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parentese

French translation: mamanais / parentais

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English term or phrase:parentese
French translation:mamanais / parentais
Entered by: Emmanuella

17:16 Oct 20, 2020
English to French translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
English term or phrase: parentese
When you talk to a baby, you’ll likely use a high-pitched voice, draw out your vowels, and speak with a musical prosody. You’ll probably face the baby directly and use exaggerated facial expressions. This way of speaking, called “parentese,” comes naturally.
Eric KUATE FOTSO
Cameroon
Local time: 01:57
mamanais / parentais
Explanation:
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamanais#:~:text=Le mamanais...

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Note added at 15 heures (2020-10-21 08:32:09 GMT)
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Discours orienté bébé / langage bébé
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Emmanuella
Italy
Local time: 02:57
Grading comment
Merci!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2mamanais / parentais
Emmanuella
4 +1Discours orienté bébé
Julien Bousse
4 +1Parler bébé
Hélène Marpeau
3, appelé "parentese" et parfois parentais, c'est-à-dire des paroles mélodiques et lentes
Nathalie Beaudelot


Discussion entries: 2





  

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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Discours orienté bébé


Explanation:
Bien que mamanais soit plus court, beaucoup vont bloquer sur ce néologisme et ne pas le comprendre. Peu iront chercher la signification et la clarté de la traduction ne sera pas la meilleure selon mon avis.
Bien évidemment, cela dépendra du public qui devra lire l'écrit.

Julien Bousse
Belgium
Local time: 02:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hélène Marpeau
5 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mamanais / parentais


Explanation:
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamanais#:~:text=Le mamanais...

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Note added at 15 heures (2020-10-21 08:32:09 GMT)
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Discours orienté bébé / langage bébé

Emmanuella
Italy
Local time: 02:57
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci infiniment, Emmanuella :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  D. Eme Diptrans
52 mins
  -> merci
agree  Germaine: "parentais". Le terme étant expliqué/défini juste avant, c'est le moment de l'utiliser sans renvoyer le lecteur sur Google!
3 days 23 hrs
  -> hmerci
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Parler bébé


Explanation:
Je pense que mamanais ou discours orienté bébé n'est pas très clair et que finalement les personnes de langue maternelle française vont plutôt évoquer cette pratique sous le nom du "parler bébé". A voir selon la nature du document et son public...

Hélène Marpeau
Belgium
Local time: 02:57
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Germaine: Je pense que "parentais" est d'autant plus clair qu'on vient tout juste d'expliquer de quoi il s'agit. Sans compter que "cette façon de parler, appelée "parler bébé"...
3 days 6 hrs
agree  Emmanuella
4 days
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1 day 28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
, appelé "parentese" et parfois parentais, c'est-à-dire des paroles mélodiques et lentes


Explanation:
les mots mamanais et parentais semblent n'apparaître que sur Wikipédia

Example sentence(s):
  • avec les bébés, les parents utilisent une langue qui se caractérise par des paroles mélodiques et lentes convenant parfaitement à l'apprentissage du langage.
Nathalie Beaudelot
Ireland
Local time: 01:57
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Germaine: "parentese"= l'anglais; "parentais" est déjà suggéré; la définition du terme est déjà fournie, il ne s'agit donc pas d'y ajouter.
2 days 23 hrs
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