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la mer sous toutes ses couleurs

English translation: discover the sea in all its splendour...

10:30 Jan 15, 2012
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tourism & Travel / expression
French term or phrase: la mer sous toutes ses couleurs
Tour exclusif avec grillades. Ballade en voilier jusqu'à la cascade XXXXXX comprenant visite des roches volcaniques.
Baignade et grillades incluant boissons telles que bières, vins, rhum, eau et boissons non alcoolisées. Plongée en apnée. Magnifique journée ou vous verrez la mer sous toutes ses couleurs. Ambiance assurée.
Stephanie Sullivan
Mauritius
Local time: 20:38
English translation:discover the sea in all its splendour...
Explanation:
This French phrase is quite an idiomatic one (the French use it all the time) and is used to qualify many things, from the sea, a town, intelligence, a person, etc, etc. In this case, yes, it may indeed be right to talk about the colours here given the context (an island, tropical no doubt, etc.), but it should not always be taken so literally...
A more broader comprehension of this phrase talks about all the aspects of something (for example when used in relation to a town or region, one would be referring to the multi-facetted nature... i.e. art, culture, wine, food, landscape, history, the people, etc, etc.)
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Julie Rowbotham
France
Local time: 18:38
Grading comment
Merci Julie
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8the sea in all its colours
Laura Bennett
4 +7discover the sea in all its splendour...
Julie Rowbotham
4The multi-colored sea
Gad Kohenov
3 +1the sea in all its hues
Wendy Streitparth
3(discover) the many colours of the sea
polyglot45


  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
the sea in all its colours


Explanation:
This sounds right to me and has a number of google hits. You could say "in its many colours" but I think it's right to render toutes as all.

Laura Bennett
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michel F. Morin: Yes yes...
4 mins
  -> Thanks Michel
agree  Sheila Wilson: Sounds fine to me
12 mins
  -> Thanks Sheila
agree  Letredenoblesse
53 mins
  -> Thanks Agnes
agree  Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
56 mins
  -> Thanks Sangro
agree  Susanne Goepper: yes
1 hr
  -> Thanks Susanne
agree  AllegroTrans
2 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Verginia Ophof
6 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  B D Finch: Correct translation of silly source text. One can hardly experience all possible weather conditions (and hence colours) at sea in a single day!
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The multi-colored sea


Explanation:
http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/905753

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 19:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 8
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(discover) the many colours of the sea


Explanation:
or....

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the sea in all its hues


Explanation:

certainly picturesque with the undulating expanse of white/gold sand darkening slowly as it blends into the scintillating sea in all its hues of blues and greens. ..









http://marawriter.com/A/2010/3Q.html

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 18:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
4 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Trudy
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
discover the sea in all its splendour...


Explanation:
This French phrase is quite an idiomatic one (the French use it all the time) and is used to qualify many things, from the sea, a town, intelligence, a person, etc, etc. In this case, yes, it may indeed be right to talk about the colours here given the context (an island, tropical no doubt, etc.), but it should not always be taken so literally...
A more broader comprehension of this phrase talks about all the aspects of something (for example when used in relation to a town or region, one would be referring to the multi-facetted nature... i.e. art, culture, wine, food, landscape, history, the people, etc, etc.)

Julie Rowbotham
France
Local time: 18:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Merci Julie

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yolanda Broad
5 hrs
agree  Miranda Joubioux (X): Definetly my choice! So much more natural!
16 hrs
agree  axies
19 hrs
agree  B D Finch
21 hrs
agree  Sonia Geerlings
1 day 1 hr
agree  Michele Fauble
1 day 14 hrs
agree  David Goward
2 days 14 hrs
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