Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
dans le vert de la pluie
English translation:
in the (very) green rain
French term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
dans le vert de la pluie
Dans une lettre de 1975 (Ted Hughes) à sa fille
Frieda, scolarisée en pension, il l’interroge sur ses examens, puis décrit l’activité du jour dans le
Devon:
La pluie s’est mise à tomber juste au moment où nous finissions de charger les bottes de
foin – nous nous sommes précipités pour les mettre à l’abri, bottes dans la Land Rover,
bottes dans le van de Jean et Ian, bottes dans le box des chevaux, bottes dans les oreilles,
bottes dans le cou, bottes dans nos bottes, bottes dans nos chemises. Nous avons donc
bringuebalé jusqu’à la maison, en ployant & en flageolant & en penchant & en
renversant & en chancelant. Et là, devant nous, un autre tracteur se traînait avec une
remorque au chargement deux fois plus haut que le nôtre, un vrai gratte-ciel. Partout
dans la campagne, on croisait des tracteurs rampant péniblement vers le bercail sous
d’ultimes chargements impossibles dans le vert de la pluie.
Merci Beaucoup,
Barbara
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Feb 24, 2019 11:48: Jennifer White changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Mar 2, 2019 20:48: Wendy Streitparth Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Yvonne Gallagher, Tony M, Jennifer White
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Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
in the (very) green rain
All over the countryside there were desperate tractors crawling home under impossible last loads in the very green rain.
https://books.google.de/books?id=7Z_Bu9YWQcUC&pg=PA367&lpg=P...
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James A. Walsh
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Many thanks, James
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Tony M
: Well found, Wendy! Once again, your research skills come up trumps (y)
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Your comment spurred me on!
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Anne Schulz
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Thanks, Anne
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Charles Davis
: It's quoted here too, for example: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/25/simon-garfield...
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Thanks, Charles. Didn't see that one
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Carol Gullidge
: Well done, Wendy! But how odd to be translating a whole translated paragraph back into its source language!
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Many thanks, Carol. Exactly what I thought.
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writeaway
: Agree with Carol. In this situation, one does have to find the original English and not just translate the French/foreign language. Can be quite a bit of work in some cases
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Thanks, writeaway. Precisely.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: I don't understand why these questions are being posted when the original text is available?//anyway, not exactly difficult to translate.
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Thanks, Yvonne. No, but I'm sure the original is better than any translation could be.
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Daryo
: your link works fine - you just have to roll slightly the text.
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Thanks, Daryo. Perhaps I should have said that.
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Ph_B (X)
: Can't argue with that - see ref. in previous question: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/general-convers...
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Thanks, Ph B.
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katsy
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Many thanks, katsy
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