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jeu des portraits chinois

English translation: personality test // If I was/were a ...

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French term or phrase: jeu des portraits chinois English translation: personality test // If I was/were a ... Entered by: Alain Pommet

10:12 May 1, 2007

French to English translations [PRO] Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
French term or phrase: jeu des portraits chinois Hello everyone, This is a fun game for you to play and help me find the right translation. Others have to guess the name of the person as you compare him/her to an animal or object. But what's its English name please?	Alain Pommet KudoZ activity Questions: 148 (none open) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 1241 Local time: 01:56
personality test // If I was/were a ... Explanation: Just as "Chinese whispers" doesn't translate literally, I don't think this does either, so you were right to have some hestitations, Alain. This game appears in interviews, language teaching etc, but doesn't appear to be named explicitly (at least, I can't find a name). Often seems to be described as "If I/you was/were a ..." or maybe personality quiz/test/game ... Only place I found Chinese portraits was on a site written by a Fr speaker ... I don't think Eng speakers would necessarily understand "Chinese portraits", but personality test/quiz etc, yes ...	Selected response from: Alison Jeffries-Thierry Local time: 09:56
Grading comment Thanks Alison - I decided to use your idea of personality test - good idea that most people would understand. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
3 +2	chinese portraits game	Najib Aloui
3	personality test // If I was/were a ...	Alison Jeffries-Thierry

Discussion entries: 2

Raymonde Gagnier Canada 03:53 May 2, 2007  If you google "chinese portrait" you'll find a lot of hits from native English speaking sources, but they all say that it's a French game. They give the French name for it with a English translation in brackets. You could do the same!:-) Alain Pommet ASKER 19:10 May 1, 2007  Thanks for the answer and comments so far - but what's worrying me is that of only 5 ghits for "chinese portrait game" none are from native English speaking sources. Could there be a more common name for this game? Automatic update in 00:

  

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chinese portraits game Explanation: ...	Najib Aloui Local time: 00:56 Native speaker of: French
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Germaine07 1 hr   -> Merci Germaine! agree  Jim Tucker (X): BUT English wants "portrait" in the singular //// Exactly! 7 hrs   -> Thank you Jim, especially for the remark.The wants of languages are often so capricious...Now I understand, here as a complement of the noun ...
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personality test // If I was/were a ... Explanation: Just as "Chinese whispers" doesn't translate literally, I don't think this does either, so you were right to have some hestitations, Alain. This game appears in interviews, language teaching etc, but doesn't appear to be named explicitly (at least, I can't find a name). Often seems to be described as "If I/you was/were a ..." or maybe personality quiz/test/game ... Only place I found Chinese portraits was on a site written by a Fr speaker ... I don't think Eng speakers would necessarily understand "Chinese portraits", but personality test/quiz etc, yes ...     Reference: http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=77316	Alison Jeffries-Thierry Local time: 09:56 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment Thanks Alison - I decided to use your idea of personality test - good idea that most people would understand.
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