Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
je me suis cassé le poignet
English translation:
I broke my wrist
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French term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, South African, British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
je me suis cassé le poignet
There are various quotes from novels, journals, biographies etc. illustrating individual character's/musicians feelings of alienation, loneliness and other aspects of vulnerability we may possess.
This is from someone's description of how they went straight to the Apple Store to replace a broken iphone, knowing that it was the brand, rather than the item's use, that they were more concerned with. The context reads:
"Ce que j’aurais envie de dire c’est, ‘je me suis cassé le bras, il faut vite que je le répare, ou je me suis cassé le poigné comment on fait pour le réparer le plus vite possible’. C’est plus une attente presque à la personne. Il fallait effacer ça toute de suite et le soulagement je me rappelle…"
It thought it sounds a bit odd translating this to "I broke my fist". Or does that sound OK to anyone?
| 4 +12 | I broke my wrist |
Drmanu49
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| 3 | I messed up my wrist |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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Jun 4, 2015 22:14: Jennifer White changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jun 5, 2015 00:15: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other"
Jun 8, 2015 15:24: Drmanu49 Created KOG entry
Jun 9, 2015 02:44: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from " je me suis cassé le poigné " to " je me suis cassé le poignet "
Jun 9, 2015 02:44: Yolanda Broad changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/49307">Drmanu49's</a> old entry - " je me suis cassé le poigné "" to ""I broke my wrist""
Non-PRO (3): Tony M, Juan Jacob, Jennifer White
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Proposed translations
I broke my wrist
meaning still remains strange
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
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