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French to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
sous-style de Buli		Buli sub-style
stayed by what was		captive du passé
suprématiste		suprematist	Victoria Porter-Burns
Entered by: Victoria Porter-Burns
sur fond général de méfiance et de crainte		against a background glow of suspicion and fear
suspendus aux chances		pinned their hopes on
symboles forts et références		powerful symbols and references to prior epochs.
syncrétisable		syncretism (n) / syncretistic (adj)
SYNTHÈSE DE TEXTES		synthesis of texts	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
tant il est vrai que		such is the extent to which	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
tatigué		Oh god
tenir des propos mondains		To be conversational / to bander small-talk
tenir une conduite sur quelqu\'un		to have a hold on/over someone
Tintinolâtre		Tintin fan
tomber du plateau		once the spotlight dims	Philippa Smith
Entered by: Philippa Smith
tourettien		gesticulating wildly
tournebouler		what's got you in a tizzy?/what's made you so giddy?
tout ce qui n’avait pas trait à sa petite personne		anything that didn't revolve around her	Gina W
Entered by: Gina W
tout compte fait		all things considered
Traître sans parole		treacherous liar
traits de verre		flashes of glass
trombe d'eau mère		main/mother waterspout
un aubère cap de more		strawberry roan with a black face and socks
un cote glauque paillette		both a glittering and sinister aspect
Un jeu de piste où court la parole		A mystery/detective sstory where God\'s words run from...
un monocle brisant		a piercing monocle
un océan de vide mental		a sea of mental emptiness	Diane de Cicco
Entered by: Diane de Cicco
un paille		straw hat
un petit Migou		a little pixie/sprite	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
un poil corseté		a tad constricted/constrained
un porte-regard		a delegated focaliser
un quadra		a forty-something
un soleil de circonstance		with sunshine worthy of the occasion
un turque d'outretombe		a(n arcane) Turkish patois	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
une bonne teinture de musique		a good nodding acquaintance with music
une distance savamment creuséee		a wisely left ajar matter
une Europe à rêver		dreamland Europe
une filée de la liberté		virtue is still one of the threads with which liberty is woven.
Une fille qui tangue et vient mouiller		A girl who sways and comes to dock	Nick Lingris
Entered by: Nick Lingris
une poignante course à l’abîme		A heart-rending/poignant plummet into the abyss
une savante alchimie		a sophisticated process

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