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Title	Herbe douce
Text Submitted by La fourmi autodidacte	Source language: French Herbe douce. Ã€ son huitiÃ¨me jour Bergeronnette la bien nommÃ©e. Ã€ sa huitiÃ¨me annÃ©e Bergeronnette la bien aimÃ©e, Sur un tronc sa tÃªte Ã©clatÃ©e . AprÃ¨s huit annÃ©es Bergeronnette, Ton bourreau prisonnier, sa tÃªte purifiÃ©e. Paroles avouÃ©es, libertÃ© affirmÃ©e . Dans ton bec Bergeronnette une herbe douce, envolÃ©e
Remarks about the translation	RWANDA : -Gacaca est le nom rwandais pour tribunal communautaire villageois. Gacaca signifie Â« herbe douce Â» en kinyarwanda, câ€™est-Ã -dire l'endroit oÃ¹ l'on se rÃ©unit. -La bergeronnette (totem des Bagesera) bÃ©nÃ©ficie d'une interdiction protectrice. Celui qui la tue, membre ou non du clan correspondant, doit accomplir un certain rite de purification.

Title	Sweet Grass
Translation English Translated by babachiko	Target language: English Sweet grass. On the eighth day Wagtail, the well named. On the eighth year Wagtail, the beloved one, On a trunk its head burst. After eight years, Wagtail, Your henchman gaoled, his head purified. Words admitted, freedom affirmed. In your beak, Wagtail, a sweet grass, flying away

Validated by lilian canale

- 18 August 2009 10:42

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	Author	Message
		17 August 2009 10:52
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	Hi babachiko, at line 2 "bien aimÃ©e" in English is not "well named", it rather would be "beloved", (I don't know whether one could say "the well loved", maybe; the expert in English will confirm. Best regards, CC: lilian canale
		17 August 2009 11:08
	babachiko Number of messages: 11	You are right. I read the original text too quickly as "la bien nommÃ©e." For "bien aimÃ©e" I'd suggest "beloved".
		17 August 2009 12:34
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	But the first line says: "la bien nommÃ©e"
		17 August 2009 12:37
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	Hehe! you did the same error this time, as 1st line reads "la bien nommÃ©e" ("the well named" Only line 2 was to be edited! Don't worry, I'll do it for you! Have a nice day!
		17 August 2009 12:37
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	Sorry Lilian, I didn't see your post before sending mine!
		17 August 2009 14:10
	babachiko Number of messages: 11	My this is tricky. I should avoid poetry...
		17 August 2009 15:25
	gamine Number of messages: 4611	On a truck its burst head.
		17 August 2009 15:38
	babachiko Number of messages: 11	trunk (or stock)?, but not camion.
		17 August 2009 17:49
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	Lene probably did a typo and typed "truck" instead of "trunk", but what she was meaning is that it has to be "burst head" and not "head burst"
		17 August 2009 20:21
	Chiv Number of messages: 1	Le sens de cette traduction ne me semble pas assez fort + quelques erreurs : Je remplacerais plutÃ´t Sweet grass par soft grass. On the eighth... par At its eighth day... At its eighth YEAR (et non "day" sur la seconde ligne). "On a trunk its burst head" me semble plus correct mais j'avoue avoir un doute sur "burst". Je vois plutÃ´t "Ã©clatÃ©e" dans le sens de broyÃ©e (par quelqu'un), donc Ã©ventuellement "crushed" me semble plus appropriÃ©. "Henchman" n'est pas assez fort ici, je vois le bourreau dans le sens "tueur". "Words acknowledged" n'est peut-Ãªtre pas assez fort non plus, je verrais plus "confessed words". Et Ã nouveau "soft grass" sur la derniÃ¨re ligne.
		17 August 2009 23:30
	gamine Number of messages: 4611	Franck is right. It was a typo. Of course not "truck" but "trunk".
		18 August 2009 07:16
	IanMegill2 Number of messages: 1671	Second line: ...eighth year... Second to last line: Words admitted,... Apart from that, good job with a difficult text!