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22:16 Feb 18, 2011 |
French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Novel | |||||||
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3 +1 | main/mother waterspout |
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4 -1 | maelstrom like a mother brimming with life |
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pretty active mother-whirlwind |
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maelstrom like a mother brimming with life Explanation: I suggest making the necessary link between "trombe" and "mother" with a simile. -- Le Tresor has a great deal to say about "trombe d'eau" and the use of "trombe" to indicate size and force. See link below. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 hrs (2011-02-19 09:33:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, The link I cut and pasted does not seem to work. Try http://atilf.atilf.fr/ and search for "trombe." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 hrs (2011-02-19 09:52:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I've responded to Sylvain in the discussion section, and proposed "mother of all maelstroms" as a result of his helpful reading of this passage. Merci! Reference: http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/tlfiv5/advanced.exe?8;... |
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main/mother waterspout Explanation: Water spouts may occur as "families". I believe that it is probably incorrect to assume that the largest one acts as "mother" to the others; however, that may be the impression being described here. "A family of four waterspouts seen on the Great Lakes (Lake Huron) on September 9, 1999. Four waterspouts seen in the Florida Keys on June 5, 2009. ..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterspout "Then, all of the sudden, they're enveloped in darkness again and they're heading toward a family of waterspouts. No "edge of storm" in sight. ..." www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2464358856&topic=805 "... family of waterspouts over Chesapeake Bay. A pair of waterspouts over Chesapeake Bay on 28 April 2002. While the 2002 tornado season was ..." ccams.eas.cornell.edu/ithacation/ith_feb03.pdf -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs (2011-02-19 11:09:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- As previously mentioned, you need to correct your parsing: "assez de vie lui transmettrait" is just an inversion of "lui transmettrait assez de vie". |
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Reference: pretty active mother-whirlwind Reference information: http://www.google.pt/imgres?imgurl=http://www.webdesign.org/... |
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