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des durs à cuire
Jan 18, 2004 21:34
20 yrs ago
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French term

Je veux à vous donner mon âme et mon corps. et quelque jour je ferai.

French to English Art/Literary
poetry
Proposed translations (English)
3 +10 I want to give you my body and soul and one day I shall
5 +2 I want to give you my soul and my body. And I'll do it someday.

Proposed translations

+10
7 mins
Selected

I want to give you my body and soul and one day I shall

or (a bit overcooked perhaps)
I want to give myself to you body and soul and one day I shall.
Peer comment(s):
agree cjohnstone
30 mins
agree Nado2002
31 mins
agree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : indeedy..like that shall
32 mins
agree RHELLER : the French is somewhat strange
40 mins
agree Bourth (X) : More poetic
51 mins
agree Jean-Luc Dumont : yeah, give the body first :-)...flows better we'll see later for the soul :-)
1 hr
agree lenkl : My heart is sad and lonely/I sigh for you for you dear only...
1 hr
agree Tony M : Yes, I like this word order, and the determination of 'shall' is excellent
2 hrs
agree Giulia Barontini : Yes!!
3 hrs
agree Jean-Claude Gouin : Very well said, writeaway ... considering the poor/strange French ...
3 hrs
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+2
4 mins

I want to give you my soul and my body. And I'll do it someday.

It's a literal translation
Reference:

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Peer comment(s):
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
19 mins
Thank you, Vicky
agree Nado2002
34 mins
Thank you, Nado2002
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