Translation - French-English - Si j'Ã©tais Ecrivain ou poÃ¨te...

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Source language: French

Si j'Ã©tais Ecrivain , Ã l'image d'Octavio PAZ , je vous dirais qu'entre le signe et la parole , j'invente des mots : LibertÃ© qui s'invente et m'invente , Ã chaque jour , renouvelÃ©! Et Si j'Ã©tais PoÃ¨te , Ã l'instar de BAUDELAIRE , Je vous dirais : Oh Temps ! Tu m'as donnÃ© ta boue et j'en ai fait de l'Or !
Mais , HÃ©las , je ne suis ni l'un , ni l'autre !
Je veux tout simplement vous remercier pour le dÃ©veloppement et l'amÃ©lioration qu'a connu votre merveilleux site!

Title	If I were a poet or writer ...
Translation English Translated by RedShadow	Target language: English If I were a writer, like Octavio PAZ I would tell you that between sign and speech, I create words: Liberty that builds both itself and me, everyday, once again! And if I were a Poet, after BAUDELAIRE I would tell you: O Time! You gave me your mud and I turned it Gold! But, Alas, I am neither one nor the other! I simply want to thank you for the creation and the improvement of your marvelous website!
Remarks about the translation	after Baudelaire: following Baudelaire's example, in Baudelaire's footsteps

Validated by Lein - 9 July 2010 19:26

Last messages

	Author	Message
		9 July 2010 16:50
	Lein Number of messages: 3389	Hi RedShadow Would 'invent' not be better than 'create' or 'build' here? Otherwise the English looks good so I'll set a poll. Please let me know your thoughts on 'create' / 'build' versus 'invent'
		9 July 2010 17:10
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	"Ã l'instar de" has an opposite meaning to "unlike", "Ã l'instar de quelqu'un" means "the same way as someone would do/tell/write"
		9 July 2010 17:49
	Lein Number of messages: 3389	Thanks!
		10 July 2010 14:39
	RedShadow Number of messages: 143	Thank you all for your comments. And yes, I hesitated between 'invent', 'create' and 'make up'. Though I felt that 'build' sounded better ! Also, it had to be created by itself (from what I understand). I've red that it was called a relexive verb that seems to not really exists in English. 'To build' was like closer to that extent IHMO. And for "Ã l'instar de", my bad, I thought it meant to say unlike. :/ I've learned a lot through your corrections. Thank you !