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With a ruthless guide I wander over hairy mountain
« on: Jun 12th, 2003, 7:52am » |
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Avec un guide impitoyable,
Je parcours les monts chevelus,
Ou je poursuis un monstre, aux humains redoubtable;
C'est aux jeunes taillis que je chasse le plus,
Et souvent j'y vais faire un carnage effroyable
De ces monstres cruels, sous mes dents, abattus.
(With a ruthless guide,
I wander over hairy mountains,
Where I pursue a monster, dreaded by humans.
It is in the young brushwood that I hunt the most,
And often I inflict a frightful carnage
On those cruel monsters, slaughtered under my teeth.)
--Lamotte, 1800
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Re: With a ruthless guide...
« Reply #1 on: Jun 12th, 2003, 4:13pm » |
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I don't want to nitpick here, but are you sure your translation is accurate? 
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Re: With a ruthless guide...
« Reply #2 on: Jun 13th, 2003, 7:40am » |
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on Jun 12th, 2003, 4:13pm, Icarus wrote:| I don't want to nitpick here, but are you sure your translation is accurate? |
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Is that a guess?
BTW, did you mean the English version, if so, this will have to do. It does sound a little strange doesn't it?
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Re: With a ruthless guide...
« Reply #3 on: Jun 13th, 2003, 3:33pm » |
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I think we should refer to Icarus's picture.
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Re: With a ruthless guide...
« Reply #4 on: Jun 13th, 2003, 3:40pm » |
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some sort of [hide] feline [/hint] that hunts in the brush? but what does it hunt that we dread?
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Re: With a ruthless guide...
« Reply #5 on: Jun 13th, 2003, 8:15pm » |
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Maryl - I'm sorry! There was nothing wrong with the translation. If you knew me better, you would know never to take my word on anything relating to the meaning of any word not in English! I have no talent for foreign languages. 
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Re: With a ruthless guide...
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on Jun 13th, 2003, 3:40pm, Coe wrote:| some sort of [hide] feline [/hint] that hunts in the brush? but what does it hunt that we dread? |
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It's not a feline. Run through it again.
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Re: With a ruthless guide...
« Reply #7 on: Jun 17th, 2003, 12:42pm » |
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axes?
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Re: With a ruthless guide...
« Reply #8 on: Jun 17th, 2003, 12:45pm » |
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on Jun 17th, 2003, 12:42pm, aero_guy wrote:
Ouch!
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Re: With a ruthless guide...
« Reply #9 on: Jun 17th, 2003, 12:47pm » |
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Damn, just got it. I see where you would say ouch. I could comment on the other answers but I don't want to nit pick.
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Re: With a ruthless guide...
« Reply #10 on: Jun 18th, 2003, 8:03pm » |
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So you had a lousy time with this one?
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