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Pas une des citations de ce texte qui ne soit

English translation: Not a single one of these quotes....

08:52 May 17, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
French term or phrase: Pas une des citations de ce texte qui ne soit
Maybe it's the fact that I'm working on a holiday, but I can't seem to get my head around this turn of phrase.
It's taken from a quiz. Basically, a brand of Champagne has taken famous quotes and inserted their name into them. Readers have to determine which quotes are authentic.

Ici tout est vrai. Ou presque. Pas une des citations de ce texte qui ne soit de Balzac ou Huysmans, de Baudelaire ou Villiers de l’Isle Adam, de Prévert, Truman Capote ou Jules Verne…Chez ces grands auteurs, on le sait, XXX est comme chez lui, chez les Russes comme les Américains, chez les anciens, les modernes, les obscurs, les flamboyants, dans leur imagination comme dans leur vie, sur leurs tables de création comme de récréation. Aussi, dans cette promenade littéraire, tout est vrai. Ou presque : à peine quelques apparitions de la marque XXX qui sont, disons… intempestives.

I think what they are trying to say is that not one of the quotes is not by one of these famous authors, simply that some of them have been altered slightly.
Trying to find a simple way of saying this!

TIA
French Foodie
Local time: 10:19
English translation:Not a single one of these quotes....
Explanation:
You're on the right lines: not a single one of these quotes was not penned by...

In practice, it may be simpler to turn it around to a positive viewpoint: every one of these quotes was...

Here's to us lonely souls working on a jour férié...bon courage ;-)
Selected response from:

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:19
Grading comment
Thanks very much Rob.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9Not a single one of these quotes....
Rob Grayson
3 +2every quote of this text is
cristina estanislau
4Not (a single) one of the quotes from this text doesn't come/originate from
Carol Gullidge
4Every single one of these quotes is from....
Jacqui Audouy
3All quotes, without exception are from
danièle davout


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Not a single one of these quotes....


Explanation:
You're on the right lines: not a single one of these quotes was not penned by...

In practice, it may be simpler to turn it around to a positive viewpoint: every one of these quotes was...

Here's to us lonely souls working on a jour férié...bon courage ;-)

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks very much Rob.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: I like "not penned by"!
1 min
  -> Thanks, Carol!
agree  Natasha Dupuy
21 mins
  -> Thanks, Natasha!
agree  Silvia Brandon-Pérez
51 mins
  -> Thanks, silviantonia!
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): exactly, that was my first thought,too
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Ingeborg!
agree  Richard Benham: This is a reasonably well-known construction. I remember "Pas un champ qui n'eût été ravagé" from a grammar textbook.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Richard!
agree  jean-jacques alexandre
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jean-Jacques!
agree  Swatchka: lovely :))
5 hrs
  -> Why, thank you!
agree  Cervin
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cervin!
agree  danièle davout: not exactly the simplest mais pas si compliqué que ça :)
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Not (a single) one of the quotes from this text doesn't come/originate from


Explanation:
fairly literal

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
every quote of this text is


Explanation:
sugg

cristina estanislau
Local time: 09:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katarina Peters: the simplest way of saying it, is what Mara is asking for...
2 hrs
  -> thanks katarina
agree  danièle davout: the simplest way of saying it, is what Marab *was* asking for...
1 day 2 hrs
  -> thanks daniele
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
All quotes, without exception are from


Explanation:
sous-entendu ,
toutes les citations sont authentiques
elles n'ont pas été concoctées pour l'occasion


danièle davout
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Every single one of these quotes is from....


Explanation:
My first thought appears to be an amalgamation of all previous suggestions !

Jacqui Audouy
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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