Il paraît qu'on leur donne une boisson à l'orange
English translation: Even the drink they are given is orange
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peer agreement (net): +1Apparently, someone gives / is giving them an orange drink Explanation: I don't think you should wory about losing the 'orange', that's probably the least of your problems. However, it's a little hard to make a serious translmation suggestion without having both a complete sentence to work with, and the surrounding context to go with; in particular, to see whether the present tense is in fact going to work in the EN version... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 36 mins (2008-10-25 17:06:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You don't need to re-post, simply add the extra context here. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 47 mins (2008-10-25 17:16:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- OK, well indeed, now you have more context, it may well have some more metaphorical meaning of which I am unaware; I was only trying to help you with the literal meaning of the expression taken in isolation. |
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peer agreement (net): -1It seems that they're being given an orange-flavored drink Explanation: Hello, What's the significance of the orange-flavored drink that these folk are being given? I hope this helps. |
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peer agreement (net): +1Even the drink they are given is orange Explanation: I think that it is OK to be a little more emphatic in translating this sentence. |
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(And, as if that were not enough), it seems that they are given an orange drink... Explanation: The author's deliberate effect is that of a painting dominated by a siingle colour, and which might well be entitled: "A study in orange" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2008-10-25 20:20:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- To whom, we may ask, was the "orageade" served - the train passengers or the foreign prisoners? Little does it matter... The theme, here, is just orange... Now, if we really allowed ourselves to be "carried away" by our imagination, we might even suppose that the "orange man" was simply an "alien"; in the sense that we say Martiens (if they exist...) must surely be "green men"... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 hrs (2008-10-26 09:37:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Les couleurs sont aussi des symboles… Pour Paul Eluard : "La terre est bleue comme une orange". Picasso a eu sa période bleue, puis lui préféra le rose… "Quand je n'ai pas de bleu, je mets du rouge." Pablo Picasso |
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