Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
c’est plus une atteinte presque à la personne
English translation:
it's almost more like a personal attack
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French term
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Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
C’est plus une atteinte presque à la personne
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…"
Is this about how we have expectations of the way things should be?
Jun 5, 2015 05:36: Michele Fauble changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jun 8, 2015 13:07: Tony M Created KOG entry
Jun 9, 2015 02:45: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "C’est plus une attente presque à la personne" to "C’est plus une atteinte presque à la personne"
Jun 9, 2015 02:45: Yolanda Broad changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/14723">Tony M's</a> old entry - "c’est plus une attente presque à la personne"" to ""it's almost more like a personal attack""
Non-PRO (3): Nikki Scott-Despaigne, AllegroTrans, Michele Fauble
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Proposed translations
it's more like almost a personal attack
And of course, as Sylvain has already pointed out, that should obviously be 'atteinte'.
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The trouble is here we are focusing on the result, rather than the agent — I suppose one could turn it round to make it: "it's more like I'd almost been attacked personally" — by using the passive, we eliminate the need to specify some imaginary agent. Or change the verb to a noun:
"It's almost more like a personal attack on me" — I think that keeps it neater.
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katsy
: I prefer "attack" in this context, too
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Michele Fauble
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Merci, Michele !
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Martha Webber-Desforges
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Thanks, Martha!
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Will do!
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It is practically an attempt against the individual
An attempt here means something bad, an agression, an offence.
In the Roman state, one gave up his children, another his brother, to death, to revenge an attempt against common liberty.
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Victoria Britten
: Damage or harm, not attempt. This is not an attack from the outside, but something that happens to the speaker.
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Tony M
: Agree with Victoria — if the typo were corrected, this still wouldn't really make a lot of sense in EN.
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AllegroTrans
: agrre with above 2 comments, and anyway you would need to specify "attempt at/to...something..against the individual" for this to make sense
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Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
It is more like a personal affront/offense
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It's almost as though I'd been physically attacked//was the victim of a physical attack
France
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Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US)
Works in: French to English, English
It's almost like I'd been assaulted.
Personally, I like the use of "assault" here. But maybe that's just me :)
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Tony M
: I must admit, if I had the right to change the source tex, I'd want to say "It feels almost like an assault (etc.) on me personally" — I think the 'feels like' would be the key point here... if only...
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Discussion
@Juan, I don't think the Asker can correct the original post.
AtteInte, comme l'indique fort bien Sylvain.
Basique.
Veuillez, "asker", corriger.