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Glossary entry

anglais term or phrase:

Love on the rocks?

français translation:

L'amour est mort

Added to glossary by Myriam Dupouy
Dec 2, 2008 19:29
15 yrs ago
anglais term

Love on the rocks?

anglais vers français Art / Littérature Journalisme
How would this have been said in a tabloid magazine back in the 1960s?
No need to be literal - the sense is a marriage gone bad - so it can be said in the sensationalistic style of the time.
This is for an art project where I am creating a fake celebrity with old magazine covers of the time.
link of a corner of the magazine here:
http://saints.blogs.com/photos/malelead/for-translation.html
Proposed translations (français)
3 +1 L'amour est mort
4 +3 Capri, c'est fini!
4 un mariage à l'eau, naufrage du mariage
4 un amour qui a du plomb dans l'aile ?
4 amour/mariage qui descend (ou part) en vrille
4 La fin d'un conte de fées?
3 l'amour en danger/péril ?
Change log

Dec 8, 2008 13:38: Myriam Dupouy Created KOG entry

Discussion

Gigiago (asker) Dec 3, 2008:
thanks Myriam - yes the baby is hers (and his too!)
Myriam Dupouy Dec 3, 2008:
Maybe you could have "et leur enfant" unless the baby's not hers... ;o)

Proposed translations

+1
19 heures
Selected

L'amour est mort

Since "Love on the rocks" is a title (song), it may be a good idea to keep a title too for the French public, like Jmleger proposed.

"L'amour est mort" (Brel) is just another option.

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Note added at 19 hrs (2008-12-03 14:39:41 GMT)
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http://www.frmusique.ru/texts/b/brel_jacques/amourestmort.ht...

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Note added at 5 days (2008-12-08 13:38:34 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.
Peer comment(s):
agree jmleger : Ou pour vous....Ay Marieke Marieke, je t'aimais tant entre les tours de Bruges et Gand. D'un aute côté, le gars qui connaît son premier amour à Capri n'est pas trop à plaindre non +
9 minutes
Et oui, merci mais...Nous n'irons plus jamais comme les autres années... :o)// Haaaa...Quizás, quizás, quizás...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "great answer. Thank you!"
3 minutes

un mariage à l'eau, naufrage du mariage

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4 minutes

l'amour en danger/péril ?

Suggestion
Note from asker:
great answer - they were all so good it was hard to choose! thank you
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+3
8 minutes

Capri, c'est fini!

Anybody who was around in France in the 60's would immediately know what it means. heheehe
Peer comment(s):
agree ormiston : hehehe
50 minutes
agree Maria-Betania Ferreira : Une option qui me plaît aussi!
2 heures
agree Myriam Dupouy : Bien d'accord ! Je préfère juste Brel à Hervé Villar, ;o)
19 heures
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36 minutes

un amour qui a du plomb dans l'aile ?

:-(
Note from asker:
Great answer - thank you- they were all so great it was hard to choose
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2 heures

amour/mariage qui descend (ou part) en vrille

The idea is that of a love affair spiraling down, and it captures moods of the 1960's ...
Example sentence:

"SOS - 20ans de mariage et tout part en vrilles"

"...dont le la vie extravagante a descendu en vrille quand il s'est vanté..."

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16 heures

La fin d'un conte de fées?

ou d'une belle histoire
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