Nov 1, 2005 23:03
18 yrs ago
French term
Tût tûûût!
French to English
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It is meant as the honking sound of a touring bus. How would this translate into English (pref. UK)?
Tût tûûût!
Thanks :-)
It is meant as the honking sound of a touring bus. How would this translate into English (pref. UK)?
Tût tûûût!
Thanks :-)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +11 | Toot tooot! |
sets
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| 3 +3 | honk honk |
RHELLER
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| 3 +1 | on ne traduit pas |
DocteurPC
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| 4 | Beep beeeep! |
emm
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Proposed translations
+11
4 mins
French term (edited):
T�t t���t!
Selected
Toot tooot!
Basically the same noise as in France!!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
DocteurPC
: oui, tut ou toot - c'est pareil ;-)
1 min
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| agree |
Sylvia Smith
: yes, buses make the same noise around the world! :)
1 min
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| agree |
Richard Hedger
: definitely
11 mins
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| agree |
Enza Longo
22 mins
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| agree |
Anne Grimes
40 mins
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| agree |
Will Matter
1 hr
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| agree |
Karen Tkaczyk
: Toot is used more in the UK and honk more in the US, in my experience.
3 hrs
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| agree |
NancyLynn
: with Karen
4 hrs
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| agree |
David Goward
6 hrs
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| agree |
Clare Macnamara
8 hrs
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| agree |
Rachel Fell
: I might add a couple more "o"s - toot tooooot!
13 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci :-)"
+1
5 mins
French term (edited):
T�t t���t!
on ne traduit pas
onomatopée - je ne traduirait pas...
beep, beep, beep?
beep, beep, beep?
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
RHELLER
: beep beep is good
22 mins
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| neutral |
David Goward
: It does need to be translated. You can't leave those "û"s in an English text! Is the Road Runner driving the bus? ;-)
6 hrs
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probably the Road Runner ;-) - but I voted for toot, toot in any case ;-)
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+3
27 mins
French term (edited):
T�t t���t!
honk honk
toot is mainly used in children's books
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Enza Longo
: so right!!
2 mins
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merci Enza :-)
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| agree |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: right
18 mins
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thanks Jane - this was a really hard one :-)
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| agree |
Will Matter
: Also completely and perfectly acceptable, just depends which one the asker prefers to use. Hi, Rita.
1 hr
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Hi Will :-)
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| neutral |
David Goward
: As Karen T. says under Graham's answer, must be a UK v. US thing. To my UK ears, the "honk honk" noise is made by a goose ;-)
6 hrs
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15 hrs
French term (edited):
T�t t���t!
Beep beeeep!
Probably too late to help but "toot" tends to be more instrumental.
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