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    > A police officer beats a woman whose three-year-old runs in all directions

Is anyone able to give a better translation of this bit? Looks like the original sentence was "Une policière engueule une femme dont le garçon de trois ans court dans tous les sens"

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The original phrase is " Une policière engueule une femme dont le garçon de trois ans court dans tous les sens". in the context;I think a correct transalation is " the police-woman shouted at a lady because her three-year-old child was runing in all directions.

Which is not any better.

I think beating a woman is worse...?

From google:

engueuler. (transitive, informal) to give (someone) a roasting, to tell someone off. (reflexive, informal) to argue, to have a row.

So I think the officer just gave her a telling off.

engueuler = bawl out

Several people have offered this translation. Just FYI, I don't think many US English speakers will have heard that phrase before.

A more idiomatic phrase in the US would be "she was chewed out".

"engueuler" is berating, not beating.

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Engueuler is yelling at someone, not beating. This woman got scolded because of a hyperactive kid, from your sentence.

A police officer told off a woman whose three year son was running around

A police officer harangued a woman while a boy of three years old ran all over the place. Harangued/Berated/Bitched at

A police officer screams at a lady whose three year old child is running all over the place.

"A female police officer yells at a woman whose three-year-old boy runs about"

A police officer berates a woman whose 3 y.o kid runs around

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