les images sont autant de notations
English translation: emblems or signs
| 21:53 Sep 7, 2009 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / treatment | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: John Detre Canada | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1| "les images sont autant de notations...." emblems or signs Explanation: e.g. "The images are emblematic of a tragedy caused by the fence." |
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1 hr confidence:
| Les images sont autant de notations qui apparaissent comme les indices d’un drame. The pictures also denote clearly the border drama index Explanation: To translate the whole sentence |
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5 hrs confidence:
| les images sont autant de notations... the images are so many impressions... Explanation: ... that serve as indicators of the drama caused by the (barrière - fence? barrier? checkpoint?). "Notations" seems to be a deliberately vague word here: I understand it as meaning the images are marks or markers, like shorthand notes or a rough sketch, each vignette being symptomatic of a broader situation. |
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8 hrs confidence:
| les images sont autant de notations... the images are like as many expressions/indications/signs... Explanation: ... pointing to the tragedy... |
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9 hrs confidence:
the images are effectively symbols Explanation: Stick with "images" rather than "pictures" as images fits the idea of a symbol as something easy to read and immediacy of communication. |
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32 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| "les images sont autant de notations...." The pictures are all symbols... Explanation: Hello, My try... sont autant de notations = are all are symbols -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2009-09-08 01:12:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- These pictures are all symbols, giving evidence to the tragedy caused by the border. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 hrs (2009-09-08 14:26:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- These pictures/images are all symbols, appearing to give evidence of a tragedy caused by the border... |
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1 day 2 hrs confidence:
pictures are the clues Explanation: Les images sont autant de notations qui apparaissent comme les indices d’un drame causé par la barrière Pictures are the clues that make marks of a drama caused by the border |
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