Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
il releva le veston au niveau des epaulettes
English translation:
he hunched up his shoulders
Added to glossary by
Yvonne Gallagher
Apr 2, 2011 08:42
13 yrs ago
French term
il releva le veston au niveau des epaulettes
French to English
Art/Literary
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
A character entering a club cum brothel in 1930s Paris.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | he hunched up his shoulders |
Yvonne Gallagher
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| 4 +1 | he turned up his coat collar |
A Word For I (X)
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| 3 | he worked up his shoulders in his jacket |
Euqinimod (X)
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| 3 | lifted up his shoulders (and jacket) |
silvester55
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Apr 7, 2011 20:01: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
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he hunched up his shoulders
I would omit jacket/epaulettes as I assume there has already been a description of how he is dressed
Hunching up shoulders is body language for tension/anger/fear/cold etc
more words here might help!
Shoulders hunched up can be a sign that the person is cold (they may be shivering too). Often, this is a sign of tension, often from anxiety or fear. ...
Raised - Curved forward - Pushed back - Circling
changingminds.org/.../body/.../shoulder_body_language.htm - Cached - Similar
He saw Rose Dexter standing outside her place when he drove by, and he hunched up his shoulders and turned his head, hoping she would think he was Searcy. ...
www.scafo.org/library/130105.html - Cached - Similar
But he always walked with his shoulders hunched up and always wore too small shoes. His clothes were also old and shabby, like he had slept with them. ...
www.hotshotdigital.com/artist/nick_drake/biography/ - Cached - Similar
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try this link again
Shoulders hunched up can be a sign that the person is cold (they may be shivering too). Often, this is a sign of tension, often from anxiety or fear
changingminds.org › ... › Parts-of-the-body language - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2011-04-04 22:30:53 GMT)
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google it with "hunched up shoulders"!
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Note added at 5 days (2011-04-07 19:59:23 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to help
Hunching up shoulders is body language for tension/anger/fear/cold etc
more words here might help!
Shoulders hunched up can be a sign that the person is cold (they may be shivering too). Often, this is a sign of tension, often from anxiety or fear. ...
Raised - Curved forward - Pushed back - Circling
changingminds.org/.../body/.../shoulder_body_language.htm - Cached - Similar
He saw Rose Dexter standing outside her place when he drove by, and he hunched up his shoulders and turned his head, hoping she would think he was Searcy. ...
www.scafo.org/library/130105.html - Cached - Similar
But he always walked with his shoulders hunched up and always wore too small shoes. His clothes were also old and shabby, like he had slept with them. ...
www.hotshotdigital.com/artist/nick_drake/biography/ - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2011-04-04 22:29:35 GMT)
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try this link again
Shoulders hunched up can be a sign that the person is cold (they may be shivering too). Often, this is a sign of tension, often from anxiety or fear
changingminds.org › ... › Parts-of-the-body language - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2011-04-04 22:30:53 GMT)
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google it with "hunched up shoulders"!
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Note added at 5 days (2011-04-07 19:59:23 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to help
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Yes, it's the "theatrical" shoulder movement. He does it earlier on "pour se donner un air". Many thanks."
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he turned up his coat collar
This is one way -
In this example the protagonist lifts his coat collar and turns it up to meet the cool (and wet, foggy) weather - a gesture or movement that equally could be transposed to the atmosphere of another sort where the physical movement might have another purpose - to obscure identification. Also seems to fit the 30's heritage Franco-American cross polination of this genre across the decades (e.g. film "Bob le Flambeur").
http://www.freefictionbooks.org/books/l/17037-a-lost-leader-...
A Lost Leader by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Borrowdean shivered a little as he turned up his coat collar
They all came out into the drive to see him start. A curious change had come over the bright spring day. A grey sea-fog had drifted inland, the sunlight was obscured, the larks were silent. Borrowdean shivered a little as he turned up his coat-collar.
"So Nature has her little caprices, even--in paradise!" he remarked.
..."It will blow over in an hour," Mannering said. "A breath of wind, and the whole thing is gone."...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_le_flambeur
Bob, a middle-aged gambler and ex-con living in the Montmartre district of Paris, experiences a run of bad luck that leaves him nearly broke. Bob is a gentleman with scruples, well-liked in the demi-monde community. He has unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in the past, and has spent time in prison.
In this example the protagonist lifts his coat collar and turns it up to meet the cool (and wet, foggy) weather - a gesture or movement that equally could be transposed to the atmosphere of another sort where the physical movement might have another purpose - to obscure identification. Also seems to fit the 30's heritage Franco-American cross polination of this genre across the decades (e.g. film "Bob le Flambeur").
http://www.freefictionbooks.org/books/l/17037-a-lost-leader-...
A Lost Leader by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Borrowdean shivered a little as he turned up his coat collar
They all came out into the drive to see him start. A curious change had come over the bright spring day. A grey sea-fog had drifted inland, the sunlight was obscured, the larks were silent. Borrowdean shivered a little as he turned up his coat-collar.
"So Nature has her little caprices, even--in paradise!" he remarked.
..."It will blow over in an hour," Mannering said. "A breath of wind, and the whole thing is gone."...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_le_flambeur
Bob, a middle-aged gambler and ex-con living in the Montmartre district of Paris, experiences a run of bad luck that leaves him nearly broke. Bob is a gentleman with scruples, well-liked in the demi-monde community. He has unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in the past, and has spent time in prison.
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: how do les épaulettes turn into le col?
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By transfrerence, they are at the same level. Both from shoulder level. Could someone turn up [officer's or officer candidate's] shoulder boards? It's not the "epaulettes", it's the level. + maybe there is some other allusion here (officer - of the Law?)
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Yolanda Broad
: Sounds like he's trying to keep his face from being seen, doesn't it? Maybe he was hunching his shoulders inside his jacket?
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he worked up his shoulders in his jacket
Une suggestion.
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lifted up his shoulders (and jacket)
I read your discussion entry , that's why i posted this proposition
He lifted up his shoulders , pour se donner de l'assurance peut etre ?
He lifted up his shoulders , pour se donner de l'assurance peut etre ?
Discussion
There’s a certain element of theatricality in all this. He’s emphasising to a newly-arrived acquaintance his familiarity with the district and how well-known and respected he is. Which is true, but he’s almost “acting the part”, as it were. He’s wearing a “costume à parements larges”, an “Oliver”/street urchin-style cap pulled down over his forehead, and pointed shoes. So turning up the jacket collar would fit.
However, at an earlier stage, the same character is described as always entering the local clubs and brothels in the same manner – by rolling his shoulders.