Translation of "travail intellectuel" to English

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Dictionary translations for "travail intellectuel"

le travail intellectuel m noun

pl. travaux intellectuels

brainwork (groupe nominal, activité mentale)

Contexts with "travail intellectuel"

Il y a deux sortes de travail dans le monde : celui de la tête et celui des mains ; intellectuel et manuel. There are two kinds of work in the world--head work and hand work; mental and manual.

Ce travail est simple au point que même une enfant peut l'accomplir. This work is simple enough that even a child can do it.

Un intellectuel est quelqu'un qui dit quelque chose de simple d'une manière compliquée; un artiste est quelqu'un qui dit quelque chose de compliqué d'une manière simple. An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way.

Il n'a pas de travail, il est à la retraite. He doesn't have a job. He's retired.

Un intellectuel est quelqu'un qui a découvert quelque chose de plus intéressant que le sexe. An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

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