Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
au second degré
English translation:
in a peculiar way
Added to glossary by
jean-jacques alexandre
Jul 3, 2007 19:50
16 yrs ago
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French term
United States
au second degré
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
memoir
Another entry for this on ProZ was for 'between the lines' or 'on another level.' It seems like that might work here, the young boy in the memoirist's recollection is happy in spite of material want.
"Même si le monde dans lequel je vis est morose, je suis heureux au « second degré » et je me réfugie dans mon univers imaginaire que j’idéalise naïvement."
"Même si le monde dans lequel je vis est morose, je suis heureux au « second degré » et je me réfugie dans mon univers imaginaire que j’idéalise naïvement."
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Jul 9, 2007 22:23: jean-jacques alexandre Created KOG entry
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jean-jacques alexandre
France
France
Native in French
Works in field
France
never lost in translation
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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25
Selected
in a peculiar way
( on ) another level ?
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Well, yes - "in my own way" is what I used."
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John Di Rico
France
France
Native in French
&
English
France
Legal, Marketing, Finance and IT
Native in: English , French
Works in: French to English
as happy as you might expect
Just throwing out an idea
+1
21 mins
below the surface
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Note added at 21 mins (2007-07-03 20:11:46 GMT)
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Collins Robert
just an idea though
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Note added at 21 mins (2007-07-03 20:11:46 GMT)
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Collins Robert
just an idea though
+1
41 mins
on a different/another plane
the old translations you found referred to "au second degré" in relation to HUMOUR
Peer comment(s):
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Odette Grille (X)
43 mins
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1 hr
for all the gloom(y)... , I feel happy to some extent
You could perhaps use the word "beyond" in the main clause to convey the idea of level.
+1
1 hr
Katarina Peters
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Specializes in field
Canada
Accuracy and A1 presentation
Native in: Hungarian , English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Hungarian to English, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
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14
deep down
another expression meaning that deep down in your soul you are still happy, even if you you expected more.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-07-03 21:08:11 GMT)
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typo: inadvertently repeated you
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-07-03 21:08:11 GMT)
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typo: inadvertently repeated you
Peer comment(s):
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Ben Gaia
: Yup nice and simple, works well in English. Often 2 syllables in Anglo-Saxon will express five French syllables...:-)
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Thanks, Ben!
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Conor McAuley
France
France
Native in English
France
Excellence, Expertise & Experience
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, British, Wales / Welsh, UK, Scottish)
Works in: French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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30
in my imagination / in the world in my head / in the world I've created in my mind
HTH
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-07-04 16:06:14 GMT)
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in my second life
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-07-04 16:06:14 GMT)
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in my second life
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