Texte 1 - Laurent Gaudé, Eldorado Flashcards

1
Q

lever l’ancre

A

to set sail
to raise anchor
to weigh anchor

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La mer était calme

A

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

A
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4
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Les hommes

A

The men

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5
Q

navire

A

ship
(car en mer)

pas boat (car plus petit)

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en sentant la carcasse du navire s’ébranler

A

feeling the hull of the ship shake

feeling the frame of the ship move

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7
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reprendre courage

A

have a surge of courage
take heart again

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8
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surge

A

poussée, augmentation

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9
Q

carcasse

A

hull

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10
Q

frame polysemie

A
  • un cadre
  • le bas du bâteau
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11
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wrattle

A

se disputer

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12
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rattle

A

ébranler, secouer, bruit du fer.

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13
Q

eventually vs finally

A

finally renvoie + a une anticipation par rapport à eventually

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14
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enfin

A

at last / finally

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15
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at worse vs worst case scenario

A

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

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16
Q

aspect continu valeur

A

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

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17
Q

ils fouleraient le sol d’europe

A

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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18
Q

Dans quelques heures, 24 à 48 au pire

A

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

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19
Q

ground

A

floor
different from soil

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20
Q

traduction du ON

A
  • 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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21
Q

rire → rires

A

laughter
→ laughs

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22
Q

perception =

A

CAN
Laughter could be heard on board

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23
Q

hometown

A

ville de naissance

24
Q

les chants de leur pays

A

songs from their homelands

25
Q

chant vs song

A

chant = toutes les religions, contexte sportif, guerres
song =

26
Q

sea shanties

A

chants de marin

27
Q

se souvenir

A

remember
reckle/ recall

28
Q

Elle ne se souvenait plus avec précision

A

She could not precisely remember….. anymore /
SHe could no longer remmeber in detail…

attention detail en anglais
attention plus c’est pas PAs

29
Q

neither & nor

A

neither puis nor
si negation dans prmiere partie de la phras epeut pas etre neither on garde le nor

30
Q

le tiret en francais

A

on le agrde en anglais (= anglicisme)

31
Q

ils étaient trop serrés

A

the ship was overcrowded

32
Q

too tight

A

quelqu’un de bourré / ne veut pas dépenser de l’argent

33
Q

cramped / crumped ?

A
34
Q

crowded

A

qualifie un espace attention

35
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too crowded =

A

overcrowed

36
Q

to wheil VS to cry VS to weep

A

cry = pleurs & cris
wheil = baleines / vagissement
weep = juste larmes sans son

37
Q

Mais ce n’était pas ce qui comptait

A

But none of that mattered

38
Q

elle se serait sentie capable de tenir des jours entiers ainsi

A
39
Q

to handle

A

gérer

40
Q

tenir

A

hold on / endure / resist

41
Q

keep up

A
42
Q

here

A

peut pas oujours être tuilisé car fait entendre voix narrative

43
Q

at the end vs in the end

A

at the end = at = point fixe
in the end = in = succession de choses

44
Q

bébé , on connait pas le sexe que faire ?

A

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

45
Q

promesse

A

vow / promise / pledge

46
Q

élever (un enfant)

A

raise / bring him up

47
Q

la-bas

A

overthere

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A
49
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à portée de main

A

over reach
at hand
within reach (+)

50
Q

close vs near

A

close peut etre employé de manière figurée (close friend..) alors que near non

51
Q

vaille que vaille

A

no matter what / come what may / at any cost / at all costS /

52
Q

pourvu que

A

as long as / provided that

53
Q

clingy

A

personne pot de colle

54
Q

s’accrocher à l’idée

A

cling to the idea
hang on to the idea

55
Q

se rapprocher

A

get closer

56
Q

minute après minute

A

minute BY minute

57
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A