Oct 9, 2008 13:32
15 yrs ago
English term
Electricity is really just organized lightning.
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Il s'agit d'une citation de George Carlin, un acteur et humoriste américain. Je cherche une belle formulation.
Merci d'avance à tous ceux qui me répondront.
Merci d'avance à tous ceux qui me répondront.
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l'électricité, au fond, c'est la maîtrise de la foudre
la foudre domptée...
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Sandra Mouton
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Votre réponse est celle qui se rapproche le plus du choix final que j'ai fait:
L’électricité, ce n’est que la foudre qui a été domptée.
Merci à tous!"
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En fait, l'électricité, c'est rien d'autre que la foudre qu'on a rangée quelque part
Pour faire ressortir l'absurdité de la remarque... traduire l'humour...
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En fait, l'électricité, c'est rien d'autre que la foudre qui a été mise en ordre
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En fait, l'électricité, c'est rien d'autre que la foudre qui a été mise en ordre
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La deuxième, pour capter le mouvement dans l'image...
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DALILA BONNEFOY
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Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
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l'électricité c'est la foudre domestiquée
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J'ai lu aussi que cette phrase été attribuée à Chuck Norris !
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pardon (...) lire avait été attribuée à
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J'ai lu aussi que cette phrase été attribuée à Chuck Norris !
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pardon (...) lire avait été attribuée à
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l'électricité n'est ni plus, ni moins que la foudre organisée
As I'm not a FR native speaker, I'm just throwing in my little idea for what it's worth, and for the learning experience.
I did actually originally want to put 'maîtrisée', but am not sure if one can get away with the subtle nuance of meaning. Plus there is of course the inevitable allusion to 'organized chaos', which R+C at least suggests translating as 'désordre organisé'.
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I believe that in the original context of the remark, the comedian was saying that electricity is still just as dangerous as lightning, only more organized; it's for this reason that I rather feel the idea of 'maîtrise' is going a bit too far, since I think his original point is that the lightning may be organized (e.g. channelled down wires), but we don't actually have total control over it.
I did actually originally want to put 'maîtrisée', but am not sure if one can get away with the subtle nuance of meaning. Plus there is of course the inevitable allusion to 'organized chaos', which R+C at least suggests translating as 'désordre organisé'.
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I believe that in the original context of the remark, the comedian was saying that electricity is still just as dangerous as lightning, only more organized; it's for this reason that I rather feel the idea of 'maîtrise' is going a bit too far, since I think his original point is that the lightning may be organized (e.g. channelled down wires), but we don't actually have total control over it.
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