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Elle porte une epee etincelante.

English translation: She is carrying a shiny sword

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French term or phrase:Elle porte une epee etincelante.
English translation:She is carrying a shiny sword
Entered by: RHELLER

23:59 Mar 13, 2002
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
French term or phrase: Elle porte une epee etincelante.
Elle porte une epee etincelante.
Krystal
She is carrying a shiny sword
Explanation:
shimmering, glistening, polished are other possible adjectives
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RHELLER
United States
Local time: 01:09
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5She is carrying a shiny sword
RHELLER
4 +2She carries a gleaming sword...
Parrot
4She's carrying a sparkling sword
Marcus Malabad
4She is carrying a shining sword.
depgrl (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
She carries a gleaming sword...


Explanation:
Does it fit your context?

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 09:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1861

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sladjana Stojanovic
7 hrs
neutral  David Sirett: I don't think you carry a sword. Wear, perhaps, or hold, or bear.
8 hrs
agree  reliable
10 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
She is carrying a shiny sword


Explanation:
shimmering, glistening, polished are other possible adjectives

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 01:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1582
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Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Erika Pavelka (X): But what an odd sentence!
25 mins
agree  markmx
25 mins
agree  nettranslatorde
1 hr
agree  Margaret Lagoyianni
7 hrs
agree  FionaBrind
9 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
She's carrying a sparkling sword


Explanation:
Should be written as "épée étincelante". Weird adjective that...

Marcus Malabad
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TagalogTagalog
PRO pts in pair: 390
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
She is carrying a shining sword.


Explanation:
She is carrying with her a shining sword. (if you want to get fancy).

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Note added at 2002-03-14 06:00:48 (GMT)
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In her hands she carries a shining sword.

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Note added at 2002-03-14 06:02:04 (GMT)
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She carries a shining sword

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Note added at 2002-03-14 06:02:22 (GMT)
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She carries with her a shining sword.

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Note added at 2002-03-14 15:01:34 (GMT)
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she bears a shining sword

depgrl (X)
PRO pts in pair: 24
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