Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
l'oeil revolver
English translation:
gunshot gaze
Added to glossary by
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Jun 5, 2007 02:46
16 yrs ago
French term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
l'oeil revolver
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Police And Prisoners
In a poem about street scenes in New York City.
Context:
"...Un camion se vide de ses prisonniers,
Les jambes et les poignets enchaines,
Ils montent dans un autre vehicule,
Sous **l'oeil revolver** des policiers."
Can anyone come up with anything better than "under the revolving eyes of the police?"
Merci!
femme
Context:
"...Un camion se vide de ses prisonniers,
Les jambes et les poignets enchaines,
Ils montent dans un autre vehicule,
Sous **l'oeil revolver** des policiers."
Can anyone come up with anything better than "under the revolving eyes of the police?"
Merci!
femme
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Jun 7, 2007 14:53: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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gunshot eyes
my touch of poetic licence ...
Peer comment(s):
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Najib Aloui
: I don't "feel" English as much as a native speaker but I like this..
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merci Najib !
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jean-jacques alexandre
: this is the one I like best also
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merci jean-jacques !
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Went with "gunshot gaze." Thanks!"
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piercing
I'm not much of a poet, but I'm thinking the idea is that the eyes of the police are like guns watching and ready to fire.
the piercing eyes of the police
the glaring eyes of the police
something along those lines
the piercing eyes of the police
the glaring eyes of the police
something along those lines
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as the police officers give their ready-to-shoot look
Hello,
This is how I read it.
I think "revolver" means "ready to shoot" here.
I hope this helps.
This is how I read it.
I think "revolver" means "ready to shoot" here.
I hope this helps.
46 mins
probing eyes
You can use probing or scrutinizing or searching, so that all that gone down one lorry have got into the next vehicle.
1 hr
Robert Frankling
Native in English
BA in Translation/Dipl
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
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4
French term (edited):
l\'oeil revolver
under the service pistol eyes of the police officers
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3 hrs
threatening glare
poetry can go just so far.
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Nathalie Elson
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Thank you, Nathalie.
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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thank you, Ingeborg.
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looks-could-kill glare
Another idea to keep the ball rolling!!
4 hrs
under the watchful and menacing eye of the police
this sort of thing
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under the BEADY eyes of the police
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under the BEADY eyes of the police
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their eyes shot daggers
The policemen's eyes shot daggers at them as they got in the other car..
Peer comment(s):
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CMJ_Trans (X)
: you LOOK daggers....
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You shoot looks with daggers in them.http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/shoot
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trigger-happy/quick-eyed/sharp-eyed gaze/watch .... but
but ....I actually like revolver eyes because this is a poem and you have poetic license to use it as it stands ... revolver sums it all up ... trigger-happy, eyes everywhere at the same time, dangerous etc.
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sorry, yes, as CMJ points out and I forgot to mention, it's a French song by Marc Lavoine
he's got revolver eyes he's got a killing look he's the first one who fired he touched me i'm done" si quelqu'un sait de duquel chanson est la lettre s'il ...
fr.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070521210721AAMJqj1&show=7 - 130k
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sorry, yes, as CMJ points out and I forgot to mention, it's a French song by Marc Lavoine
he's got revolver eyes he's got a killing look he's the first one who fired he touched me i'm done" si quelqu'un sait de duquel chanson est la lettre s'il ...
fr.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070521210721AAMJqj1&show=7 - 130k
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Cervin
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thanks Cervin
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Julie Barber
: I'd go for 'revolver eyes' too. I think it also literally means that they are armed
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thanks Julie
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katsy
: yes, why not 'revolver eyes'; otherwise I like trigger-happy. Bonne journée suezen :-)
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thanks Katsy ... you too!
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Michele Fauble
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Native English
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
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11
gun-cocked eyes
'pistol-cocked eyes'
'revolver-cocked eyes'
'revolver-cocked eyes'
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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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80
murderous swivelling eye/gaze
to capture both aspects of "revolver" as I see it
under the murderous swivelling eye/gaze of...
some 'literary' examples - :
Dime Novels -- Jesse James, the OutlawCrack!! went his revolver, directed by the murderous eye that had never been known to miss its deliberate aim, and I, too, stood unharmed. ...
www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/texts/216.html - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
Amazon.com: The 'I' of the Camera: Essays in Film Criticism ...Hitchcock: The Murderous Gaze (Harvard Film Studies) by William Rothman ... Key Phrases - CAPs: The Murderous Gaze, Cary Grant, The Rules of the Game, ...
www.amazon.com/Camera-Criticism-History-Aesthetics-Cambridg... - 117k - Cached -
Maggie’s Tree
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to catch his beady swivelling eye as she approaches the bar but, with. the briefest of glances, he turns his back on her. She stares at the large ...
www.orionbooks.co.uk/extras/JulieWalters_MaggiesTree.pdf
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swivelling, brutal eyes
their brutal eyes darting about
their mean, piggy eyes darting around (pig also has negative connotations with the police, as well as not being very flattering)
under the murderous swivelling eye/gaze of...
some 'literary' examples - :
Dime Novels -- Jesse James, the OutlawCrack!! went his revolver, directed by the murderous eye that had never been known to miss its deliberate aim, and I, too, stood unharmed. ...
www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/texts/216.html - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
Amazon.com: The 'I' of the Camera: Essays in Film Criticism ...Hitchcock: The Murderous Gaze (Harvard Film Studies) by William Rothman ... Key Phrases - CAPs: The Murderous Gaze, Cary Grant, The Rules of the Game, ...
www.amazon.com/Camera-Criticism-History-Aesthetics-Cambridg... - 117k - Cached -
Maggie’s Tree
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
to catch his beady swivelling eye as she approaches the bar but, with. the briefest of glances, he turns his back on her. She stares at the large ...
www.orionbooks.co.uk/extras/JulieWalters_MaggiesTree.pdf
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OR
swivelling, brutal eyes
their brutal eyes darting about
their mean, piggy eyes darting around (pig also has negative connotations with the police, as well as not being very flattering)
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