Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

word came in from

French translation:

on l'a appris par

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Jun 24, 2010 07:18
13 yrs ago
English term

word came in from

Non-PRO English to French Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Bonjour, je voudrais savoir que signifie cette expression "word came in from" dans cette phrase I was one of the first to know, what with working in a newspaper when word came in from David Thornberry.
Proposed translations (French)
3 +4 on l'a appris par
3 +1 on a eu des nouvelles de David Thornberry
Change log

Jun 24, 2010 07:22: Terry Richards changed "Language pair" from "French to English" to "English to French"

Jun 24, 2010 10:11: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "littérature" to "(none)"

Discussion

Esther van der Wal Jun 24, 2010:
When I heard about this from David Thornberry It means something like "when I heard the news", so in this case, it's like "when David Thornberry told me/wrote me/when I heard about this from David Thornberry".

Proposed translations

+4
19 mins
Selected

on l'a appris par

Cela veut simplement dire que l'info a été relayée par ce David Thornberry.
Peer comment(s):

agree ALIAS trad : oui, quand David T. nous en a parlé...
3 mins
Merci ALIAS!
agree Stephanie Ezrol
46 mins
Merci Stephanie!
agree Stéphanie Bellumat
53 mins
Merci Stephanie!
agree Arnold T.
1 hr
Merci Arnold!
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+1
18 mins

on a eu des nouvelles de David Thornberry

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Peer comment(s):

agree Jocelyne S
1 min
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