, standard, stock, unthinking, unthought-out, off-the-cuff,
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-09 07:38:23 GMT)
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Given the situations in which the term is used on the Ouèbbhe, I think you have quite some interpretational latitude in the absence of firm context, since it appears to cover all my suggestions above, some of which deviate from the strict dictionary definition.
3 hrs
Eric BILLY
Native in French
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Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English
the usual answer
often used to describe the common answer not corresponding to expectations
Discussion
je redoute de recevoir une réponse 'bateau'