upside-down and inside-out

French translation: (complètement) inversé

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English term or phrase:upside-down and inside-out
French translation:(complètement) inversé
Entered by: Alexa Dubreuil

18:45 May 24, 2004
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Philosophy
English term or phrase: upside-down and inside-out
A COMMON REFRAIN FROM THE RIGHT IS THAT ADVOCATES OF AFFIRMATiVE ACTION are guilty of the very thing that they say they are against ~ namely, treating blacks as a separate class. As with much of race-think, this is upside-down and inside-out. The truth is that it is the refusal to see race -- the willful color-blindness of the liberal camp -- that acquiesces to the racial status quo, and does so by consigning blacks to a twilight zone where they are politically invisible. In this way elements of the Left unwittingly join the Right in evading any reckoning with America's greatest crime -- slavery — and its legacy in the present. Like racism itself, this is not a new problem. Writing in 1945, Richard Wright scored the Left as well as the Right for its déniai of racism, and implicitly, of blacks themselves.

The liberal retreat from race is full of political paradox. When forced to confiront thé issue, the liberal will argue that in a racist society, race-based politics are not viable precisely because blacks are an isolated and despised minority. Again, the reasoning is upside-down and inside-out. It is precisely because blacks were an isolated and despised minority that they were forced to seek redress outside of the framework of électoral politics.
Krystrad
Local time: 09:29
(complètement) inversé
Explanation:
j'ai mis "complètement" pour compenser le fait que "upside-down" et "inside-out" n'est traduit que par "inversé"
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Alexa Dubreuil
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:29
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2(complètement) inversé
Alexa Dubreuil
4à revers
paleozon
3 +1complètement faux
RHELLER
4tout le contraire
Germaine
4confond l'envers et l'endroit, l'envers pris pourl'endroit, à 'lenvers à l'endroit
cjohnstone


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(complètement) inversé


Explanation:
j'ai mis "complètement" pour compenser le fait que "upside-down" et "inside-out" n'est traduit que par "inversé"

Alexa Dubreuil
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of: French
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agree  jemo: complètement inversé
5 mins

agree  Graham macLachlan
1 hr
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
à revers


Explanation:
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paleozon
Local time: 03:29
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
complètement faux


Explanation:
raisonnement

upside down and inside out - this type of thinking is completely wrong/ has been turned on its head/ is quite the opposite

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 02:29
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sarahl (X): what storm?
3 hrs
  -> I hope you did not get swept up in the storm :-)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tout le contraire


Explanation:
...d'un point de vue purement racial, c'est tout le contraire.

Germaine
Canada
Local time: 04:29
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
confond l'envers et l'endroit, l'envers pris pourl'endroit, à 'lenvers à l'endroit


Explanation:
non seulement c'est faux mais en plus ça mélange tout dans la tête de gens il faut garder l'image du tissu ou tricot (pour le tricot une maile à l'endroit, une maille à l'envers n'est pas neutre) je garderai un peu de l'image dans cette direction (tu trouveras sûrement mieux)

cjohnstone
France
Local time: 09:29
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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