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Jun 4, 2007 13:30
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mer et vents / vents et courants
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From a straightforward, short piece about the America's Cup. The teams are described as "bravant mer et vents" then a little further on "affrontant vents et courants." I have "wind and waves" and am on the prowl for a reasonably poetic variation.
Many thanks!
From a straightforward, short piece about the America's Cup. The teams are described as "bravant mer et vents" then a little further on "affrontant vents et courants." I have "wind and waves" and am on the prowl for a reasonably poetic variation.
Many thanks!
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Carlos Segura
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Technical Translator & Engineer
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
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sea and winds / winds and currents
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Julie Barber
: currents http://www.rdinstruments.com/mm_app_mariner_americascup.html
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Assimina Vavoula
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Gacela20
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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John ANTHONY
France
France
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English
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France
EN-FR-EN BY BIRTH - 45 YEARS IN FRANCE
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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...challenging sea and winds / confronting winds and currents ...
hope this adds a brick to the building...!
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wind and waves / blustery breezes and swelling currents
I know the adjectives aren't in the original version, but you did ask for a poetic version :-)
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the wind and the sea
braving the wind and the sea might do for both.
Alexander Campbell's The Millennial Harbinger: Vol. IV, No. XII.This boat, of some 450 tons burthen, very strongly built, had quite enough to do in going up the Chesapeake to brave the wind and the sea. ...
www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/acampbell/tmh/MH0412.HTM
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-06-04 13:40:25 GMT)
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though there's nothing wrong with your own "the wind and the waves"!
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-04 14:35:16 GMT)
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upping the poetic ante (!), what about braving high winds and rough/heavy/stormy/tempestuous seas?
Alexander Campbell's The Millennial Harbinger: Vol. IV, No. XII.This boat, of some 450 tons burthen, very strongly built, had quite enough to do in going up the Chesapeake to brave the wind and the sea. ...
www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/acampbell/tmh/MH0412.HTM
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-06-04 13:40:25 GMT)
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though there's nothing wrong with your own "the wind and the waves"!
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-04 14:35:16 GMT)
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upping the poetic ante (!), what about braving high winds and rough/heavy/stormy/tempestuous seas?
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Julie Barber
: Sorry, but there is everything wrong with 'waves' and 'sea' - it says 'currents' - they aren't the same thing!\there is a difference. It's not poetry it's literal here. You can't falsify the meaning in translation either
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allowing for a bit of poetic licence, there's not a great deal of difference in this particular case. Translation is not about word-for-word substitution!
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