... nor ever offended with my body against him.

French translation: jamais ne lui ai-je fait tort de par mon corps

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English term or phrase:	... nor ever offended with my body against him.
French translation:	jamais ne lui ai-je fait tort de par mon corps
Entered by:	Sylvia Rochonnat

18:07 Jan 22, 2009

English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: ... nor ever offended with my body against him.

Une reine se confesse avant son exécution :

I confess my innocence before God. I solemnly swear, on the damnation of my soul, that I have never been unfaithful to my lord and husband, nor ever offended
with my body against him. I do not say that I have always borne towards him the humility which I owed him, considering his kindness and the great honor he showed me, and the great respect he always paid me.

Sylvia Rochonnat KudoZ activity Questions: 825 (1 open) (7 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 326 France
Local time: 09:34

et jamais lui ai-je fais tort de par mon corps

Explanation:
ni / et

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-01-22 18:14:58 GMT)
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En tout cas cela ne veut PAS dire l'offenser en appuyant son corps contre lui, ce qu'il aurait peut-être préféré :-)

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-01-22 18:18:25 GMT)
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OU "par ma chair"

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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-01-23 15:01:16 GMT)
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Sandra Mouton: "ai-je fait

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Paul Hirsh
France
Local time: 09:34

Grading comment

merci
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Summary of answers provided

3 +8

et jamais lui ai-je fais tort de par mon corps

Paul Hirsh

... ni ne l'ai offensé à mon corps défendant

Hélène ALEXIS

je n'ai jamais refusé de le gratifier de mon corps

Lingua 5B

et ne me suis montrée coupable d'aucune faute susceptible de l'offenser

Olivia MAHÉ

Answers

32 mins confidence:

... ni ne l'ai offensé à mon corps défendant

Explanation:
idée..

Hélène ALEXIS
France
Local time: 09:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

je n'ai jamais refusé de le gratifier de mon corps

Explanation:

This is my idea.

This is obviously a Victorian ( or even older ) text , when it was very offensive to refuse the sexual obligations for the husband. Women, i.e. wives had to be humble, pliable and obedient. ( puritan moral )

Since we already have " that I have never been unfaithful to my lord and husband " preceding it, it's another reason to believe that this portion of the text is not related to adultery, sexual sin or similar.

Ideally, this sentence should be written in the style of 19. century French.

Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 09:34
Native speaker of:

Serbian,

Croatian

4 hrs confidence:

et ne me suis montrée coupable d'aucune faute susceptible de l'offenser

Explanation:
...d'aucune concupiscence...

Olivia MAHÉ
France
Local time: 09:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

et jamais lui ai-je fais tort de par mon corps

Paul Hirsh
France
Local time: 09:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

merci

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