tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post9094077556080279404..comments2024-03-24T08:26:00.732+00:00Comments on photopol: L'AmitiéPólóhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-14208717856693667862012-11-25T09:38:15.021+00:002012-11-25T09:38:15.021+00:00In response to D who asked for a translation.
Fri...<i>In response to D who asked for a translation.</i><br /><br /><b>Friendship</b><br /><br />There are those in this life<br />to whom we are related<br />not by blood<br />but by the heart<br /><br />True friendship<br />shares our joy<br />comforts our sorrow<br />eases our pain<br />supports us in weakness<br />and endures in God<br /><br /><i><b>Note:</b><br />This is beautifully written in French and I find it hard to capture it fully in English. For example: “parents” in French means both parents and relations; a mismatch between English and French syntax makes it difficult to faithfully render and keep the flow of the four verbal clauses (you can't smile joy); and I had difficulty finding a single word to catch the meaning of “s'étenise”, which here means something on the lines of “finds its eternal expression in” or “bonds/binds forever in” “ultimately leads us to” God. <br /><br />As an unbeliever, this reference to God doesn't put me off in the least as I see it in a generic sense as simply and expression of something above and beyond ourselves, though at the same time it clearly has lots of connotations which resonate with my baggage.<br /><br />I'll come back to this if better versions strike me and, of course, I'm open to suggestions.</i>Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-68592365504700746602012-11-22T07:34:00.207+00:002012-11-22T07:34:00.207+00:00Can I get a translation? D.Can I get a translation? D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-6981796532296236322012-11-21T11:24:10.681+00:002012-11-21T11:24:10.681+00:00I obviously missed out on what could have been a d...I obviously missed out on what could have been a dazzling career in PR/Advertising.<br /><br />Or even spoofing my way to the top like many a one I've met in this life.<br /><br />Don't expect to meet many of them in the next life, though.<br /><br />Next life? What next life?<br /><br />Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-54734633444705997042012-11-21T11:16:16.601+00:002012-11-21T11:16:16.601+00:00You got that job under false pretenses! Sailing an...You got that job under false pretenses! Sailing and tennis??<br /><br />I know you did some sailing but it was years later :)menoreply@blogger.com