Quelle perte de temps......!!

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Quelle perte de temps......!!
Message de steeve34 posté le 15-02-2006 à 15:23:30 (S | E | F | I)
Bonjour à tous.

Encore un thème ? Et grammatical de surcroît...!
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Correction:Vendredi 24 février 2006.

Quelle perte de temps.

Personne ne m'a expliqué où avait lieu la réunion, alors j'ai cherché la salle pendant une demi-heure et finalement je suis rentré chez moi. Là, il y avait un message sur le répondeur disant que la réunion avait été annulée à la dernière minute. Je regrette ( utiliser wish ) qu'on ne m'ait pas prévenu plus tôt !
J'ai passé toute la matinée à ne rien faire d' intéressant. Quelle perte de temps !

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de jasonwade, postée le 15-02-2006 à 16:16:10 (S | E)
Bon je me lance...

What a waste of time.

Nobody told me where the meeting was, so I've looked for the room (place?) for half an hour and I finally (eventually?) went back to my place. here, there (4)was a message on the machine saying the meeting had been called-off at the last minute. I wish someone told me earlier!
I spent the whole morning (forenoon?) to do nothing interesting. What a waste of time!

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de aureliano, postée le 15-02-2006 à 17:59:10 (S | E)
hello Steve,

What a waste of time.

Nobody explained to me where the meeting would be, so I looked for the room for half an hour and eventually I went back home. There, was a message left on the answering machine saying that the meeting had been cancelled at the last minute. I wish I had been informed earlier. I spent the whole morning doing nothing interesting. What a waste of time !

and have a nice holidays (if you have any) !

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de maya13, postée le 15-02-2006 à 18:55:27 (S | E)
hello steeve,

What a waste of time !

Nobody told me where the meeting took place, so I've tried to find the room for half an hour and eventually went back home. There I found a recorded message saying that the meeting had been cancelled at the last minute. I wish I had been informed earlier.
I spent the whole morning doing nothing interesting. What a waste of time !

thanks to you I'm sure this translation will not be a waste of time.

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de mp27, postée le 15-02-2006 à 19:47:17 (S | E)
What a waste of time!

Nobody explained to me where the meeting was taking place, so, I spent half an hour looking for the room and finally, I went back home. There, I found a message on my answerphone saying that the meeting had been cancelled at the last minute. I wish I had been warned earlier about it!
I spent the whole morning doing nothing interesting. What a waste of time!

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de nadine13, postée le 16-02-2006 à 13:27:08 (S | E)
hello!!

what a waste of time!

nobody explained me where the meeting was, so i have looked for the meeting-place for half an hour and at last I went back home.
There, i had a message on my answering-machine to say that the meeting had cancelled at the last minute. I wish i had been informed earlier.
I spent all the morning doing nothing interesting. what a waste of time!

à toi Steeve!

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de robinou, postée le 16-02-2006 à 14:23:25 (S | E)
Bonjour Steeve 34

What a waste of time.

Nobody explained me where the meeting was taking place.
Then,I sought the room for a half an hour and I finally returned home.
Here,there was a message on the answering machine saying that the meeting had been canceled at the last minute.
I wish I had warned earlier per nobody.
La phrase ci dessus me chagrine , je vais changer par du passif :
I wish I had been warned earlier .
I have been spending all day long nothing interesting to do.
What a waste of time!

Denis

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Modifié par robinou le 16-02-2006 16:46

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de masselotte, postée le 16-02-2006 à 15:54:54 (S | E)
Bonjour steeve34

Nobody has explained to me where the meeting occurred ,then I have to looked for the room during thirty minutes and finally I went back my home.There ,it was a message on the answering machine telling that the meeting had been calling off at the latest minute.I wished that we had not warning earliest!
I spent my entire morning to do nothing.What's a waste of time

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de s68, postée le 16-02-2006 à 20:21:15 (S | E)
Hello Steeve
What waste of time
Nobody explained me where the meeting took place. Then I looked for the room during half and hour, and finally I returned at home. There, there was an message on answering machine saying that the meeting had been cancelled at the last minute. I regret wish that me was not warned earlier. I spend all the morning nothing of interesting to do.
Wat a waste of time.

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de jammy, postée le 16-02-2006 à 20:22:24 (S | E)
Salut!!!

What a waste of time.

Nobody has explained to me where the meeting was to take place, then I looked for the room for half an hour, and I finally came back home where there was a message on the answering machine saying the meeting had been cancelled at the last minute. I wish I had been warned sooner! I have spent all morning long doing nothing interesting. What a waste of time

Merci Steeve

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de rolball, postée le 17-02-2006 à 10:58:08 (S | E)
Hello and thank you for the training.

