Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ambiance
English translation:
mood, atmosphere
Added to glossary by
Francis MARC
Aug 31, 2004 16:52
19 yrs ago
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French term
ambiance
French to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
...faut être fidèle pour connaître l’ambiance, déjà pour aimer l’émission je crois qu’il faut quand même écouter chaque soir pour vraiment être dans l’ambiance... (jeune auditeur qui parle de son emission de radio preferee)
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mood, atmosphere, ambience
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Attila Piróth
France
France
France
PhD, ATA-certified En-Hu, sci-tech-IT
Native in: Hungarian 
Works in: English to Hungarian, French to Hungarian, Hungarian to English, and 2 more.
atmosphere, ambiance
straightforward
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RHELLER
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Aisha Maniar
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Martine Brault
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writeaway
: I really can't imagine any (native English speaking) adolescent today talking about ambiance. It's ok as translation but really not natural sounding for the context
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df49f (X)
: agree with writeaway - "mood" maybe and "get into it" as suggested
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Maria Karra
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Engineer & Linguist
Native in: English 
, Greek
Works in: Greek to English, English to Greek, French to English, and 5 more.
atmosphere & spirit
In the first instance of "ambiance" I'd translate it as "atmosphere" (to know the atmosphere, to get familiar with the atmosphere), and in the second instance I'd use "to really get into the spirit".
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writeaway
: but for the second one I'd just use 'really get into it'-modern kids don't talk fancy.... :-)
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Good point. Thanks :)
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Hebe Martorella
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to know what it's like, get the feel of the mood
this would be spoken English
13 hrs
to understand the scene
you need to be a regular listener to understand the scene - to like the programme you need to listen every evening to get what it's all about
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to get a feel for it
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Note added at 2004-09-01 07:40:09 (GMT)
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to get a feel for it
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