English term
France
Interpreting the world for YOU
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, French to English, and 4 more.
It's not so long since he was a public nuisance
selon vous quel est le temps à employer pour la seconde phrase?
merci!
Apr 7, 2008 12:17: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Jun 19, 2011 13:13: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "2e phrase" to "It\'s not so long since he was a public nuisance"
Non-PRO (2): GILLES MEUNIER, cenek tomas
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Proposed translations
Try me!
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, French, and 1 more.
Il n'y a pas si longtemps il était encore un ennemi public
Italy
fidélité, précision,
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: Italian to French
il était......
L'imparfait de toute façon.
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Yan Walther (X)
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merci Yan
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Il n'y a encore pas longtemps (de cela), on le considérait comme un enquiquineur
une calamité publique
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Note added at 10 mins (2008-04-07 11:53:22 GMT)
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ou: Il n'y a pas si longtemps il était encore (considéré comme) une calamité publique,
dépend de ce qui précède
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Note added at 11 mins (2008-04-07 11:54:28 GMT)
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sorry, j'avais mal lu la question, l'imparfait je suis d'accord
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Tom Bishop
: "calamité" is surely a "disaster", not a "nuisance" ?
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expression idiomatique
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France
Specialty: Biology, Chemistry, Medicine
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English
il n'y a encore pas si longtemps, il empoisonnait tout le monde
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swanda
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Merci
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cenek tomas
1 hr
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Merci
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Assimina Vavoula
2 hrs
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Merci
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Alain Chouraki
: oui, "preterit after since" = "depuis que", plus sujet, plus présent de l'indicatif en français" (je suggère d'enlever le "encore", implicite, pour alléger)
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Merci mais je préfère avec "encore"
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Euqinimod (X)
4 hrs
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Merci
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Bruno Scokaert
9 hrs
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Merci
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United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
jusqu'à très récemment
France
EXPERT IN LAW AND BUSINESS - QUALITY
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
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