Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Our dog Rex misses you; he barks and howls through the night.
French translation:
Vous manquez à notre chien Rex. Il a aboyé et hurlé des nuits entières.
English term
Our dog Rex misses you; he barks and howls through the night.
| 3 | Vous manquez à notre chien Rex. Il a aboyé et hurlé durant toute la nuit. |
Houda Dekhla
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May 22, 2018 04:35: Catharine Cellier-Smart changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Germaine, Hélène OShea, Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Proposed translations
Sweden
A multitasker with a large experience
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Algerian, Palestinian) 
, French
Works in: Arabic to French, Arabic to Swedish, English to Swedish, and 3 more.
Vous manquez à notre chien Rex. Il a aboyé et hurlé durant toute la nuit.
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Roland Gatin (X)
: I agree with the first part. The tense change in the second alters the sense a bit. Passé composé I think suggests that it happened once, apparently on a particular night. The English, present, shows that this is every night, ongoing, the new normal.
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I do agree with you, Roland. That's why I hesitated with using the past or present tense. But as it said "night" and not "nights", It made me think a bit and finally I took it for granted that it was only one night. I might be wrong, though. :)
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Tony M
: Have to agree zith Roland: the EN present means it is every night, no doubt about that.
12 hrs
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Okay then... What about: Il aboie et hurle des nuits entières?
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