Comments on: Calling All Native French Speakers http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:10:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8069 Anonymous Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:27:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8069 I agree =) I'm not a translator either, but "the other one saddens it" sounds about right. Olivier I agree =)

I’m not a translator either, but “the other one saddens it” sounds about right.

Olivier

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8068 Anonymous Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8068 I concurr with Leila I would suggest that the most accurate translation would be ""the other one makes the world grieve". "The other one saddens it" could also be used but it does sound a bit to empathetic. Rita A former E to F translator I concurr with Leila

I would suggest that the most accurate translation would be “”the other one makes the world grieve”. “The other one saddens it” could also be used but it does sound a bit to empathetic.

Rita

A former E to F translator

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8066 Anonymous Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8066 From a native speaking French, I believe the correct translation is : "One astonishes the world, the other saddens it" (not me, but hubby said it). From a native speaking French, I believe the correct translation is : “One astonishes the world, the other saddens it” (not me, but hubby said it).

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8067 Anonymous Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:59:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8067 I'm sitting here with our household Native French Speaker. We've bandied the "feeling" in "l'autre le désole" back and forth. "Wounds" is way too strong. "Distresses" is too strong. but "grieve" puts the subject too close to the situation. "Disappoints" sets the writer as too judgmental. She offers up "saddens," because the speaker is physically distant from the problem, but still empathetic. Other than that she liked Jay's translation. So: One amazes the world; the other saddens it. China, the roaring dragon of the 21st century, and Africa, the ostrich powerless to face its challenges. The beauty of French is only the writer has a clue what the word meant that day. (OK, that comment is mine alone.) I’m sitting here with our household Native French Speaker.

We’ve bandied the “feeling” in “l’autre le désole” back and forth. “Wounds” is way too strong. “Distresses” is too strong. but “grieve” puts the subject too close to the situation. “Disappoints” sets the writer as too judgmental.

She offers up “saddens,” because the speaker is physically distant from the problem, but still empathetic.

Other than that she liked Jay’s translation. So:

One amazes the world; the other saddens it. China, the roaring dragon of the 21st century, and Africa, the ostrich powerless to face its challenges.

The beauty of French is only the writer has a clue what the word meant that day. (OK, that comment is mine alone.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8065 Anonymous Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:12:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8065 Joey - I'd translate it as: One amazes the world; the other disappoints it. China, the roaring dragon of the 21st century, and Africa, the ostrich powerless to face its challenges. but, then again, IANAFT (I Am Not A French Translator) :) Jay Joey -

I’d translate it as:

One amazes the world; the other disappoints it. China, the roaring dragon of the 21st century, and Africa, the ostrich powerless to face its challenges.

but, then again, IANAFT (I Am Not A French Translator) :)
Jay

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8064 Anonymous Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:22:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/18/calling-all-native-french-speakers/#comment-8064 Joey, your comments are correct: the partical sentence "l'autre le désole" should really be translated as: the other makes the world grieve or the other distresses the world. Your first translation was incorrect indeed. Leila Joey, your comments are correct: the partical sentence “l’autre le désole” should really be translated as: the other makes the world grieve or the other distresses the world. Your first translation was incorrect indeed.

Leila

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