Easy Translation Help Required :

[Vaud]

French: réussir (pass) / échouer (fail)

(I think)

But we would need more context to advise... where are you using the words?

[Jimmy Recard]

German:
Bestanden/Nicht bestanden


At least that's what I've had in the past

[Jimmy Recard]

Vaud said:

French: réussir (pass) / échouer (fail)

(I think)

But we would need more context to advise... where are you using the words?

That's in the context of the verb though, isn't it? Not the mark of 'Pass' or 'Fail' on a completed exam.


That's the context as I understood it, but I could easily be wrong

[Vaud]

Jimmy Recard said:

That's in the context of the verb though, isn't it? Not the mark of 'Pass' or 'Fail' on a completed exam.


That's the context as I understood it, but I could easily be wrong

Sure - that's why we need the context from the OP... is it in a sentence, on a web page after a test etc...

[Jimmy Recard]

dibbers006 said:

It's to label a .PDF that has passed or failed a preflight (artwork) test.

I've been told for French :

REUSSI and ECHOUE

Correct, with the appropriate accent which I can't do on this keyboard.
German would be Bestanden (passed) or Nicht bestanden (not passed)

[Jimmy Recard]

échoué

réussi

If they do work, it would make it a lot nicer and not look a bit crap to French people

[krallicious]

It is also very common to say "durchgefallen" when you have failed a test in Germany.

[Piersman2]

dibbers006 said:

I'm loath to trust Google as I believe that a direct translation is not always appropriate grammatically or for the situtation.

Anybody able to translate the following? (In the context of an exam, or test)

ETA : This would be added to the name label of a .PDF that has Passed, or Failed a series of tests.

	Pass	Fail
Spanish	?	?
Norwegian	?	?
Swedish	?	?
Danish	?	?
Finnish	?	?
French	réussi	échoué
German	Bestanden	Nicht bestanden

Edited by dibbers006 on Wednesday 16th March 12:22

Easy. See below.

	Pass	Fail
Spanish	Pass	Fail
Norwegian	Pass	Fail
Swedish	Pass	Fail
Danish	Pass	Fail
Finnish	Pass	Fail
French	Pass	Fail
German	Pass	Fail

[Le TVR]

Jimmy Recard said:

and not look a bit crap to French people

Réussite
Échec

Is what you're looking for.

[marshalla]

⎷ X

[Jimmy Recard]

Le TVR said:

Réussite
Échec

Is what you're looking for.

st. I thought it didn't sound right but then convinced myself it was right.

It's been a while since French A Level

[iphonedyou]

Spanish:

Pass - aprobar (to pass, the verb)
Fail - suspender (to fail, the verb)



ETA you want the past participle here, I think.

Aprobado - passed

Suspendido - failed

Both also work as 'pass' and 'fail' respectively.

Edited by iphonedyou on Wednesday 16th March 15:09

[iphonedyou]

dibbers006 said:

Thanks.

I think in going to have to stick with the ol' 'Pass' / 'Fail' for now.

Translation seems to be a bit of a mine field!

It is. I know it's the same in English, but as a native speaker that obviously speaks it fluently, I'm always surprised to see just how many words ostensibly meaning the same thing have so many different nuances (matices!) in other languages.

Every time I see my tutor I have a list of synonyms I need to discuss with him.

[schmunk]

Spanish?

[SGirl]

Swedish:
Godkänd - Underkänd

Norwegian:
Bestått - ikkje bestått OR ikke bestått

Danish:
Bestått - ikke bestått

[woodypup59]

A pal of mine is half Finnish.

I've emailed them.

ANSWER

pass
testiä hyvaksytty
fail
testiä ei hyvaksytty

Edited by woodypup59 on Wednesday 23 March 12:23

[Calletrece]

iphonedyou said:

Spanish:

Aprobado - passed

Suspendido - failed

Both also work as 'pass' and 'fail' respectively.

Aye, came here to say this. Esta respuesta es correcta.

[Tam_Mullen]

krallicious said:

It is also very common to say "durchgefallen" when you have failed a test in Germany.

Exercise this with caution, because 'Durchfall' means diarrhoea

[krallicious]

Tam_Mullen said:

krallicious said:

It is also very common to say "durchgefallen" when you have failed a test in Germany.

Exercise this with caution, because 'Durchfall' means diarrhoea

True but the 'ge' makes all the difference.

[battered]

The French are more likely to use "Accepté" and "Refusé" than the verbs echouer and reussir.

I'd be inclined to use "Accept: Oui/non"