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  • 15-03-2007 2:37pm
    #1
    UU
    Closed Accounts Posts: 879 ✭✭✭


    Who'd like a go?

    ce que la directrice avait bien pu vouloir dire par :

    I got this translation from http://www.online-translator.com/

    what the head had been able to well want to say by

    I really couldn't make much sense from it...


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  • #2
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    "ce que la directrice avait bien pu vouloir dire par:"

    "what the director (head teacher? - depends on context) meant by saying:"


  • #3
    UU
    Closed Accounts Posts: 879 ✭✭✭UU


    Bien, merci de vos efforts. Cette sentence est assez difficile de traduire, n'est-ce pas ? Donc "avait bien pu vouloir" en anglais est "had meant". D'accord.


  • #4
    Kwekubo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭Kwekubo


    I think it's something more like "what the director could well have wanted to say by ..."


  • #5
    skyhighflyer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭skyhighflyer


    What the director could well have intended to say...

    What the director could have meant by...


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