Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a high-top fade (a hi-top fade)
French translation:
brosse longue/haute
English term
a high-top fade (a hi-top fade)
"A ***hi-top fade*** is a style of haircut where hair on the sides is cut off or kept very low and hair on the top of the head is very long (in contrast, a low fade is when hair on the top is kept shorter). The hi-top has been a trend symbolizing the Golden Era of Hip Hop and urban contemporary music during the late 1980s and the early 1990s. The hi-top fade was common among African-American youths between 1986 to 1993 and to a lesser extent in the mid-1990s (1994-1995). The style fell out of fashion by the late 1990s."
Merci d'avance et bonne année à tous.
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sophieb
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Salima Post
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Jan 10, 2008 08:46: sophieb Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Hélène Treloar
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Proposed translations
brosse longue
Je suis également d'avis de ne pas traduire, ou du moins de conserver l'anglais et d'expliciter par une périphrase, "un hi-top fade, un style de brosse longue..."
Dans de nombreux sites internet on retrouve des comparaisons entre le flat-top (coupe en brosse) et le hi-top, qui n'en est que la version étirée, par les cheveux of course !
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Claudine Pierre-Antoine
: Une brosse haute serait possible aussi, et exprime l'allure de cette coupe.
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merci
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Sylvia Rochonnat
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merci !
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Translation – A matter for an expert.
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Swiss, Moroccan, Belgian, Cameroon, Canadian, African)
Works in: English to French
coupe top courte
... la coupe du mullet, du mohawk, du high-top fade et bien sûr de l'afro! ... Nappy Cutz est une chaîne de salons de coiffure ultra moderne qui détient ...
www.coindudvd.com/review/barbershop_coll.html
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Claudine Pierre-Antoine
: Je suis d'accord seulement avec le commentaire et non la suggestion "coupe top courte". Ce dernier terme ne définit pas ce style: courte serait plutôt haute.
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le terme "top" suggere que la coupe soit montante et "courte" suggere que c'est une coupe de cheveux courts. Ce n'était qu'une suggestion. :)
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