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de façon raisonnable cependant

English translation: ... (but within reason)

09:52 Oct 8, 2019
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Biography
French term or phrase: de façon raisonnable cependant
Hi! I am translating a website from French into English, and in the part where it talks about the founders of the business I found this sentence that I have a hard time expressing in English!

"Ses deux fondateurs se sont rencontrés sur les bancs de HEC Lausanne. Ils partagent le même goût de l’aventure (de façon raisonnable cependant, quitter leurs montagnes fut déjà un sacré choc)."

(Swiss) French speakers help! :)
Rebecca Breekveldt
Austria
English translation:... (but within reason)
Explanation:
they like adventures, but they don't take stupid risks, nor they are obsessed about it.
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Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:21
Grading comment
Thank you! Yes, that ended up making sense :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5... (but within reason)
Daryo
5but in reasonable fashion/manner
Ali Sharifi
4 +1but within limits/up to a certain point
Josephine Cassar
4(taking) calculated risk
SafeTex
2 +1in moderation, however
Marco Solinas


Discussion entries: 3





  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
in moderation, however


Explanation:
I think this is what they mean

Marco Solinas
Local time: 00:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 41

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Wilson
21 mins
neutral  Tony M: Right idea, but I'm not entirely comfortable with using 'in moderation' with 'adventure' — unless your intention is to be deliberately funny?
40 mins
neutral  Daryo: you could drink "in moderation" - I can't see a parallel between drinking and mountaineering ...
8 hrs
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
le goût de l’aventure (de façon raisonnable cependant)
... (but within reason)


Explanation:
they like adventures, but they don't take stupid risks, nor they are obsessed about it.

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 105
Grading comment
Thank you! Yes, that ended up making sense :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: "...nor are they..." :-)
10 mins
  -> Yes, I see it now, I rearranged the sentence without rechecking. Thanks!
agree  B D Finch
28 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Verginia Ophof
4 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Yolanda Broad
12 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Michele Fauble
18 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(taking) calculated risk


Explanation:
Hello

If it's extreme sports, the standard term for me is "calculated risks"


    Reference: http://www.xtremespots.com/news/why-are-extreme-sports-worth...
    https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6HOECwAAQBAJ&pg=PT136&lpg=PT136&dq=calculated+risk+in+extreme+sports&source=bl&ots=xJOHNFl6z6&sig=ACfU3U
SafeTex
France
Local time: 09:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: the notion of "extreme" is a bit like beauty - it's all in the eye of the beholder. You can do quite safely so called "dangerous sports" as long as you don't switch your brain off. Also, there isn't ANY unique "standard term" about risks you may face.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
but in reasonable fashion/manner


Explanation:
We have the exact equivalent in English given above.

Ali Sharifi
United States
Local time: 03:21
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Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
but within limits/up to a certain point


Explanation:
Here it means 'not completely'

Josephine Cassar
Malta
Local time: 09:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in MalteseMaltese
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  abe(L)solano: Yes! "up to a certain point, since it was difficult (for them) to quit their mountains..."
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