"Ma mayonnaise à la vanille n'a plu à personne."
Translation:No one liked my vanilla mayonnaise.
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I wrote that as well. It's a perfectly good translation of the given sentence, leaving nothing out and adding nothing in. I shall report it.
i would prefer effyleven's translation 'a personne' seems to indicate by no one
Please could someone explain what the a (with acute accent) is doing there?
Think of "plaire à" as "to give pleasure to". So the 'à' is 'to', literally "my vanilla mayonnaise gave pleasure TO no one" or " no one liked my vanilla mayonnaise"
À is frequently used connector. À la vanille here to show vanilla flavored. It's not avoir. vanilla ice cream: glace à la vanille. It would become au for a masculine food like glace au chocolat for chocolate ice cream.
Thanks eric, I meant the a acute in 'n'a plus a personne' as I thought ne....personne with an a before.
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Duo is usually so pedantic about literal or near literal translations - but this one seems to take something more akin to artistic license!
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I think that Duo is trying to teach us that, in this type of context, in general, a francophone would choose to use "plaire à" and NOT "aimer", whilst an anglophone would, in general, choose to use "to like" and NOT "to please".
What me might say though is "My vanilla mayonnaise appealed to no one." or "My vanilla mayonnaise didn't appeal to anyone.".
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'My vanilla mayonnaise hasn't pleased anyone.' Another translation effort, but not accepted.
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In English, adjectives usually are placed before the noun being described. So, we have 'chocolate cake' and 'vanilla ice cream.' The mayonnaise here has been flavored with vanilla, so it is 'vanilla mayonnaise.' 'Mayonnaise vanilla' would mean mayonnaise was added to the vanilla to enhance the taste of the vanilla. At Duo's restaurant, vanilla mayonnaise is always found on their fried bubblegum sandwiches.
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'My vanilla mayonnaise pleased no-one.' I also translated the sentence this way but it was not accepted.
Whilst having the same meaning this correct response is a translation of a different sentence surely? My vanilla mayonnaise has pleased no-one ( or was liked by no-one) is surely more accurate?
