"Merci de ne pas crier dans les couloirs."
Translation:Please do not shout in the halls.
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It rejected "thank you for not shouting in the halls". In the US, you see the euphemism "Thank you for not ...ing" when it in fact is an order "Do not ...". Silly me; I translated the sentence literally. Reported 10 August 2020.
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"Thank you for not shouting in the corridors" is also accepted. I don't see why this has been translated "Please do not" by Duo - Merci means "thank you".
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We are learning how things are expressed in French, and that words can have more than one meaning.
"Thank you for not screaming in the corridors" was accepted. LOL. Keep reporting.
Why not "thanks for not shouting in the corridors"? How would you translate that?
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Do Americans use 'halls' to mean the same as 'corridors'? Or could this French sentence also mean 'halls' like enormous rooms which hold 500 people?
Yes, Americans use 'halls' to mean 'corridors', 'hallways', and 'large enormous rooms which hold lots of people'.
"Thank you for not ..." is not "Please." This quite a serious error, especialy as "Thank you for not..." is specifically used in order NOT to be any kind of request, but an ORDER.
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I think you will find that this is an idiomatic way to say "Please" when giving an order. "Thank you for not" and "Please" actually mean pretty much the same thing in English, but "please" is just shorter.
It also rejected, "Thanks for not shouting in the halls." For me, that means, please do not shout in the halls, but I assume that didn't work.
'thanks for not yelling in the corridors'? I'd be very happy if this were to be accepted too. Thanks.
In non-US English, halls are large rooms used for large gatherings (school assemblies or public meetings). These rooms are accessed by hallways (aka corridors).
That is also one of the meanings in US English. See my comment above/