What a wasting time!

Nobody has explained to me where the meeting is taken place, and I have been surching for the room at least a half an hour then I went back home. A message has been left there on the answering machine telling that the meeting has been cancelled by the last minute.
I wished I had been informed earlier!
I have been spending all day, but nothing worthwhile.
What a wasting time!

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de nolle, postée le 21-02-2006 à 12:15:26 (S | E)
Hello Steeve,
A waste of time
Nobody had explained to me where the meeting occured. Then, I had looked for the room for half an hour and, at the end, I went back home. There was a message on my answering machine saying that the meeting had been cancelled at the last minute. I wish I had been warned before. I spent the whole morning doing nothing interesting. What a waste of time !

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de steeve34, postée le 24-02-2006 à 17:14:55 (S | E)
Bonjour à tous,

Voici quelques remarques générales.

1- Pour les anglais "time is money". Cela est tellement vrai qu'ils emploient les mêmes verbes pour parler aussi bien du temps que de l'argent.
A savoir to spend; to waste; to save.
Remarque sur WASTE.
a)- waste signifie "perte"; "gâchis" dans ce cas il est considéré comme un dénombrable. On le fait précéder de l'article indéfini dans l'expression "it's a waste of time/money....
Ainsi dans la structure exclamative, on a:
" What a waste of time !
b)- waste signifie "déchets"( waste = rubbish) et dans ce cas c'est un indénombrable.
Ainsi "les déchets nucléaires" se traduit par "nuclear waste".

2-La voix passive.

La voix passive se forme de façon identique en français et en anglais.
to be;être + participe passé.
Cependant les anglais ont une tendance prononcée à utiliser la voix passive et c'est spontanément qu'ils emploient le passif.
C'est pour cette raison que j'ai traduit la première phrase à la voix passive.
A la voix active on aurait eu:
"No one had explained to me where....." qui est une construction correcte mais lourde.

3-To take place signifie avoir lieu; se dérouler; se passer.
On emploie ce verbe pour parler de quelquechose qui a été organisé, prévu de longue date (une fête, un gala, un mariage ) et qui ne sera ni annulé ni reporté.
EX: The wedding will take place in St Peter's Church.
The contest takes place every four years.
Toutefois je ne blamerai pas ceux qui ont employé ce verbe.
To occur ne convient pas ici car il signifie arriver , survenir de façon inattendue.
Pour rester neutre on utilise "to hold a meeting".
EX: A meeting will be held in the city hall on Thursday at 2 pm.

4-To seek ne convient pas.
to seek veut dire chercher dans le sens de chercher un emploi, chercher la solution d'un problème ou chercher l'âme soeur (Virgo woman seeks scorpio man).

5- Une demi-heure.
Half an hour ou a half hour.

6- I wish ......
N'oubliez pas de transformer la négation en affimation quand vous traduisez
regretter par whish .
EX: I wish I had more spare time.
I wish I could help you. (I wish I could help, implies that I can't
help).

7- To warn.
To warn signifie mettre en garde, avertir de l'existence d'un risque.
EX: "Be careful, the rocks are slippery", Alex warned.
signifie aussi prévenir afin qu'il n'y ait ni surprise ni inquiétude.
EX: Can yo warn your wife you're going to be back late ?
Ici il est préférable d'utliser to tell /to inform/to let know.
Ces verbes signifient AVERTIR dans le sens de AVISER.
EX: Why didn't you tell me that you would be late ?

8-Finalement peut se traduire par finally; in the end; eventually

9-Notez l'expression idiomatique
"At the eleventh hour"= at the last possible moment. A la dernière seconde.

Voici ma proposition.

What a waste of time !

I hadn't been told where the meeting was being held, so I looked for the conference hall for half an hour and eventuallly went home. Thre was a message on my answering machine saying the meeting had been cancelled at the last minute.
I wish I had been told earlier. I spent the whole morning doing nothing interesting.
What a waste of time !

Je vous remercie de votre participation.
Je reste à votre disposition pour toute question relative à ce sujet.

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de papypol, postée le 02-03-2006 à 20:39:26 (S | E)
PEUT-ON dire "I wish I should have been told"
lourd ou simplement incorrect ?Merci

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de traviskidd, postée le 02-03-2006 à 21:36:23 (S | E)
Simplement incorrect. "Were" ou "had been" seulement peuvent convenir. Pas "should have been".

Réponse: Quelle perte de temps......!! de papypol, postée le 03-03-2006 à 18:16:58 (S | E)
MERCI

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