Help for a translation - Page 2

Asminha · 03-23-2007, 03:39 PM

I say mine of course

, but you can wait for other members to tell you which one is more correct and to comment on them, for you to be sure.

sodalia · 03-24-2007, 09:30 AM

So I think I will wait for some other translation. Because it is very important that the translation is right.
Thank you very much for you help, that's very nice.

redaiwa · 03-24-2007, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sodalia

"Only after the last tree has been cut down.
Only after the last river has been poisoned.
Only after the last fish has been caught.
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten."

Hi sodalia !

I agree with asminha's translation

However, I notice an inquiring form in the last sentence (will you). It's as if the author wonders about the capacity of the human being to discover that money cannot be eaten. Am I right ? If it is the case, then I suggest the following translation for the last sentence (adding the word in red):

حينها فقط لعلك تكتشف أن المال لا يؤكل

Asminha · 03-24-2007, 05:08 PM

I didn't see the sentence as having any inquiring form, but more as a certain thing to happen after all the proofs.
It's a matter of interpretation though.

sodalia · 03-30-2007, 04:51 PM

Thank you redaiwa for you opinion.
For me the sentence hasn't any inquiring form. It's a conclusion.

Nani · 03-30-2007, 06:01 PM

sure it is a conclusion, no inquiry .. well done asoom.

redaiwa · 04-02-2007, 07:12 AM

Merci Asminha et Nani pour vos précisions !

@Asminha : pourrais-tu me traduire la dernière phrase en français pour vérifier si j'en ai bien compris le sens ?
"only then will you find that money cannot be eaten".

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03-24-2007, 09:30 AM	#9 (permalink)
sodalia Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Switzerland Posts: 9 sodalia is an unknown character at this point	So I think I will wait for some other translation. Because it is very important that the translation is right. Thank you very much for you help, that's very nice.
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03-24-2007, 05:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
Asminha Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,778 Blog Entries: 1 Asminha is just really nice Asminha is just really nice	I didn't see the sentence as having any inquiring form, but more as a certain thing to happen after all the proofs. It's a matter of interpretation though. __________________ Speak Moroccan - Parlez marocain Moroccan Vocabulary - Vocabulaire Marocain
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03-30-2007, 04:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
sodalia Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Switzerland Posts: 9 sodalia is an unknown character at this point	Thank you redaiwa for you opinion. For me the sentence hasn't any inquiring form. It's a conclusion.
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03-30-2007, 06:01 PM	#13 (permalink)
Nani Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,439 Nani has a spectacular aura about	sure it is a conclusion, no inquiry .. well done asoom.
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04-02-2007, 07:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
redaiwa International Forum Fan Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Algérie Posts: 701 redaiwa is on a distinguished road	Merci Asminha et Nani pour vos précisions ! @Asminha : pourrais-tu me traduire la dernière phrase en français pour vérifier si j'en ai bien compris le sens ? "only then will you find that money cannot be eaten". __________________ "Nous n'héritons pas de la terre de nos parents, nous l'empruntons à nos enfants".(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) Visitez le blog de notre association : http://bariq21.dzblog.com
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