Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
expériences humaines et culturelles atypiques
English translation:
a different way of life /different cultures
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veratek
Jan 20, 2012 08:03
12 yrs ago
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French term
expériences humaines et culturelles atypiques
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Avide de découverte et d’expériences humaines et culturelles atypiques, Mary s’envole pour le Brésil où elle résidera 5 ans et demi.
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ST Translations
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Professionally qualified and experienced
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
Selected
Keen to discover...
Keen to discover a different way of life / keen to experience different cultures
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Taking into account your "explanation," I think this captured the gist of it best. Thanks. (although I think it would be best if in the future you put the corresponding translation as the answer... "
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Robin Fournier
France
France
Native in French
France
Traducteur & Interprète
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Italian to French, Swedish to French, and 1 more.
unusual cultural and human experiences
pour "atypiques" vous pourriez aussi dire "untypical"
Peer comment(s):
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piazza d
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casper (X)
: Your translation doesn't convey anything meaningful to my ENS ears
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Letredenoblesse
Native in French
Works in field
The Right Word at the Right Time
Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English to French, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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11
atypical human and cultural experiences,
Eager to discover atypical human and cultural experiences
Example sentence:
Although atypical travel experiences like this may be familiar to Walmer, they may be unsettling for Duke undergraduates.
Reference:
http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionaries/french-english/atypique
http://dukechronicle.com/article/program-haiti-faces-uncertainties
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
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Thanks Barbara
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Verginia Ophof
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Thank you Verginia
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Hal D'Arpini
: "Atypical" is less formal in English than in French, and I'm thinking the ST text comes from a less formal source. But I could be wronig.
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Thanks Hal "unusual /uncommon" would be even less formal
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Sébastien GUITTENY
France
France
Native in French
Works in field
France
Tempus fugit sic carpe diem
Native in: French
Works in: French to English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
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8
(eager for) uncommon human and cultural ways of life
Une autre variante des exemples qui précèdent
Peer comment(s):
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Hal D'Arpini
: "Eager for" isn't part of the ST. That should be left for the explanation section.
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C'est pour cela que je l'ai mis entre parenthèses.
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