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attacher les soutiens-gorge distribués à leur ceinture

English translation: to attach the bras that were handed out around their waist

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06:29 Nov 18, 2009

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

French term or phrase: attacher les soutiens-gorge distribués à leur ceinture

Je ne comprends pas bien ce que l'auteur voulait dire...
Voila tout le contexte extrait du roman 'Tamara'.

: Tamara passa des heures a sa toilette et poutant elle avait rarement ete aussi peu vetue. Elle se demanda serieusement s'il fallait mettre un soutien-gorge ou non, et je n'ai jamais su laquelle de ces deux solutions elle adopta. je pensais comme elle qu'il s'agissait d'un detail important, plus eloquent que les paroles, et dans un domaine que la civilisation aura beaucoup perturbe. Nous evoquames, emus, la disparition graduelle et inexorable d'une innocence qui, il y a encore une vingtaine d'annees, incita les indigenes de certaines missions a attacher les soutiens-gorge distribues a leur ceinture pour pouvoir les utiliser comme des porte-monnaie. L'atmosphere etait positive des le depart.

Merci d'avance...

malamour KudoZ activity Questions: 88 (none open) (3 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 14:51

English translation:to attach the bras that were handed out around their waist

Explanation:
I doubt that "ceinture" is referring to a belt here. I think this is most probably indicating the "waist," a common use of the word "ceinture," especially for women.

I would imagine they tied the straps around their waist and used the erm... "pouches" for money.

Selected response from:

Cath St Clair
Spain
Local time: 23:51

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Summary of answers provided

5 +2

to attach the bras that had been handed out to their belts

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4 +2

to attach the bras that were handed out around their waist

Cath St Clair

which led the native women in missions to put the braziers they were given to use as money belts

arrathoonlaa

...the native women in some missions, when given bras, to tie them to their belts

Sandra Petch

Discussion entries: 4

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17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

attacher les soutiens-gorge distribues a leur ceinture pour.... to attach the bras that had been handed out to their belts

Explanation:
or brassières (old term)

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Iraq
Local time: 06:51
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

3 hrs confidence:

...the native women in some missions, when given bras, to tie them to their belts

Explanation:
...and use them as purses.

There's a lovely explanation in the discussion box!

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-11-18 10:42:20 GMT)
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Sorry, "...., no more than 20 years ago, prompted the native women etc. etc."

Sandra Petch
Local time: 06:51
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

to attach the bras that were handed out around their waist

Cath St Clair
Spain
Local time: 23:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks

10 hrs confidence:

which led the native women in missions to put the braziers they were given to use as money belts

Explanation:
the English in the other translations just doesn't seem clear or smooth enough, so I interpreted more than translated.

arrathoonlaa
Local time: 00:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

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Non-PRO (3): Sandra Petch, David Goward, SJLD

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Changes made by editors

Nov 18, 2009 - Changes made by SJLD:
Level	PRO => Non-PRO
Nov 18, 2009 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Term asked	attacher les soutiens-gorge distribues a leur ceinture pour.... => attacher les soutiens-gorge distribués à leur ceinture
Field (write-in)	nom de l\'objet => (none)

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