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mariage à cheval

English translation: a wedding on horseback


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15:34 Aug 18, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
French term or phrase: mariage à cheval
From an article discussing the work of Jules Verne, specifically, La Chasse au météore [The Chase of the Golden Meteor]:

Le mariage à l'américaine, provoque chez l'auteur un étonnement, mêlé d'envie, devant la facilité avec laquelle le divorce peut ensuite être obtenue. Se séparer à l'aimable lui paraît aussi extraordinaire qu'un mariage à cheval : "un divorce aussi original que le fut leur mariage", écrit-il (ch. XIV).
Stephanie Mitchel
Local time: 04:52
English translation:a wedding on horseback
Explanation:
why not?
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xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 11:52
Grading comment
Thanks CMJ, I think I'm going to footnote this one as well!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4a wedding on horsebackxxxCMJ_Trans
5overlapping/ straddling/ astride marriage
Ritu Bhanot


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
a wedding on horseback


Explanation:
why not?

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 11:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 96
Grading comment
Thanks CMJ, I think I'm going to footnote this one as well!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxA-Z Trans
4 mins

agree  Aisha Maniar: or "horseback wedding"
13 mins

agree  mcguegan
15 mins

agree  TesCor -: horseback wedding
17 mins

neutral  Anthony Chalkley: in the game of tarot, this term means JQK in the same suit: surely not a troilist wedding?
17 mins
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1 day19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
mariage à cheval
overlapping/ straddling/ astride marriage


Explanation:
a marriage towards which one has a very noncommittal attitude or stand


Ritu Bhanot
France
Local time: 11:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HindiHindi
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