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French to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
C’est l’heure du fait accompli		It is the hour of reckoning	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
Ce n'est pas une eau que l'ombre		Darkness is not water
ce ne sont pas des chars!		it's no joke!
ce qui constituait un obstacle à l’assouvissement de ses ambitions		whatever threatened to get in the way of her ambitions	Gina W
Entered by: Gina W
cernes jusqu'aux oreilles		bags under his eyes, all the way to his ears
ces extases sublimes ravissez		Speak; will you surrender the sublime ectasies From us you had ravished?
Chacun à son métier doit toujours s'attacher		Every man to his own trade
chalumeau		blow torch
chambre de bonne		garret
champignon		parasite
Charly		Charly
chasse aux cadavres		gravedigging
chasseurs		light cavalry
chercher en parlant		Talk our way through our ideas
chronique sociale		social chronicle
Ciels près du Ventoux		Skies over Mt. Ventoux
cinède		effeminate homosexual [period, literary term for]	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
cliquetis de l'âge		creaking of old age/rattling of old bones
clopos		fag or ciggie
clopos		end of his cigarette
coeur violet		bruised heart
comac		like that
comédienne "gagiste"		hired actor
combien jadis il faisait bon vivre, se promener, aimer sur ses rivages		how wonderful it was to experience life on the coast, to stroll along its shores and fall in love
comique de situation		comedy of situation;	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
commanditaire d’œuvres		commissioning works	Paula Price
Entered by: Paula Price
Comment ai-je pu tenir la-dedans?		How did I ever fit in there?
Comment peut-on être persan?		How do you become like them?
commissaire, c'est trop policier		commissioner, that has too many police connotations
compose de triangles plein la figure		tracing triangles on/all over her face
Compte-rendu bibliographique		literature review
copie laminée de cette page		laminated copy of this page
coule une fontaine d'où jaillissent les sentiments profonds que j’éprouve pour toi		a fountain where the profound feelings I have for you gush forth from the depths
couleur de rêve		to die for	Danielle Coleman
Entered by: Danielle Coleman
coups de tartes		clouts / clips round the ear
coupure		rupture/interruption/discontinuity
cramer les gigots de potamochère		grill / burn the bush pig legs
crâne pointu		the pinnacle of his pate OR egg-shaped head
Créez la vie qui vous ressemble		Create the life that is right for you	Philippa Smith
Entered by: Philippa Smith
crier à corps et à cris		scream my heart out	svetlana cosquéric
Entered by: svetlana cosquéric

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