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208 months ago

Gina W  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

appliqué

Context:

Il est un enfant intelligent et appliqué.

Keywords:

Il est courageux et travaille beaucoup, étant malheureusement handicapé par • de sérieux troubles moteurs /// Does this really just mean "applied"? That just sounds awkward to me for some reason.

 

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208 months ago

  See profile wrote:

careful or painstaking

My comment:

"careful" is the simplest. But maybe, it would apply to a child with no handicap,
"painstaking" has the quality of effort and is close to careful (travail soigné, appliqué);
depend on context;
"hard working" doesn't work, would refer to something like "laborieux", something difficult.

208 months ago

  See profile wrote:

assiduous/industrious

My comment:

Esp., "industrious."

My references:

Larousse Advanced French/English Dictionary

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208 months ago

  See profile wrote:

an intelligent and careful child

208 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

who applies himself

My comment:

that's the way to get around the awkwardness

208 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

who applies himself

My comment:

that's the way to get around the awkwardness

208 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

ready to make serious efforts

My comment:

I think this would be better than "applied"

hard working, diligent

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

208 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Definitely this is the most accurate.

208 months ago

Aharon303  See profile wrote:

motivated