Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
contrees lunaires
English translation:
lunar landscapes
French term
contrees lunaires
Hvide Sande. La souveraine et son mari ont passé une journée dans ces
contrées lunaires...
| 3 +7 | lunar landscapes |
Najib Aloui
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| 4 | moonlit places |
telefpro
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PRO (1): Emma Paulay
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Proposed translations
lunar landscapes
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Note added at 5 days (2008-01-22 06:51:57 GMT)
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Beside desolation there is perhaps another feature to lunar landscapes: strangeness- strange shapes, colors and lights.
| I agree with Bourth that it is more a question of "desolate or barren". As suggested by Najib "desolate places" is more like it- perhaps desolate spaces? While I get the rough idea now, if this were to be entered into a glossary it requires more working to convey the journalistic touch. |
| To be very down to earth I don't think there would be colour on a lunar landscape! Strangeness, d'accord. I have never handled Any "literary" genre of translation but I'm wondering here how much liberty a person could/would take in this position. For if we are to meander far and wide, then I could think of mystical. |
moonlit places
| That would appear to be the case on the face of it but I think there is some more geographical term as I seem to find by the ghits |
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