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a "back-translation" from the English "pen name": author's pseudonym. Although now used in French as well, the term was coined in English by analogy with nom de guerre. nonpareil Unequalled, unrivalled; unparalleled; unique the modern French equivalent of this expression is sans pareil (literally "without equal").
The traditional English translation preserves the scansion, but alters the meaning such that Brother John is being awakened by the bells. In English, the word friar is derived from the Old French word frere (Modern French frère ; "brother" in English), as French was still widely used in official circles in England during the 13th century when ...
El Noi de la Mare (The Child of the Mother) is a traditional Catalan Christmas song. The song was made famous outside Spain by Andrés Segovia who used to perform Miguel Llobet 's guitar transcription as an encore.
The Major League Baseball team San Diego Padres have the Swinging Friar ("padre" is also a Spanish word for the priestly title "father"; in 1769 San Diego was founded by Spanish Franciscan friars under Junípero Serra). The University of Michigan's oldest a cappella group is a male octet known as The Friars. [8]
A bilingual dictionary or translation dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. Bilingual dictionaries can be unidirectional , meaning that they list the meanings of words of one language in another, or can be bidirectional , allowing translation to and from both languages.
La plume de ma tante ("the quill of my aunt") is a phrase attributed to elementary French language instruction (possibly as early as the 19th century [1]) and used as an example of grammatically correct phrases with limited practical application that are sometimes taught in introductory foreign language texts.
Sheila Fischman's translation of La Guerre, yes Sir! (published under that title in French and English and meaning roughly "War, you bet!"), by Roch Carrier, leaves many sacres in the original Quebec French, since they have no real equivalent in English. She gives a brief explanation and history of these terms in her introduction, including a ...
Walter John de la Mare OM CH (/ ˈ d ɛ l ə ˌ m ɛər /; [1] 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children , for his poem "The Listeners", [ 2 ] and for his psychological horror short fiction, including "Seaton's Aunt" and "All Hallows".