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post-servant

French translation: sans domestiques

07:16 May 2, 2010
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / excerpt from a novel by Kate Atkinson
English term or phrase: post-servant
context :
'an estate of modern comfortable housing for the post-war, post-servant world of small families'.
Any help to translate into French 'post servant' ?
Merci !
RocMer
Local time: 20:02
French translation:sans domestiques
Explanation:
* un monde sans dom.
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kashew
France
Local time: 20:02
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merci
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1sans domestiques
kashew
3"post-ancillaire"
Charlotte Trillaud


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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sans domestiques


Explanation:
* un monde sans dom.

kashew
France
Local time: 20:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
merci

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Y-e-s — but doesn't that rather miss out the idea of 'post-'? I.e. that there used to be, but aren't any more? I think it's a shame to lose the author's nice turn of phrase.
3 mins
  -> Yes, I realised that: so maybe "l'après domestiques"?
agree  leroym
4 hrs
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
"post-ancillaire"


Explanation:
Si vous souhaitez conserver le terme de post ("d'après"), mais il s'agit d'une création!
ancillaire: adJ; qui se rapporte aux servants, domestiques

Charlotte Trillaud
Local time: 20:02
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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