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Ship of Ghouls

French translation: la croisière des goules

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English term or phrase:Ship of Ghouls
French translation:la croisière des goules
Entered by: Guillaume St-G

16:45 Dec 21, 2010
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism
English term or phrase: Ship of Ghouls
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Référence et contexte : http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/ship_of_ghouls_tK...
Nicolas Bonsignore
Local time: 00:09
la croisière des goules
Explanation:
pourquoi pas? Sinon 'croisière macabre' ?

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Guillaume St-G
Canada
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3la croisière des goules
Guillaume St-G
4 +2la Nef des Goules
FX Fraipont (X)
5 +1la nef des goules
MM^^
5Bateau de Badauds
kashew
4Une croisière de Goules
mikeben
3La croisière des morts-vivants
edouard m


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ship of ghouls
la croisière des goules


Explanation:
pourquoi pas? Sinon 'croisière macabre' ?

suggestion!

Guillaume St-G
Canada
Local time: 18:09
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in ThaiThai
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Asker: J'aime beaucoup "Croisière macabre". C'est exactement ce que je cherchais !


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ship of ghouls
Bateau de Badauds


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kashew
France
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ship of ghouls
Une croisière de Goules


Explanation:
Knowing that Ghoul explictly translates itself into Goules. But for one who is less famliliar with the term, One could "Croisière des Démons".
Cruisers Frolic 60 miles from rotten bodies / Une croisère s'amuse à 60 km de cadavres .
Une croisière s'amuse refers to translation used for the series "The Love Boat".

mikeben
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ship of ghouls
la Nef des Goules


Explanation:
C'est un jeu de mots qui utilise l'assonance avec "Ship of Fools", la "nef des fous" , le tableau macabre de Jérôme Bosch.

"The ship of fools is an allegory that has long been a fixture in Western literature and art. The allegory depicts a vessel populated by human inhabitants who are deranged, frivolous, or oblivious, passengers aboard a ship without a pilot, and seemingly ignorant of their own direction. This concept makes up the framework of the 15th century book Ship of Fools (1494) by Sebastian Brant, which served as the inspiration for Bosch's famous painting, Ship of Fools: a ship--an entire fleet at first--sets off from Basel to the paradise of fools. In literary and artistic compositions of the 15th and 16th centuries, the cultural motif of the ship of fools also served to parody the 'ark of salvation' (as the Catholic Church was styled)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_fools

"La nef des fous est un terme repris aux traditions des Flandres du XVe siècle. En effet, l'œuvre de Bosch trouve aussi ses sources dans la littérature de l'époque. Publiée en 1494, La Nef des fous de Sébastien Brant accueille, dans sa nef symbolique, des fous de toutes catégories et fait défiler les faiblesses humaines. L'une de ses strophes dit : « Mieux vaut rester laïque que de mal se conduire en étant dans les ordres ». Beaucoup de similitudes existent entre ce livre et la représentation faite par Bosch. Un lien non négligeable avec L'Éloge de la folie d'Érasme est à faire. De plus, la métaphore de la barque était l'une des plus fréquentes au Moyen Âge. On la retrouve aussi dans La Barque bleue de Jacques Van Oestvoren."
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Nef_des_fous_(Bosch)

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
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ship of ghouls
la nef des goules


Explanation:
Une suggestion

MM^^
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ship of ghouls
La croisière des morts-vivants


Explanation:
...ou "le vaisseau des morts-vivants"

;)

edouard m
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