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La lune trop bl¨ºme

English translation: So pallid a moon

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French term or phrase:La lune trop bl¨ºme
English translation:So pallid a moon
Entered by: Odette Grille (X)

03:06 Nov 12, 2002
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
French term or phrase: La lune trop bl¨ºme
song
caitlin
So pallid a moon
Explanation:
Trop rendered with too is not in the same poetic register.
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Odette Grille (X)
Canada
Local time: 02:20
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4So pallid a moon
Odette Grille (X)
4 +3The wan light of the moon
DPolice
5 +2Too wan a moon...
Pierre POUSSIN
4 +2The all too pale moon
Arthur Borges
3the pallidest of moons
Jonathan MacKerron


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
The all too pale moon


Explanation:
I read "blême" in the garble.

Arthur Borges
China
Local time: 14:20
PRO pts in pair: 404

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JCEC
3 mins
agree  NancyLynn
10 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
The wan light of the moon


Explanation:
looks like a diadem on your red hair

La lune trop blême
Pose un diadème
Sur tes cheveux roux

DPolice
Local time: 08:20
PRO pts in pair: 454

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER: je préfère 'walking on the moon' de police=)
1 hr
agree  NancyLynn
7 hrs
agree  Paula Ibbotson
14 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Too wan a moon...


Explanation:
is setting a tiara on your red-haired head..."
A vey nice old "Paris song"...

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 400

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NancyLynn
6 hrs
  -> Merci, Nancy!
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
11 hrs
  -> Merci!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
So pallid a moon


Explanation:
Trop rendered with too is not in the same poetic register.

Odette Grille (X)
Canada
Local time: 02:20
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 327
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NancyLynn
4 hrs
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
9 hrs
agree  Anne Lee
9 hrs
agree  sktrans
12 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the pallidest of moons


Explanation:
"that ashen lunar orb"

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 963
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