Coup de vieux

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Coup de vieux
Message de clairefr posté le 22-07-2011 à 13:17:04 (S | E | F)
Hello,

I'd like to translate in English : "J'ai pris un coup de vieux quand mon fiston est rentré au collège".

Here is my translation : "I felt suddenly really old when my son entered the big school".
But the French sentence is colloquial and my translation seems to be more formal.
So, what else could I say ?


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Modifié par lucile83 le 22-07-2011 13:47

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de headway, postée le 22-07-2011 à 13:23:01 (S | E)
Bonjour,

Ceci pourra sans doute vous être utile:
Lien Internet

Headway.

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de lucile83, postée le 22-07-2011 à 13:50:54 (S | E)
Hello,

Je voudrais préciser que
fiston = sonny
collège = secondary school

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de willy, postée le 22-07-2011 à 15:40:14 (S | E)
Hello!

Proposition :

It put years on me overnight when my son started secondary school.

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de violet91, postée le 22-07-2011 à 20:32:40 (S | E)

Hello , comme il est bon de comparer les genres ... je suggèrerais

--- I suddenly felt much older the day (when) my boy went to the secondary school .

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de jonquille, postée le 22-07-2011 à 21:52:43 (S | E)
Hello!

J'ai pris un coup de vieux quand mon fiston est rentré au collège.

First, for the second half of the sentence -- what you call "un collège" is for us a "middle school" (a "lycée" is a high school.)

Now, for the beginning of the sentence, I have a couple of ideas (how we would say it here):

I felt really old when...
It made me feel really old when...


So... putting the two thoughts together:
>> Wow, I felt really old when my kid started middle school! (The "wow" really adds stress to how old you felt!)
>> Wow, It made me feel really old when my kid started middle school!

Now, tell me, if you feel old when your child is starting middle school, should I feel ancient, now that mine are going to a university???

jonquille

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de notrepere, postée le 22-07-2011 à 22:03:47 (S | E)
Hello

Middle school is

Secondary school is

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de silky, postée le 22-07-2011 à 22:05:50 (S | E)
What about me at almost 66? One foot in the grave? I am joking because I have heard a lot of parents say the same!

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de clairefr, postée le 22-07-2011 à 22:19:25 (S | E)
Merci à tous et toutes pour vos suggestions !

No Jonquille, you shouldn't feel ancient even if your children are going to university

It's crazy how time flies !

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de anonyme, postée le 22-07-2011 à 22:45:11 (S | E)
Hello silky!

“One foot in the grave?” You? At only almost 66? What can I say at almost 87? I have one foot in the grave, sure, but the other is firmly sunk in the grass .. very deep!

Have a good night!

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de zodiac97500, postée le 24-07-2011 à 02:39:01 (S | E)
Bonsoir

Je l'ai entendu comme cela : Mannnn...! ( with a sight sigh ) I really felt old timer when my sonny went to the secondary school .


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Modifié par lucile83 le 24-07-2011 07:28

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de clairefr, postée le 24-07-2011 à 12:02:31 (S | E)
Merci Zodiac !

Old timer ... comme dans Lucky Luke !

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Réponse: Coup de vieux de mattnaw, postée le 26-07-2011 à 03:23:17 (S | E)
Hello,

"Wow, I felt really old when my son entered middle school" is a good translation.

Je crois qu'une meilleure proposition est...
"When my son started middle school the realization that I was now an old man hit me like a ton of bricks."
This way, you retain the colloquial nature of the French saying instead of a dry word for word translation.

Just a suggestion.

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Modifié par lucile83 le 26-07-2011 07:10

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