freak sideshow clown

French translation: espèce de clown ridicule

11:32 Sep 9, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama /
English term or phrase: freak sideshow clown
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cenek tomas
France
Local time: 08:31
French translation:espèce de clown ridicule
Explanation:
La véritable expression est "freak, sideshow clown".

http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom?page=1&topicid=198286
"QXC isn't a celebrity... he acted like it was a great pleasure for us to listen to his talking ass... we want commentators... not some freak, sideshow clown.."

http://www.themirl.com/writers_mcdevitt050906.html
"How this freak, sideshow clown has snuck his way back onto a Major League roster once again is something that only Mets management can answer."

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Note added at 11 mins (2011-09-09 11:43:49 GMT)
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En plus court : charlot, baltringue...
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3espèce de clown ridicule
Mehdi Caps
4clown de petit musée des horreurs
bawden (X)
3Un clown de cirque bizarre
Yannick Brisebois (X)
3 -1un numéro de cirque ridicule
Isabelle F. Brunet


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
espèce de clown ridicule


Explanation:
La véritable expression est "freak, sideshow clown".

http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom?page=1&topicid=198286
"QXC isn't a celebrity... he acted like it was a great pleasure for us to listen to his talking ass... we want commentators... not some freak, sideshow clown.."

http://www.themirl.com/writers_mcdevitt050906.html
"How this freak, sideshow clown has snuck his way back onto a Major League roster once again is something that only Mets management can answer."

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Note added at 11 mins (2011-09-09 11:43:49 GMT)
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En plus court : charlot, baltringue...

Mehdi Caps
Local time: 09:31
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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agree  piazza d
4 hrs
  -> Merci.

agree  Jocelyne Cuenin: espèce de pour l'insulte, parfait. Moi, j'aime beaucoup charlot en tout cas.
1 day 46 mins
  -> Merci.

agree  enrico paoletti
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Merci.
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Un clown de cirque bizarre


Explanation:
Je pense que sideshow se réfère à cirque dans cette expression. Pour freak, on peut utiliser bizarre, étrange ou monstrueux selon le cas.


Yannick Brisebois (X)
Canada
Local time: 02:31
Native speaker of: French
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
un numéro de cirque ridicule


Explanation:
Dans ce cas je traduirais par 'un numéro de cirque ridicule'.

Isabelle F. Brunet
Local time: 02:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Yannick Brisebois (X): Le sujet ici est le clown et non le numéro
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clown de petit musée des horreurs


Explanation:
freak is not ordinary
sideshow implies secondary entertainment

bawden (X)
Local time: 08:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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