Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Ensemble en demi-teinte sur...
English translation:
mixed results overall for the school year
French term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
Ensemble en demi-teinte sur...
Ensemble en demi-teinte sur l'annee scolaire. De la bonne volonte. Si le vocabulaire scientifique est parfois complique pour un francophone il est tres complique pour un allophone. Active durant le confinement.
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Non-PRO (1): AllegroTrans
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Proposed translations
United States
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Native in: English
Works in: French to English
Half-hearted/mixed results overall for the school year
notre équipe a eu une saison en demi-teinte: our team had a season with mixed results
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AllegroTrans
: "Mixed results" would be best; half-hearted sounds too judgemental and is overtranslation
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Yvonne Gallagher
: Mixed results
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Andrew Bramhall
: "Half-hearted" applies to attitude and commitment, or rather lack thereof, and not to attainment. IMHO, better than 'mixed' would be ' indifferent', despite Allegro's vociferous proclamation in favour of the former' ;
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France
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Native in: English (Variants: Irish, British, Wales / Welsh, UK, Scottish)
Works in: French to English, English
Mixed results overall in... (the academic year)
See the third definition here, for "en demi-teinte":
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/demi-teinte
Austria
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Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
all in all, rather middle-of-the-road
Mixed results is already in the ProZ Glossaries - pls. read the second weblink *closely and carefully*, as I have the Discussion Entries.
http://www.wikiwords.org/dictionary/term/397474/792772
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/bus-financial/112592-résultats-en-demi-teinte.html
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AllegroTrans
: Total overtranslation: mixed is mixed is mixed; no need to use "flair and imagination" here
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United Kingdom
Flair and accuracy tailored to your text
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Overall: could/must do better
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AllegroTrans
: Total overtranslation: mixed is mixed is mixed // so swapping the obvious meaning for a judgemental statement that is not in the ST is a sound translation method? Come on...this is dangerous
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Typically dismissive, strident and categoric; you even had to cut and paste your reply to AMM's answer; not impressive.//Not my problem if you lack the flair and imagination to see how this could work.;
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Reference comments
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
Some refs.
1. [ résultats, bilan] mixed. 2. [ rentrée] subdued.
English Translation of “en demi teinte” - Collins Dictionary
Si le tribunal confirme ces réquisitions, certains ne feront pas appel", glisse un avocat en sortant de l'audience, résumant une impression générale de réquisitions en demi-teinte.
Marianne (2021)
"On ne pouvait pas se permettre d'avoir un méchant en demi-teinte, le public doit voir toute sa cruauté", argumente-t-elle.
Allociné (2021)
Le film attirera finalement 632.000 curieux en salles, un score en demi-teinte pour un projet de cette envergure.
Allociné (2021)
Un épisode en demi-teinte qui manque parfois de rythme.
Allociné (2020)
Des petits portraits de femmes qui ne soient pas que des sketches à chute, mais des histoires en demi-teinte, avec des émotions, des petits basculements qui peuvent changer une vie.
Allociné (2021)
Il ne coulait pas de source dans cette vieille terre clivée entre gauche et droite, peu encline aux demi-teintes centristes, en particulier macroniennes.
L'Opinion (2021)
D'où une littérature qui laisse à son lecteur le soin de trancher, qui joue en demi-teintes et refuse d'imposer des certitudes.
Marianne (2021)
Un vote en demi-teinte, voire un rejet, aurait été contre-productif en pleine crise sanitaire.
L'Opinion (2020)
Le refus d'affoler la population explique aussi cette communication en demi-teinte.
L'Opinion (2020)
Parfois, celui-ci le paie par des performances en demi-teinte pendant plusieurs années.
L'Opinion (2021)
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Yvonne Gallagher
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thanks
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Andrew Bramhall
: Not one single example sentence relating to the context here.
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Many of the examples read as "mixed"; not one of them reads as "could/must do better"
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Discussion
Why are you mentioning this ?
https://dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/demi-teinte
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/demi-teinte