scribouillard

skʁibujaʁ
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Translation of scribouillard into English

Noun, masculine

1.

journalisme

Rare
journaliste qui écrit mal ou produit des articles médiocres
Rare
  • Ce scribouillard pond encore un article bâclé pour le journal local.That hack churns out another sloppy article for the local paper.
2.

bureau

Dated
employé de bureau qui fait surtout de la paperasserie
Dated
  • Ce scribouillard passe ses journées à remplir des formulaires inutiles.This paper-pusher spends his days filling out useless forms.
3.

littérature

Rare
écrivain qui produit des textes de mauvaise qualité
Rare
  • Ce scribouillard prétend écrire le prochain bestseller mais personne ne le lit.That hack writer claims he's writing the next bestseller, but no one reads him.
4.

militaire

Dated
employé chargé des écritures dans l'administration ou l'armée
Dated
  • Le colonel déteste ce scribouillard qui traîne toujours sur ses rapports.The colonel hates that clerk who is always hanging around his reports.
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Synonyms and analogies of scribouillard in French

Examples of scribouillard in a sentence

  • Le journaliste scribouillard a écrit une critique négative.
  • Le scribouillard rangeait des dossiers toute la matinée.
  • Un jeune scribouillard attendait les instructions de son chef.
  • Ce film a été écrit par un simple scribouillard.
  • Les critiques considèrent cet auteur comme un scribouillard sans talent.
  • Le scribouillard classe les dossiers toute la journée.

Translations of "scribouillard" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
hack writern.

Le blog est rempli de putaclic rédigé par un scribouillard à l'étranger.

The blog is full of clickbait written by some hack writer overseas.

hackn.

Le blog est rempli de putaclic rédigé par un scribouillard à l'étranger.

The blog is full of clickbait written by some hack writer overseas.

scribblern.

Tout déballer devant un scribouillard !

Running off at the lip in front of a scribbler!

scriptwritern.

La tante Julia et le scribouillard (1985)

Aunt Julia and the scriptwriter (1985)

pencil neckn.

C'est un scribouillard.

Guy's a pencil neck.

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Other translations for scribouillard:

  • pencil pushern.
  • clerkn.
  • penpushern.
  • inkslingern.

scribouillard: Examples and translations in context

Le studio a engagé un scribouillard pour pondre une suite rapidement.

The studio brought in a hack writer to churn out a quick sequel.

Tout le monde savait que le magazine l'employait juste comme scribouillard à ragots.

Everyone knew the magazine only hired him as a hack writer for gossip.

Je ne veux pas devenir un scribouillard prêt à publier n'importe quoi pour l'argent.

I don't want to become some hack writer who'll publish anything for cash.

Seul un scribouillard transformerait une histoire aussi importante en mélodrame bon marché.

Only a hack writer would turn such an important story into cheap melodrama.

Ils ont embauché un scribouillard pour réécrire le scénario en film d'action quelconque.

They hired a hack writer to rewrite the script into a generic action movie.

Il a commencé comme scribouillard, pondant des romans à l'eau de rose sous pseudonymes.

He started as a hack writer, churning out romance novels under false names.

Il se dit romancier, mais les critiques disent que ce n'est qu'un scribouillard.

He calls himself a novelist, but critics say he's just a hack writer.

Les critiques rejettent souvent son travail comme celui d'un scribouillard.

Critics often dismiss his work as that of a hack writer.

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