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snark

French translation: snark

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English term or phrase:snark
French translation:snark
Entered by: Sylvia Rochonnat

16:21 May 20, 2005
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Linguistics
English term or phrase: snark
Dans le dessin animé "Trollz", un personnage écrit un poème :

Bump on a log
Knot on the bark
Howl like a dog
And hunt like a snark

Wow, now that's sweet.
Sylvia Rochonnat
France
Local time: 17:59
explanation
Explanation:
'snark' vient du poeme 'The hunting of the snark' par Lewis Carroll. Il l'a inventé.

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-20 16:26:26 GMT)
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normalement on ne le traduit pas.

\'La chasse au Snark\'
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Katherine Hodkinson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:59
Grading comment
thx
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8explanation
Katherine Hodkinson
4 +1snark
David Hollywood
3snark
Stéphane Le Faou
1requin
Francis MARC


Discussion entries: 3





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
requin


Explanation:
possible typo pour "shark" ?

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 18:59
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 38
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
explanation


Explanation:
'snark' vient du poeme 'The hunting of the snark' par Lewis Carroll. Il l'a inventé.

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-20 16:26:26 GMT)
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normalement on ne le traduit pas.

\'La chasse au Snark\'

Katherine Hodkinson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
thx

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
2 mins
  -> merci gilles
agree  Stéphane Le Faou
3 mins
  -> merci stéphane
agree  David Hollywood: I think you should get the nod here ... spot on :)
3 mins
  -> thank you, David :)
agree  suezen
3 mins
  -> merci suezen
agree  Pierre POUSSIN
4 mins
  -> merci irat56
agree  Platary (X): Tout de même ... http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/auteur.asp?id=1379
14 mins
  -> merci adrien
agree  carlie602
3 hrs
  -> merci carlie
agree  DocteurPC: bonne référence Adrien
1 day 23 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
snark


Explanation:
Think it stays as is in French

Chasse au Snark. Tricot et lecture au coin du feu... Who am I kidding ? ...
Et disponible en français mais avec quelques imprécisions ...


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Note added at 5 mins (2005-05-20 16:27:05 GMT)
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Bibliographie de Lewis Carroll. ... 1876, The Hunting of the Snark. (La chasse au Snark) Macmillan, Londres. 1879, Euclid and his modern rivals, ...


David Hollywood
Local time: 12:59
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sarahl (X): same class as dahut maybe?
32 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
snark


Explanation:
Il me semble que c'est une bête imaginaire inventée par Lewis Carroll

Stéphane Le Faou
France
Local time: 17:59
Native speaker of: French
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