cyprès de Toi, Mon Dieu

Portuguese translation: Trocadilho, intraduzível. Explique em NT

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French term or phrase:	cyprès de Toi, Mon Dieu
Portuguese translation:	Trocadilho, intraduzível. Explique em NT
Entered by:	rhandler

18:31 Apr 10, 2005

French to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: cyprès de Toi, Mon Dieu

Penso tratar-de de um trocadilho:

"Après que Dieu eut crée la Terre, la trouvant un peu nue, Il inventa les arbres pour rompre la monotonie de sa suface, et le premier arbre qu'Il fabriqua fut le cyprès. Depuis lors, les hommes en chantent les louanges aux cris mille fois répétés de "Cyprès de Toi, Mon Dieu".

Ivana de Sousa Santos KudoZ activity Questions: 1208 (2 open) (24 without valid answers) (28 closed without grading) Answers: 393 Portugal
Local time: 05:03

Trocadilho, intraduzível

Explanation:
A expressão seria, em francês, "si près de Toi, mon Dieu" (tão perto de Ti, meu Deus), mas a grafia "cyprès" (cipreste) não permite nada parecido em português, nada que "se preste" a traduzir tal trocadilho.

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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs 38 mins (2005-04-12 00:09:17 GMT)
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\"Si près\" é a expressão mais comum, veja: 82,100 French pages for \"si pres\" e apenas 757 French pages for \"ci pres\".

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rhandler
Local time: 01:03

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5 +5

Aqui perto de Ti, Meu Deus

Jorge Rodrigues

5 +2

Trocadilho, intraduzível

rhandler

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20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

cyprès de Toi, Mon Dieu Aqui perto de Ti, Meu Deus

Explanation:
Sim, é um trocadilho, baseado nas pronúncias de "ci près" (aqui perto) e "cyprès" (cipreste, a árvore), que são iguais.

Jorge Rodrigues
Brazil
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

cyprès de Toi, Mon Dieu

Trocadilho, intraduzível

rhandler
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

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Sim, acabei por colocar uma NT a explicar. Obrigada pelas sugestões.

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