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English translation: discover a few chapters of the country's history

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11:37 Jan 22, 2012

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / in a tourist brochure

French term or phrase: découvrir quelques pages de l'histoire

La côte ouest est principalement faite de plages de sable doré ou noir. XXXet les XXXXXXX offrent de belles plages et d'excellentes vagues pour les surfeurs. Plus loin, se trouve le lagon (le mieux préservé de l'île) et la plage xxxx.

Mais l'ouest permet aussi de découvrir quelques pages de l'histoire du pays : la chapelle, le musée um agricole et industriel et le Conservatoire botanique, qui protège les plantes rares et menacées.

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English translation:discover a few chapters of the country's history

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Benjamin Hall
France
Local time: 13:32

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discover a few chapters of the country's history

Benjamin Hall

bring to life the history of the area

Helen Moss

uncover/discover several pages/pages and pages of the country's history

trsk2000

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17 mins confidence:

découvrir quelques pages de l\'histoire du pays uncover/discover several pages/pages and pages of the country's history

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trsk2000
Local time: 12:32
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English

26 mins confidence:

bring to life the history of the area

Explanation:
I find often with tourist texts you cannot translate literally, French tends to be more poetic than English. Here you could change the sentence around and say something like: "In the west, the chapel, museum, etc. bring to life the history of the area..."

Helen Moss
France
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

discover a few chapters of the country's history

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Benjamin Hall
France
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of:

French,

English

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Changes made by editors

Jan 22 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field (write-in)	colloquial expression (in a tourist brochure) => in a tourist brochure
Jan 22 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field	Other => Marketing
Field (specific)	Tourism & Travel => General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Field (write-in)	expression (tourist brochure) => colloquial expression (in a tourist brochure)

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