English term
France
enfant terrible
"Les équipes composées d'employés aux capacités et aux parcours variés sont plus susceptibles d'intégrer des membres différents que les équipes d'employés partageant les mêmes idées avec un enfant terrible."
Je ne sais pas si cela convient de garder l'expression "enfant terrible".
Il s'agit d'un article sur la manière de bien intégrer les personnes créatives dans l'entreprise.
| 4 +6 | enfant terrible |
Samuel Clarisse
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| 4 | mouton noir |
Wilsonn Perez Reyes
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| 4 | affreux jojo / empêcheur de tourner en rond / casse pied de service |
Daryo
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Jan 31, 2024 16:12: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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Proposed translations
France
Always keeping in mind the audience
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Swiss, Canadian, Belgian, Luxembourgish) 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
enfant terrible
| Oui je sais que l'expression est française. Je me demandais si traduire littéralement était suffisamment parlant. |
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writeaway
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Renate Radziwill-Rall
29 mins
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Anne JOST
1 hr
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Anastasia Kalantzi
2 hrs
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Christian Fournier
2 hrs
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Daryo
: Yes, here a simple backtranslation is all it's needed. But when EN "borrows" FR words and gives them a completely distorted meaning, it's no longer so simple.
23 hrs
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El Salvador
BA in Translation & BA in Law
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 2 more.
mouton noir
Chaque famille a son mouton noir.
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...le mouton noir est une personne indésirable, gênante dans un groupe.
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/mon-quotidien/20140321/28...
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Note added at 1 hora (2024-01-25 15:27:57 GMT)
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black sheep
If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/black-s...
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Daryo
: Won't work, there is too much negative connotation in "mouton noir" // This "enfant terribe" is someone unconventional, but useful - would have been thrown out of the company otherwise.
22 hrs
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affreux jojo / empêcheur de tourner en rond / casse pied de service
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Note added at 23 hrs (2024-01-26 14:02:26 GMT)
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"le/la casse pied de service" would be a good opposite for "like-minded employees"
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Note added at 7 days (2024-02-02 00:33:47 GMT) Post-grading
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"le/la casse pied de service" would be a good opposite for "like-minded employees"
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Emmanuella
: Pas dans un article de de type
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"enfant terrible" wouldn't be used in some stuffy management-speak style of writing - this whole text is probably not so formal.
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