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La plus belle « fin » du monde !

English translation: The most beautiful \"edge\" of the world!


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French term or phrase:La plus belle « fin » du monde !
English translation:The most beautiful \"edge\" of the world!
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03:19 Aug 25, 2011
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Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel
French term or phrase: La plus belle « fin » du monde !
This is the heading for an article about Cape Town, South Africa:

La plus belle « fin » du monde !

Thank you in advance ....
jeantrans
The most beautiful "edge" of the world!
Explanation:
A little bit of a play on words.
Selected response from:

François-Xavier Torrentz
Local time: 20:43
Grading comment
Thank you all for so many good suggestions. It was hard to pick, but I decided on this one, as I think it works well for this text.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5the finest land's end the world has to offerxxxBourth
3 +6the most beautiful "end" of the world!cc in nyc
5Reach the egde of the earth
Stefan Hart de Keating
3 +1The ends of the Earth just got more beautiful
Allison Wright
4The allure of the world's farthest reach
verslanglais
3The "end" of the world: there's none more beautiful!
Andrea R
2 +1Where the world comes to a beautiful finish!
Tony M
3The most beautiful corner of the world!
Wendy Streitparth
3The world's loveliest cape
Gilla Evans
3the most attractive tip of the worldBrigitteHilgner
2The world ends beautifully hereclain
2The most beautiful "edge" of the world!
François-Xavier Torrentz


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the most attractive tip of the world


Explanation:
make it sound positive

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 02:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: My concern is that there is some kind of suggestive connotation about 'tip' — and in any case, it can also mean a rubbish tip! / Alison, what's so specifically 'gay' about 'tip'?! :-))
1 hr
neutral  Allison Wright: Agree with Tony, given the high percentage of gay people living there, and also on rubbish tip. Parts of Cape Town definitely qualify for that description.
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
The most beautiful "edge" of the world!


Explanation:
A little bit of a play on words.

François-Xavier Torrentz
Local time: 20:43
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you all for so many good suggestions. It was hard to pick, but I decided on this one, as I think it works well for this text.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The allure of the world's farthest reach


Explanation:
My take on it.

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I'm not sure Capetown is the farthest reach - probably Ushuaia, right? - but anyway.


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"Land's end" might be another alternative to "end of the world"...

verslanglais
Local time: 02:43
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The "end" of the world: there's none more beautiful!


Explanation:
This came to mind.
It may be a bit too long compared with the original

Andrea R
France
Local time: 02:43
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Where the world comes to a beautiful finish!


Explanation:
I really think you'll need to get completely away from the original pun — which incidentally, I think is 3-way, isn't it? With 'fin' in the sense of 'goal, objective' as well.

Note that 'finish' is a term used in wine-tasting, and hence highly appropriate for S.A. with its renowned wine industry.

Tony M
France
Local time: 02:43
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 107

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cetacea: Nice one.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cetacea!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The ends of the Earth just got more beautiful


Explanation:
Only suggesting this in the hopes that it will trigger greater creativity on the part of others.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-08-25 07:20:47 GMT)
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(Sheer) beauty at the ends of the Earth
Breathtaking beauty at the ends of the Earth.

are two more suggestions.


Allison Wright
Portugal
Local time: 01:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I agree with your departing further from the source, and think that 'the ends of the Earth' is a better way to go than the end of the world.
3 mins
  -> I see from Google that "ends of the Earth" is used for tourism articles on the South Pole.
agree  Yolanda Broad: I especially like "Sheer beauty at the ends of the Earth"
8 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The world's loveliest cape


Explanation:
Since this type of "end" of the world is a cape, hence the name of the city, I think you could use that. Where I live Cape Cornwall claims to be the only cape in England (which I dispute), and it is a stone's throw from Lands End. A cape is a very specific kind of land's end.

Gilla Evans
Local time: 01:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: My concern here is that one doesn't very often use the word 'cape' on its own like this in the geographical meaning, and this might be read first as the type of garment... I think I shall don my 'cape of good hope' and sally forth... (I know her well!)
26 mins
  -> That's because you don't live near a hotly disputed cape! People talk about capes over breakfast here, and they certainly aren't talking about cloaks. Maybe I'm being parochial, but I certainly think of cape first in its geographical sense. "Cloak Town"!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The most beautiful corner of the world!


Explanation:
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Wendy Streitparth
Local time: 02:43
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Might be too much hype, even for a marketing text!
1 min
  -> Its quite a common expression
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Reach the egde of the earth


Explanation:
Avec les problèmes de violence et de pauvreté que Cape Town connaît, "end of world" pourrait être mal interpréter

"Edge" est le plus souvent utilisé en tant que terme touristique quand on parle de Cape Town...

"Reach the edge of the Earth" est un titre accrocheur et hors du commun


Stefan Hart de Keating
Mauritius
Local time: 04:43
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
the finest land's end the world has to offer


Explanation:
Just drawing the parallel between Land's End in Cornwall, Finisterre in Brittany, and Fisterra in Galicia.

Are there any non-Celtic "land's ends" in the world?

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Strictly speaking, though, any "land's end" in South Africa would be near the municipality of Agulhas which is some distance from Cape Town.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_AgulhasCached - Similar
Cape Agulhas is a rocky headland in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is the geographic southern tip of Africa and the official dividing point between the ...


xxxBourth
Local time: 02:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Nice one, Alex, gets my vote!
6 mins
agree  Cetacea
21 mins
agree  cc in nyc: I like it too
29 mins
agree  François-Xavier Torrentz
1 hr
agree  Verginia Ophof
3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
the most beautiful "end" of the world!


Explanation:
Any reason not to use direct translation?

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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-08-25 13:24:41 GMT)
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I really like Tony's suggestion in his comment, so perhaps:

"the most beautiful "end" of the earth!"

cc in nyc
Local time: 20:43
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nini24: the most beautiful tip of the world
19 mins
  -> Thank you.
neutral  Tony M: To make it not sound like 'the end of the world', I'd be inclined to go for 'in' the world, which keeps the idea of the play on words / I know that as "go to the ends of the earth for someone" (and cf. other answers here)
1 hr
  -> Original phrase reminds me of "to go to the end of the world for someone, something" (which won't work with "in") // Oh, right :o – but that works brilliantly
agree  Michel F. Morin: The simpler often the better !
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
neutral  polyglot45: good translation but does not work for me as a title- too wordy
2 hrs
  -> though about the same length as the original
agree  EJP
3 hrs
  -> Thank you. (Agreed.)
agree  Sangro: Captures both meanings. No problem.
4 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Katarina Peters
7 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Verbier TransIT
7 days
  -> Thank you.
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
The world ends beautifully here


Explanation:
Changed the syntax and added ''here''. Sounds a lot like the others (reminds me of Tony's), but is different still.


clain
Local time: 20:43
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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