Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 11, 2007 15:33
17 yrs ago
French term
IT and telecommunications specialist
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
gavé(e)
French to English
Other
Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
Video game voice script
This appears in the "How" column in a video game script indicating the speaker's mood, or how the line is to be delivered. Other examples of expressions used in this column are:
triste, en colère, ironique, surpris, inquièt, etc.
triste, en colère, ironique, surpris, inquièt, etc.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | fed up |
Christine Schmit (X)
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| 5 | voir explications |
Céline Débiton
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| 4 | pissed off |
Luisa Moura Almeida
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| 3 | hacked off |
Melzie
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| 3 | disgusted |
cjohnstone
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Proposed translations
+6
7 mins
Selected
fed up
Peer comment(s):
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cjohnstone
: would seem the gist of it in ok language level here
39 mins
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kironne
59 mins
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Julie Barber
: This is totally the meaning, also it's good because it corresponds to the other meanings of gavé
1 hr
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Odette Grille (X)
2 hrs
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Catherine CHAUVIN
: yes, pretty right. In the sense of being tired of it. Enough is enough ! :-)
4 hrs
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone for their very helpful suggestions. I used "fed up" because the client didn't want me to use overly vulgar English and because of the similar origins of the English and French expressions."
8 mins
Céline Débiton
Native in French
Specializes in field
Traduire sans trahir...
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
voir explications
"gaver quelqu'un" = slang for "to give sb a real pain"
"gavé" = "to be fed up with" (but if you can find slang synonym, it'd be better 'coz originally, that's slang French)
"gavé" = "to be fed up with" (but if you can find slang synonym, it'd be better 'coz originally, that's slang French)
11 mins
Luisa Moura Almeida
Punctual, good quality
Native in: Portuguese 
, Dutch
Works in: Dutch to Portuguese, Portuguese to Dutch, Dutch to French, and 4 more.
47 mins
hacked off
a lighter alternative to pissed off, yet with a little more 'punch' ;-) (I feel) than fed up, which was my first reaction.
48 mins
cjohnstone
France
France
Native in French
&
English
France
Experience and feel
Native in: French , English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to French, French to English
disgusted
another idea
Discussion