Fruit of the Vine

French translation: le fruit de la vigne

00:19 Jul 13, 2008

English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture

English term or phrase: Fruit of the Vine

Need French translation to use as a machine embroidered monogram

Dana

French translation:le fruit de la vigne

Explanation:
OK, just to start the ball rolling for you, there is the word-for-word literal translation such as you could easily get from any dictionary.

But it's unlikely to be ideal for what you need, if you could only explain a bit more of the purpose here?

For a start, remember that 'fruit' in EN may be singular or a (collective) plural; given that in FR it would probably more often be found used in conjunction with a definite article, you are sort of obliged to make the decision as to whether it refers to the singular, or collective plural. I've suggested the singular as more likely, but it is conceivable that you might need it in the plural, even though that doesn't at first sight seem appropriate in EN.

But to what extent is 'fruit' being used figuratively or literally here? That might also affect the best choice of term.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2008-07-13 08:26:21 GMT)
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Right, in that case, I think the phrase I have suggested could work OK; 'le vin' is also 'le fruit de la vigne', and so the play-on-words works well enough, IMHO.

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Tony M
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le fruit de la vigne

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"Raisins d'être"

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fruit of the vine "Raisins d'être"

Explanation:
I apologise at once if this sounds like another French lesson, but I'm taking the liberty of assuming you don't speak French ...

I'm assuming also that your 'fruit of the vine' is a parody of 'Fruit of the L..m', seen embroidered on expensive sweat-shirts.

If you want something a little thought-provoking, why not a play on words?

'grapes', in French, is 'raisins'. It is pronounced 'rayzan'.

The French 'raison' means reason. And it it pronounced 'rayzon'.

'raison d'être' means, literally, 'the reason for being' or 'the reason for life'. There are some people I know who would equate 'raisins' (preferably pressed, fermented and aged) with 'raison d'être' (the good things in life).

Of course, if you want something very literal, you'd do better to take Tony's advice ...

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 03:08
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Asker: I like raison d'etre' so much better. It also fits the embroidery design as well. Thank you.

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fruit of the vine

le fruit de la vigne

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:08
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