They were talking in a jargon which I did not recognise at first, but afterwards, by certain words I heard, I knew it was Italian.

Ils parlaient dans un jargon à eux, que je ne comprenais pas d'abord. Mais, à certains mots, j'ai reconnu de l'italien.

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

Madame de Combelot came in, saying that she felt dreadfully tired, and when the company asked her how matters had gone off, she replied with an affectation of semi-technical jargon : ' Oh, the animal beat us off for more than four hours.

Mme de Combelot arriva, en affectant une lassitude extrême. Et, comme on lui demandait des nouvelles, elle répondit avec des mots techniques: «Oh! l'animal s'est fait battre pendant plus de quatre heures....

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

"You're super bad," Mr. Mackie said proudly in the hip jargon he was currently adopting.

« Vous êtes super génial » dit fièrement M. Mackie dans le jargon branché qu'il était en train d'adopter.

Mingus, Sue / Tonight at noonMingus, Sue / Pour l'amour de Mingus

Pour l'amour de Mingus

Mingus, Sue

© 2003 Editions du Layeur

Tonight at noon

Mingus, Sue

© 2002 by Sue Graham Mingus

All competitors will be admitted, and the prizes will be a silver-mounted powder horn, a leathern flask ditto," reading from a piece of paper, "as I see by the professional jargon of this bill, and a silk calash for a lady.

Tout compétiteur sera admis, et les prix seront une poudrière de corne garnie en argent, une bouteille de cuir garnie de même, et une calèche de soie pour une dame.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario

Le lac Ontario

Cooper, James Fenimore

The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea

Cooper, James Fenimore

© State University of New York 1981

A discussion would then follow in which the students argued in a strange jargon, with never a smile upon their faces.

Une discussion s'élevait; les élèves argumentaient en un jargon étrange, sans rire.

Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret

La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret

Zola, Emile

Abbe Mouret's Transgression

Zola, Emile

© BiblioBazaar, LLC

Sandoz, who was surprised, asked himself where Mathilde could have picked up that jargon.

Surpris, Sandoz se demanda d’où Mathilde pouvait tenir ce jargon.

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile