Texte 1 - Laurent Gaudé, Eldorado Flashcards

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lever l’ancre

A

to set sail
to raise anchor
to weigh anchor

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La mer était calme

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The sea was calm / still

=> quiet etc ne marchent pas car on est pas sur le registre du son.

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Les hommes, en sentant la carcasse du navire s’ébranler, reprirent courage

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Les hommes

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The men

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navire

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ship
(car en mer)

pas boat (car plus petit)

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en sentant la carcasse du navire s’ébranler

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feeling the hull of the ship shake

feeling the frame of the ship move

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reprendre courage

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have a surge of courage
take heart again

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surge

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poussée, augmentation

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carcasse

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hull

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frame polysemie

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  • un cadre
  • le bas du bâteau
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wrattle

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se disputer

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rattle

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ébranler, secouer, bruit du fer.

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eventually vs finally

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finally renvoie + a une anticipation par rapport à eventually

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enfin

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at last / finally

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at worse vs worst case scenario

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at worse = au pire
worst case scenario = au pire mais surtraduit un peu, isnistance.

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aspect continu valeur

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comme si slow motion : insiste sur l’action en train de se faire

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ils fouleraient le sol d’europe

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they would be stepping on the European soil
would be setting foot on
would be trading on

= aspect continu car slow motion, point de contact
attention would concordance temps

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Dans quelques heures, 24 à 48 au pire

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In a few hours, twenty-four to forty-eight at worse
en letres

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ground

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floor
different from soil

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traduction du ON

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  • ONE : dans certains types d’énoncés
  • WE : uniquement si on peut remplacer par un Nous dans le texte original
  • le passif (sans complément d’agent)
  • les tournures impersonnelles
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rire → rires

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laughter
→ laughs

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perception =

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CAN
Laughter could be heard on board

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hometown

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ville de naissance

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les chants de leur pays

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songs from their homelands

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chant vs song
chant = toutes les religions, contexte sportif, guerres song =
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sea shanties
chants de marin
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se souvenir
remember reckle/ recall
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Elle ne se souvenait plus avec précision
She could not precisely remember..... anymore / SHe could no longer remmeber in detail... attention detail en anglais attention plus c'est pas PAs
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neither & nor
neither puis nor si negation dans prmiere partie de la phras epeut pas etre neither on garde le nor
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le tiret en francais
on le agrde en anglais (= anglicisme)
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ils étaient trop serrés
the ship was overcrowded
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too tight
quelqu'un de bourré / ne veut pas dépenser de l'argent
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cramped / crumped ?
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crowded
qualifie un espace attention
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too crowded =
overcrowed
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to wheil VS to cry VS to weep
cry = pleurs & cris wheil = baleines / vagissement weep = juste larmes sans son
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Mais ce n'était pas ce qui comptait
But none of that mattered
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elle se serait sentie capable de tenir des jours entiers ainsi
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to handle
gérer
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tenir
hold on / endure / resist
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keep up
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here
peut pas oujours être tuilisé car fait entendre voix narrative
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at the end vs in the end
at the end = at = point fixe in the end = in = succession de choses
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bébé , on connait pas le sexe que faire ?
he or she MAIS pas de pronom neutre car sinon ca veut dire que la mere utilise un pronom neutre pour parler de sone enfant et donc dit qqchose du perso
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promesse
vow / promise / pledge
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élever (un enfant)
raise / bring him up
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la-bas
overthere
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à portée de main
over reach at hand within reach (+)
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close vs near
close peut etre employé de manière figurée (close friend..) alors que near non
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vaille que vaille
no matter what / come what may / at any cost / at all costS /
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pourvu que
as long as / provided that
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clingy
personne pot de colle
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s'accrocher à l'idée
cling to the idea hang on to the idea
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se rapprocher
get closer
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minute après minute
minute BY minute
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