English term
France
It's all about the context
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, French
rhetorical question
Generally people will smile and say "why do you even ask? It seems like a ***rhetorical question***! Of course, people should work together rather than alone."
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Mar 6, 2014 06:37: Bertrand Leduc changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): GILLES MEUNIER, Renate Radziwill-Rall, Bertrand Leduc
When entering new questions, KudoZ askers are given an opportunity* to classify the difficulty of their questions as 'easy' or 'pro'. If you feel a question marked 'easy' should actually be marked 'pro', and if you have earned more than 20 KudoZ points, you can click the "Vote PRO" button to recommend that change.
How to tell the difference between "easy" and "pro" questions:
An easy question is one that any bilingual person would be able to answer correctly. (Or in the case of monolingual questions, an easy question is one that any native speaker of the language would be able to answer correctly.)
A pro question is anything else... in other words, any question that requires knowledge or skills that are specialized (even slightly).
Another way to think of the difficulty levels is this: an easy question is one that deals with everyday conversation. A pro question is anything else.
When deciding between easy and pro, err on the side of pro. Most questions will be pro.
* Note: non-member askers are not given the option of entering 'pro' questions; the only way for their questions to be classified as 'pro' is for a ProZ.com member or members to re-classify it.
Proposed translations
question rhétorique
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orthographe = rhétorique
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_rhétorique
France
Quality and reliability
Native in: French
Works in: Spanish to French, English to French, French
question réthorique
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_rhétorique
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Renate Radziwill-Rall
: orthographe
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Françoise Vogel
: oui, rhétorique ;-)
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cela semblait facile pourtant !
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AllegroTrans
: rhétorique
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emiledgar
: rhétorique, but you were the first to answer what I think is the correct term so you get my agree.
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: Voici une petite blague: It doesn't matter what Frenchmen say as long as they pronounce it correctly ...
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question oratoire
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Alexandre Tissot
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merci
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Savvas SEIMANIDIS
: terme synonyme de "question rhétorique". Les deux termes sont usuels.
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merci
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United States
Customized translations, accurate.
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French
question de pure form
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Il s'agit de question de pure formE
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Renate Radziwill-Rall
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Renate, regardez la note que j'ai mise, j'ai corrigé. Merci
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Jocelyne Cuenin
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Translate more than words: their spirit
Native in: French 
, English (Variants: US, British, UK)
Works in: English to French, French to English
une pure question de rhétorique
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
question purement académique
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Why did I offer this suggestion. because although it is not a straight translation, it is more the sort of thing that would be used. There will also be painting by numbers merchants who will not get the point and yell that the dictionary definition is otherwise but tranbsaltion is not only about dictionaries: it is about context and a true feeling for the two languages in the equation. If I can't get that message across, I throw in the towel.
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sorry about typos but I ma totally frustrated at the inability to convey what translation is all about - it is NOT one word for another even if nobody speaking the language would ever use it
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Françoise Vogel
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AllegroTrans
: I don't see an academic question & a rhetorical question as the same thing at all - see my reference entry
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I said a "free translation" i.e. what somebody would be more likely to actually say in context. Rhetorical questions are a commonplace expression in English but far less so in French so......
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Jocelyne Cuenin
: Ne jetez pas l'éponge ! Tout à fait d'accord pour rhetorical question = commonplace
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il faudra pouvoir donner tout un cours pour expliquer à certains pourquoi dans des cas comme cela, une traduction littérale ne pourra jamais marcher
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Reference comments
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
Definition - for reference only
A common example is the question "Can't you do anything right?". This question, when posed, is intended not to ask about the listener's abilities, but rather to insinuate a lack of the listener's abilities.
academic question
Main Entry: academic question
Part of Speech: n
Definition: a query which has an interesting answer but is of no practical use or importance
Example: Spending is not an academic question.
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polyglot45
: I don't think you got my point - translation is also about context and common practice. I know they are different things in theory (rhetorical/academic) but I don't translate by numbers
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the 2 types of question are quite different - whether asked in English or French
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