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Message de vazoy posté le 17-04-2010 à 11:37:34 (S | E | F)
Hello everybody,
Could anyone translate into French
" You can't help but believe him as he informs you that..."
Thank you very much.
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Modifié par lucile83 le 17-04-2010 11:46
Message de vazoy posté le 17-04-2010 à 11:37:34 (S | E | F)
Hello everybody,
Could anyone translate into French
" You can't help but believe him as he informs you that..."
Thank you very much.
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Modifié par lucile83 le 17-04-2010 11:46
Réponse: Meaning of a sentence de lucile83, postée le 17-04-2010 à 11:48:32 (S | E)
Hello vazoy,
What do you suggest first?
Regards.
Réponse: Meaning of a sentence de vazoy, postée le 17-04-2010 à 12:03:15 (S | E)
I thought "On ne peut s'empecher de le croire quand il vous informe que..."
Réponse: Meaning of a sentence de headway, postée le 17-04-2010 à 12:26:16 (S | E)
Bonjour,
Pourquoi pas: On ne peut pas faire autrement que de le croire quand...
Regards.
Réponse: Meaning of a sentence de prescott, postée le 17-04-2010 à 12:32:48 (S | E)
Hello,
Yes, I think you got the idea,
but, as far as I know, on peut pas s'empêcher de le croire is used for bad news or bad reputation, [après une dénégation: il prétend que ce n'est pas lui... mais on n'est pas dupes]
I would say something like:
"Il est difficile de ne pas le croire quand" [standard conversational when you support the guy]
"On ne peut pas ne pas le croire" [stronger: He's trustable or I've got some kind of garantees]
"On aurait tendance à le croire quand il dit..." [il est persuasif, mais un petit doute subsiste]
Réponse: Meaning of a sentence de notrepere, postée le 18-04-2010 à 06:48:00 (S | E)
Hello:I get a different sense from this statement. I agree that the statement implies a choice as to whether to believe him, but he is so persuasive, you have no choice as to whether to believe him.
"You can't help but..." means, essentially, "You have no control..."
The police have informed you that your brother has been killed. You don't believe it, but they show you the photos and ... you can't help but believe it.
You may not WANT to believe it, but you've seen the photos and you've been persuaded.
Cordialement...
Réponse: Meaning of a sentence de prescott, postée le 18-04-2010 à 07:03:28 (S | E)
Hello,
This sense is the first one I gave as "standard": "Il est difficile de ne pas le croire quand...[+ evidence]"
Réponse: Meaning of a sentence de willy, postée le 18-04-2010 à 10:24:04 (S | E)
Hello!
Or shorter :
On ne peut que le croire quand il vous annonce que ...
Réponse: Meaning of a sentence de notrepere, postée le 18-04-2010 à 22:26:18 (S | E)
Hello prescott:
Si tu avais dit "il est impossible...", j'aurais été d'accord
Réponse: Meaning of a sentence de r4shka, postée le 20-04-2010 à 20:11:23 (S | E)
Bonjour,
I think that it is like : "On ne peut que le croire quand il nous informe que..."
I'm not in an University, but my knowledge of French and English are pretty good...
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Modifié par lucile83 le 20-04-2010 20:58
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