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| | 5 Januarie 2009 22:18 |
| | Hmm.. "your dish today ?" instead of "your today's dish". Also auvergne style hotpot, not "auvergne style meet". Some problems with the french here too. |
| | 5 Januarie 2009 22:19 |
| | la potée = hotpot and "your dish today" instead of "your today's dish". |
| | 5 Januarie 2009 23:07 |
| gamineNumber of messages: 4611 | I would say: your dish today - hotpot from Auvergne, though "hotpot" isn't exactly the same. Hotpot in French gives "stew".Why not keep "Potée Auvergnat".? |
| | 5 Januarie 2009 23:26 |
| | In my opinion "Potée Auvergnate" can be left untranslated for most purposes, but if you do want a translation I would go for "Auvergne (style) stew".
"Stew" more accurately describes the way meat is cooked in a " potée ". Therefore: "I would suggest (a) Potée Auvergnate" or "I would suggest (an) Auvergne style stew ", depending on the public you are writing for.
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| | 6 Januarie 2009 00:08 |
| | Right, it is better, when it is about a local speciality, like "potée" to keep its original name. We say "spaghettis", don't we? So let's keep "potée".
About "auvergnate", I would suggest "from Auvergne"
One thing that seems weird, is that sentence in French : "j'attends quelqu'un et l'odeur du poireau n'est ce-pas." First,after "n'est-ce pas", one needs an interrogation mark.
And it lacks some element to be understandable : "J'attends quelqu'un et je sens l'odeur du poireau", or even "je peux sentir l'odeur du poireau". |
| | 7 Januarie 2009 00:18 |
| gamineNumber of messages: 4611 | I think he means that if he orders leek it would smell so he could say in French "j'attends quelqu'un et ça va sentir le poireau,n'est-ce-pas?" Of course I may be completely wrong. |
| | 6 Januarie 2009 03:49 |
| | "your today's dish" doesn't sound right. |
| | 6 Januarie 2009 07:46 |
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j'ai dit: יותר × ×›×•×Ÿ לתרג×I said: L E E K than i told you-
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כמו כן- בסוף הייתי מתרגמת: Mom...in a moment or two/so
×›×™ soon ×–×” שוב ×œ× ×ž×“×•×™×™×§ |
| | 6 Januarie 2009 08:39 |
| | Merci a tous pour vos commentaires. |
| | 6 Januarie 2009 10:20 |
| | Actually..."today's special" would sound better. |
| | 6 Januarie 2009 13:12 |
| bgl88Number of messages: 32 | I agree with "today's special"
Or you could also say "the dish of the day" |
| | 6 Januarie 2009 14:07 |
| | I haven't seen his mother for more than a year.
-What is on today's menu?
-Pie with leeks. But i will suggest the potful leek auvergine.
-I said: Leek
-I am waiting for someone and this odour is from the leek, isn't it?
-Mother will arrive any minute from now. |
| | 6 Januarie 2009 15:52 |
| | All this does not sound very English. Moreover, "potee" is not synonymous of meet. It is a dish with cabbage... |
| | 6 Januarie 2009 17:56 |
| | I'm waiting.... don't I?
I understand that I'm waiting for someone and (I'm waiting for) the smell of the leek...
or
I'm waiting for someone and (it's) the smell of the leek, isn't it?
My humble opinion..
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| | 6 Januarie 2009 18:15 |
| | Francky, could you please fix this line?
"j'attends quelqu'un et l'odeur du poireau n'est ce-pas." CC: Francky5591 |
| | 6 Januarie 2009 18:26 |
| | j'attends quelqu'un et l'odeur du poireau.... n'est ce-pas.....!!!
Comme le dit francky, c'est une phrase inachevée, sous-entendu:
j'attends quelqu'un et l'odeur du poireau ce n'est pas vraiment bien, n'est ce-pas ? |
| | 6 Januarie 2009 19:05 |
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| | 6 Januarie 2009 22:16 |
| | et l'odeur du poireau n'est ce-pas = and leek smell it's not this one
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| | 7 Januarie 2009 09:58 |
| | I'll edit the French text with "et l'odeur du poireau est désagréable, n'est-ce pas?" As it comes out from this discussion that the smell from the leek wouldn't be pleaseant to the one the guy or the girl is waiting for.
Note, there is a French expression where "poireau" and waiting for someone or something have a relationship :
"faire le poireau", but it doesn"t apply here. |