Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
inachèvement
English translation:
non-completion
Added to glossary by
liz askew
Nov 8, 2011 20:26
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inachèvement
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Un inachèvement d’autant plus remarquable si l’on considère le nombre de romans achevés et édités qui auraient mieux fait de rester inachevés pour le bien de la littérature…
My attempt: ''A failure to complete stories even more remarkable in the light of the numerous novels gone to print while they should have better stayed unfinished for literature's sake...''
What are your suggestions?
Thank you
Source: http://www.sgeveditions.com/bartelby/index.htm
My attempt: ''A failure to complete stories even more remarkable in the light of the numerous novels gone to print while they should have better stayed unfinished for literature's sake...''
What are your suggestions?
Thank you
Source: http://www.sgeveditions.com/bartelby/index.htm
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | non-completion |
liz askew
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| 4 | a failure to complete |
Benjamin Hall
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non-completion
A Presumption of Death by Jill Paton Walsh :: Reader Store
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Rated 3.0 out of 5.0
Review by Jill Paton Walsh
28 Feb 2003 – Jill Paton Walsh is the author of six novels for adults, one of which, ... No definite reason has been found for the non-completion of this novel. ...
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books.google.com/books?isbn=9062036651...C. J. Partridge - 1984 - Literary Criticism - 98 pages
This was a novel about poor-white farming in California. ... and passages of lyric sensitivity, and its non-completion is a loss for American literature. ...
Amazon.com: A Customer's review of MOST ANCIENT SONG (Gods of Ireland)
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There are actually two novels in this series, but due to failure in the marketplace, ... The reasons for the non-completion of the series is only hear-say, ...
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Non-completion is all the more remarkable if you consider/one considers the number of unfinished novels...
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Non-completion is all the more remarkabe, considering...
ebookstore.sony.com › Mystery & Thrillers › General Thrillers
Rated 3.0 out of 5.0
Review by Jill Paton Walsh
28 Feb 2003 – Jill Paton Walsh is the author of six novels for adults, one of which, ... No definite reason has been found for the non-completion of this novel. ...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-11-08 23:45:20 GMT)
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books.google.com/books?isbn=9062036651...C. J. Partridge - 1984 - Literary Criticism - 98 pages
This was a novel about poor-white farming in California. ... and passages of lyric sensitivity, and its non-completion is a loss for American literature. ...
Amazon.com: A Customer's review of MOST ANCIENT SONG (Gods of Ireland)
www.amazon.com/review/R1WZPQ3R6M0PDY
There are actually two novels in this series, but due to failure in the marketplace, ... The reasons for the non-completion of the series is only hear-say, ...
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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-11-09 08:59:12 GMT)
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Non-completion is all the more remarkable if you consider/one considers the number of unfinished novels...
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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-11-09 09:19:18 GMT)
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Non-completion is all the more remarkabe, considering...
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Comment: "Thanks for your help :) "
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a failure to complete
I think your idea is good. I think it's the usual way to say what you mean.
Otherwise, "incompletion" but my answer is the target term.
Otherwise, "incompletion" but my answer is the target term.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your help ;) |
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La grammaire anglaise de l'étudiant - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=2708006096...Serge Berland-Delépine - 1989 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 606 pages
His results are all the more remarkable because nobody helped him. Ses résultats sont d'autant plus remarquables que personne ne l'a aidé. The country is the ...