Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 13, 2006 13:45
20 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
For the Love of Language
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
peine
There are so many options for translating this that I don't know where to start!
"Cette première grande unité française à débarquer en France, quatre ans de peine et de gloire l'ont forgée."
Toil, strife, sorrow, trouble...
"Cette première grande unité française à débarquer en France, quatre ans de peine et de gloire l'ont forgée."
Toil, strife, sorrow, trouble...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +9 | pain/trouble |
Calou
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| 3 +2 | tragedy |
Aisha Maniar
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| 5 | sufferings |
Regina Guerra
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| 3 | moulded by four years of strife and glory |
S K
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Proposed translations
+9
6 mins
Selected
pain/trouble
good luck
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Hard to chose between pain and suffering. Thanks, all."
4 mins
moulded by four years of strife and glory
Possibility?
+2
5 mins
Aisha Maniar
Native in English
Works in field
French/Arabic-English legal translator
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) 
Works in: Arabic to English, French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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12
tragedy
not exactly a direct equivalent of peine but it could work here, or perhaps "hardship"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sandra Petch
: Sorry Aisha, I didn't read your note and proposed "hardship" which you'd already suggested. All credit to you, I've hidden "my" answer ;-)
1 hr
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that's ok...thanks :-)
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| agree |
GerardP
: yes hardship looks appropriate here
1 hr
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thank you
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20 mins
Regina Guerra
ACCURACY
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, and 1 more.
sufferings
the meaning here is "sufferings".
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Josephine79
: Perhaps, but it should definitely be singular: "suffering".
19 hrs
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