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ears of corn

French translation: ses oreilles en forme d'épi de maïs

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English term or phrase:ears of corn
French translation:ses oreilles en forme d'épi de maïs
Entered by: laumarie

12:36 Sep 12, 2014
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: ears of corn
Comment traduiriez-vous cette expression dans ce contexte ?
D'avance, merci de votre aide.

Freed from her fleshy abdominal cage
my infant bellows merrily – merrily,
ears of corn,
hair of willow.
Virginie Ebongué
Italy
Local time: 02:48
ses oreilles en forme d'épi de maïs
Explanation:
"ear of corn" signifie littéralement "épi de maïs" (voir site web wordreference)

dans le texte, c'est une description analogique des oreilles, comme celle des cheveux (hair of willow), il me semble

j'ai trouvé un site sur la mythologie aztèque, voir extrait et adresse web ci-dessous

j'ai donc gardé la même image
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laumarie
France
Local time: 02:48
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup !
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4ses oreilles en forme d'épi de maïs
laumarie
4 +1son de blé
Marina Dorland
3 +1épis de blé
kashew
4Epis de maïs
surbeg


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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
épis de blé


Explanation:
Why not?

kashew
France
Local time: 02:48
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Juan Jacob: Comment passer du maïs au blé ?
1 hr
  -> Who says it must be maize?
agree  Marion Feildel (X): c'est ce qui est le plus poétique.
16 hrs
  -> Thanks
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
ses oreilles en forme d'épi de maïs


Explanation:
"ear of corn" signifie littéralement "épi de maïs" (voir site web wordreference)

dans le texte, c'est une description analogique des oreilles, comme celle des cheveux (hair of willow), il me semble

j'ai trouvé un site sur la mythologie aztèque, voir extrait et adresse web ci-dessous

j'ai donc gardé la même image

Example sentence(s):
  • On peut aussi la considérer comme la contre-partie féminine du dieu du maïs Cinteotl, leur symbole était une oreille en forme d'épi de maïs.

    Reference: http://mythologica.fr/aztec/cihua.htm
    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/corn
laumarie
France
Local time: 02:48
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
1 min
agree  writeaway
1 hr
agree  surbeg: Savant !
3 hrs
agree  rachelha
1 day 17 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5

1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
son de blé


Explanation:
One idea of adatptation. As it is a poetic text, an adaptation would be acceptable in order to have a pun in French.
son: bran/sound

ear: épis/oreille

As for "corn", if the text is British it means "blé", if it is American it means "maïs", but it seems that the most important here is to find an polysemic equivalent. But of course, more context is needed to make sure the general tone and ideas are in the same line.

Marina Dorland
South Africa
Local time: 02:48
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Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jocelyne Cuenin: ou grain de peau, etc : tout à fait d'accord sur l'importance du contexte et la résonance qu'on recherche
12 hrs
  -> Thanks :)
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