Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
nous renvoyer les choses
English translation:
keeps our feet on the ground
Added to glossary by
B D Finch
Jul 15, 2009 09:30
14 yrs ago
French term
nous renvoyer les choses
French to English
Marketing
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
From an interview with a researcher for a well-known cosmetics company:
"Je peux parler des innovations. D’abord, ce qu’il a de génial dans la recherche aussi, c’est qu’on touche avec les mains. Donc, en fait, il y a un rapport à la réalité qui nous renvoie un petit peu les choses."
Then he goes on to talk about specific ingredients, plants, etc.
I'm having a complete block on how to express this last bit. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
"Je peux parler des innovations. D’abord, ce qu’il a de génial dans la recherche aussi, c’est qu’on touche avec les mains. Donc, en fait, il y a un rapport à la réalité qui nous renvoie un petit peu les choses."
Then he goes on to talk about specific ingredients, plants, etc.
I'm having a complete block on how to express this last bit. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Proposed translations
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Change log
Jul 16, 2009 11:38: B D Finch Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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keeps our feet on the ground
"Claire, who runs the place, still keeps our feet on the ground by calling us all the arseholes of the day when the mood takes her. Which is any given moment ..."
www.snowpatrol.com/blog/default.aspx?did=972
"an empathy with the Internet that few can match and we have an extremely large helping of common sense that keeps our feet on the ground whilst we work in ..."
www.tletech.co.uk/about.php
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"We have the daily routine that keeps our feet on the ground". See the designers in action below - backstage at the FW10 Dolce & Gabbana ..."
www.swide.com/luxury-magazine/en/Style/...s.../16/ -
www.snowpatrol.com/blog/default.aspx?did=972
"an empathy with the Internet that few can match and we have an extremely large helping of common sense that keeps our feet on the ground whilst we work in ..."
www.tletech.co.uk/about.php
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Note added at 25 mins (2009-07-15 09:56:01 GMT)
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"We have the daily routine that keeps our feet on the ground". See the designers in action below - backstage at the FW10 Dolce & Gabbana ..."
www.swide.com/luxury-magazine/en/Style/...s.../16/ -
Note from asker:
| Interesting, thanks. Keeps us grounded is what I had as a tentative solution before posting my question. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks to everyone, a lot of good suggestions."
+1
5 mins
Carmen Schultz
Native in English
Accurate & Reliable
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 2 more.
reflects the way things are for us... ;that puts things in perspective for us...
renvoyer can also mean "to reflect" and I think it works in this context
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Noémi Ilona Tóth
: I like this and I could use "we can come back to tangible earth"
49 mins
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merci !
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+1
7 mins
puts us back in touch with things
It's a bit of a paraphrase but something like "putting us back in touch with the tangible or real things of life" Perhaps someone else might like to elaborate on this!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
John Peterson
: I think that keeping the "tactile" bit is important - a looser translation might be "it's a way of being in touch, in all senses of the term"
27 mins
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1 hr
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Israel
Israel
Native in English
Israel
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Native in: English , Romanian
Works in: French to English, Hebrew to English, Romanian to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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19
we can get the feel of things
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-15 10:53:25 GMT)
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or get back into the feel of things
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-15 10:53:25 GMT)
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or get back into the feel of things
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