Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
get on
French translation:
ok, il faut que j'y aille...à lundi
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2016-10-27 10:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
English term
get on
Fine by me. Thanks.
Thanks for bringing this to me. You have everything you need?
Yes thanks.
Right I’d better get on. See you Monday
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Proposed translations
Brazil
25 years in international banking
Native in: French 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to French, Portuguese to French, Spanish to French, and 3 more.
ok, il faut que j'y aille...à lundi
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FX Fraipont (X)
20 mins
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| agree |
mchd
1 hr
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| neutral |
Tony M
: The trouble is, there is no implication in EN of 'going' anywhere.
1 hr
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| agree |
Audrey Meligon
: probably the best option or "je ferais mieux d'y aller"
3 hrs
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| agree |
Jennifer Levey
: The mere fact that the speaker is taking leave of the one who's got to do overtime (as implied in 'see you on Monday') implies (s)he's going 'somewhere'.
5 hrs
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| agree |
Annie Rigler
16 hrs
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United States
An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
me mettre au boulot/travail
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GalileoTrans
: Ou "m'y mettre"
49 mins
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Thanks!
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| agree |
Valérie KARAM
1 hr
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Thanks!
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| neutral |
Tony M
: Although I think this does indeed convey the right idea, I'm not entirely sure about the actual way of expressing it.
1 hr
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| disagree |
Audrey Meligon
: Understanding this as a dialogue, it is the other person doing the work, so here I understand "get on" as going back to what that person was doing. It is not implied anywhere that this person was working on anything
3 hrs
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| agree |
Jean-Claude Gouin
4 hrs
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Argentina
Quick, perfectionist and reliable
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
continuer
| disagree |
Leman (X)
: Un peu trop plat.
9 mins
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| agree |
Tony M
: This is the only suggestion so far that accurately conveys the SENSE of the EN source text.
1 hr
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Thank's
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Haiti
100% quality!! (Large & Small projects)
Native in: French , Haitian-Creole
Works in: English to Haitian-Creole, Haitian-Creole to English, French to Haitian-Creole, and 4 more.
partir
| neutral |
Tony M
: The trouble is, there is no implication in EN of 'going' anywhere.
1 hr
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Discussion
I instinctively understood this as A having brought the query into B's office, and B has to continue with their work, so by saying this, in conjunction with 'see you Monday', is in a way 'dismissing' A — in the sense of concluding the discussion.
So I would be wary of any solution that adds any notion of B's being the one to leave, which would really amount to over-interpretation.