A question about one of the above sentences

Question

In the sentence above that says "Elle a une petite voix: on l'entend peu", why is that translated as "She has a small voice: We don't hear her much". I would have thought that "on l'entend peu" would have translated to 'we hear her much'. Would you please explain this? Thank you. Catherine

Laura K Lawless · Accepted Answer

Bonjour Catherine -   Peu means little, so "on l'entend peu" can be translated as either "we hear her little" or, more idiomatically, "we don't hear her much."

Carole Stone · Answer

It literally translates as 'we hear her little' which clearly isn't good English hence ' we don't hear her much'

Eleanor Walker-Jung · Answer

I think that it is saying that we could hardly hear her. Or only just hear her so the effort off hearing her was a little Rather than the emphasis that should then be used.