rester à l'état de paroles

English translation: went no further than spoken words

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)

French term or phrase:	rester à l'état de paroles
English translation:	went no further than spoken words
Entered by:	kashew

20:18 Sep 9, 2009

French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Esoteric practices / Automatic writing

French term or phrase: rester à l'état de paroles

Hello,

Could you help me?
The context : some people practiced automatic writing, a presence immediately manifested itself, it/he answered some questions about life and death, then it/he turned out to be evil, and those people began scared. Everybody was judged by it/him through the writings.

The text:
Des idées negatives nous assaillaient, le mal était partout. Bien entendu, tout cela *rester à l'état de paroles*.

Thanks in advance!

svetlana cosquéric KudoZ activity Questions: 997 (none open) (72 closed without grading) Answers: 2143 France
Local time: 17:26

went no further than spoken words

Explanation:
*remained just spoken words.

Selected response from:

kashew
France
Local time: 17:26

Grading comment

Thank you, kashew!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +1

went no further than spoken words

kashew

3 +1

was no more than words

Lianne Wilson

stayed in the realm of the spoken word

jaynedmoore

remained at the level/in the realm of our minds

mimi 254

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

went no further than spoken words

Explanation:
*remained just spoken words.

kashew
France
Local time: 17:26
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thank you, kashew!

1 hr confidence:

rester à l\'état de paroles stayed in the realm of the spoken word

Explanation:
another possibility

jaynedmoore
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:26
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you, jaynedmoore!

13 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

was no more than words

Explanation:
Just a suggestion, really.

Lianne Wilson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:26
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you, Lianne!

14 hrs confidence:

remained at the level/in the realm of our minds

Explanation:
not physical
what i can think of so far

mimi 254
Local time: 16:26
Native speaker of:

English,

French

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you, mimi254!

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

rester à l'état de paroles

English translation: went no further than spoken words

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

Your current localization setting

Select a language

rester à l'état de paroles

English translation: went no further than spoken words

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

You have native languages that can be verified

Your current localization setting

Select a language