French: Autour de l'atre gris, Ou' le feu clair pe'tille et rit,English translation: Around the gray hearth, where the fire crackles and laughs ... 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | Autour de l'atre gris, Ou' le feu clair pe'tille et rit, | | English translation: | Around the gray hearth, where the fire crackles and laughs ... | | Entered by: | Eyro |
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / It is a paragraph that I am translating. | | French term or phrase: Autour de l'atre gris, Ou' le feu clair pe'tille et rit, | My translation would be:
Around the gray hearth, where the clear fire crackle and rite
Could somebody please tell me if this is correct? |
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| | Around the gray hearth, where the fire crackles and laughs ... | Explanation:
Autour de l'âtre gris, oû le feu clair pétille et rit ... = Around the gray hearth, where the fire crackles and laughs ...
I didn't translate "le feu clair" ... but I wouldn't write "clear fire".
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-12 17:22:35 GMT) Post-grading
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Two modifications: 1. It should be "où" and not "oû";
2. Tony suggests "bright fire".
It should now read: Around the gray hearth, where the bright fire crackles and laughs ... |
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1045
Canada
| Note from asker to answererMy God!!!
You are the greatest.
Thank you so much. That is exactly it.
It's bad enough to be ignorant, let alone make it public... :(
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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11 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 |
| Around the gray hearth, where the fire crackles and laughs ...
Explanation:
Autour de l'âtre gris, oû le feu clair pétille et rit ... = Around the gray hearth, where the fire crackles and laughs ...
I didn't translate "le feu clair" ... but I wouldn't write "clear fire".
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-12 17:22:35 GMT) Post-grading
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Two modifications: 1. It should be "où" and not "oû";
2. Tony suggests "bright fire".
It should now read: Around the gray hearth, where the bright fire crackles and laughs ...
| 1045
Canada
Native speaker of:  French
PRO pts in category: 4
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| Note from asker to answererMy God!!!
You are the greatest.
Thank you so much. That is exactly it.
It's bad enough to be ignorant, let alone make it public... :( |
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