Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
two camels and a goat
French translation:
payer pour la noce
English term
France
two camels and a goat
- Closer.
- Mom, any closer and he's gonna owe us two camels and a goat.
- Skating in pairs is about harmony. It's about two skaters
coming together as one.
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Jacques Desnoyers
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| 4 +5 | deux chameaux et une chèvre |
sarahl (X)
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| 5 | cadeau de mariage |
wolfheart
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Proposed translations
Communication is more than just words
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
payer pour la noce
Le couple de patineurs fait allusion au cadeau de mariage que devra leur offrir l'instructeur parce qu'ils sont déjà dans une étreinte qui laisse peu de place à autre chose qu'à une relation intime.
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Il y a sûrement plusieurs manières de le dire, mais c'est le sens de la phrase.
cadeau de mariage
deux chameaux et une chèvre
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RHELLER
: yes, it's an old fashioned (biblical) custom
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cheap woman! they'd let her go for less than a herd of each?
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
: la dot quoi :-))// in Africa, "la dot" is the bride price, paid by the groom's family http://www.islamophile.org/spip/article812.html :-))
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quite the opposite! the woman provides the dot, this is a payment for the woman lol.
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hirselina
: Absolument! Il n'y a aucune raison de ne pas traduire littéralement puisque les Français savent très bien à quoi il est allusion
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oui, pourquoi chercher midi à 14 heures ?
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Platary (X)
: Ah, le double camel et le triple biqué !!! Beeeeh ... Dac pour traduire tel quel !
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et le paletot avant, Adrien !
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df49f (X)
: la trad. litérale passe en effet sans problème en Français
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oui, sans vouloir être chameau, certaines de ces questions me rendent chèvre !
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