french words for cultural clash

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on February 1, 2011 at 5:21am

I think "choc de cultures", "conflit de cultures" or just "conflit culturel" would all be possible in the context you suggest.

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Permalink Reply by yong leong on February 1, 2011 at 8:55am

Merci Neil, ce website est vraiment marvielleux.

Yes, I do feel that is the nearest possible translation though I may be wrong.

Merci encore Neil.

( sometimes you tried to find the french words and it was like looking for a black cat in a dark room, finally you found the switch and switch on the light then you realised that was no black cat there.)

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Permalink Reply by yong leong on February 2, 2011 at 6:55am

Salut Ryk,  merci de votre reponse.  On second thought I think "choc culturel" is easier to say. So it would be easier for me to say, "Il y a de choc culturel parce que les cultures sont radicalement différent".

    I will have to wait till later when I encounter how the french use this phrase, however that day may never come.  I come across quite a lot of expressions on radio france that I find useful.

     Bonne Journée Ryk.

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Permalink Reply by Erwan on February 2, 2011 at 1:06pm

Hello,

just two little corrections :

Il y a un choc...

radicalement différentes

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Permalink Reply by yong leong on February 3, 2011 at 7:29am

Oui  Erwan, on toujours oublier. j'espere que un jour je peux ecris français presque parfait.

      Mais pour en ce moment j'ai mal à la tête.  Merci beaucoup pour corriger mon français.

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on February 2, 2011 at 4:12pm

Remember you can always Google expressions to see examples of how they're used. You don't need to wait for it to happen by accident...

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