That's cool. I hear that.

French translation: Grave, t'as raison.

09:07 Sep 4, 2014
English to French translations [PRO]
Slang / I hear that
English term or phrase: That's cool. I hear that.
Bonjour
Que veut-dire ce "I hear that" DANS LE CONTEXTE SUIVANT :

Extrait d'un film canadien :
Une jeune femme fait du camping avec des amis. Un type vient s'asseoir à côte d'elle. Ils engagent la conversation. elle lui demande ce qu'il fait dans la vie. Il lui répond :

- In the winter, I clear snow. Sometimes, I wrok at the rink. In the summer, I drink"

ET elle de dire, en trinquant avec lui :

- That's cool. I hear that.

Précision : Lui est un genre de redneck, un peu rustre. Elle, est plutôt une fille de bonne famille qui essaie de paraître cool.

Merci pour vos idées !
soperilleux
Local time: 14:08
French translation:Grave, t'as raison.
Explanation:
I believe she wants to appear cool herself despite her upper-class background.

A literal translation like "je t'entends" or "je vois" would not reflect that attitude. Consequently, I would recommand to use French slang language indicating that she supports his way of life.

I hope this helps!
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Kevin Martin
France
Local time: 14:08
Grading comment
De loin, la meilleure proposition. Merci !
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Grave, t'as raison.
Kevin Martin
3 +2C'est cool. Je vois ça.
Stephanie Ev (X)
3 +2Trop cool
AnneMarieG
3 +1Cool; je t'entends
katsy
4Compris!
Irène Guinez
4 -1C'est bien. J'entends parler de cela
Ijeoma
3Pour sûr, c'est cool
chantal Baranski
3c'est cool, ça me parle.
Alain Boulé
Summary of reference entries provided
urban dictionary
Isabelle Cluzel

Discussion entries: 4





  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
that's cool. i hear that.
Cool; je t'entends


Explanation:
I suggest this, having heard it not two days ago in the mouth of a person acknowledging that his interlocutor's complaint was genuine, while doing nothing about it.

In the same way a psychologist/listener may say "I hear you", meaning "I understand your concern". The advantage in THAT context is that the psychologist/listener need not express an explicit opinion.

I would translate into standard English by: "That's nice; I see"

See here also- one of the suggestions in answer to the question was "je t'entends'. It was not chosen by the asker the the context given. http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/general_conversa...

Isabelle's suggestion is interesting; however "I hear you" is now - at least in the UK - a frequent way of saying "I see"... (coz it's cool I s'pose!!)

katsy
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jocelyne Cuenin: Je remarque de plus en plus souvent l'expression : « J'entends bien. »
81 days
  -> Oui moi aussi ;-) Merci Petitavoine!
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
that's cool. i hear that.
C'est cool. Je vois ça.


Explanation:
I think she means to say she understands what he's talking about and also that she agrees by sharing a drink with him.

Stephanie Ev (X)
France
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  GILOU
3 hrs

agree  Annie Rigler
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
that\'s cool. i hear that.
Grave, t'as raison.


Explanation:
I believe she wants to appear cool herself despite her upper-class background.

A literal translation like "je t'entends" or "je vois" would not reflect that attitude. Consequently, I would recommand to use French slang language indicating that she supports his way of life.

I hope this helps!

Kevin Martin
France
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
De loin, la meilleure proposition. Merci !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Victoria Britten: With a query about your punctuation - but I'm not a native...
48 mins

agree  AnneMarieG: "cool, je kiffe grave" ; mais je crois qu'il manque un COD dans ma proposition : avis aux expert/e/s !
6 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
that's cool. i hear that.
C'est bien. J'entends parler de cela


Explanation:
Ayant entendu la réponse du type au sujet de ce qu’il fait dans la vie, la jeune femme réagis ainsi. C’est une mannière de dire que ce type de travail est un peu bizarre mais que quant même, ça peut aller.

Ijeoma
Nigeria
Local time: 14:08

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  chantal Baranski: la jeune femme réagiT/ maNière / QuanD même. La traduction de j'entends parler de cela = I've heard of this/ I've heard about it etc.
46 mins
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
that's cool. i hear that.
Pour sûr, c'est cool


Explanation:
sugg

chantal Baranski
United States
Local time: 09:08
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
that\'s cool. i hear that.
Trop cool


Explanation:
Je ne mettrais que ça ; éventuellement précédé d'un : Aah

AnneMarieG
France
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  katsy: ah ouais... trop génial! (mieux que ma proposition!) et puis ça correspond bien à ce qu'on entend dans le parler "djeun" :-)
32 mins
  -> Merci, entre "djeuns" !

agree  Odile Raymond
4 days
  -> Merci Odile !
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
that's cool. i hear that.
c'est cool, ça me parle.


Explanation:
Suggestion

Alain Boulé
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
that's cool. i hear that.
Compris!


Explanation:
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Irène Guinez
Spain
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: French
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Reference comments


7 mins
Reference: urban dictionary

Reference information:
A redneck slang phrase, which translated for white people means, "I concur with that observation."
John boy: Man, dat dale earnheart Jr. don't got no skill in NASCAR

Bubba: I hear that

Isabelle Cluzel
France
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  B D Finch: Rednecks ARE white people!
26 mins
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