LokaNova et Freelang

Hello me again,

I'm having a bit of a problem with this sentence. It is from the same book I described in an earlier post. I can't come up with a satisfactory translation for the second part.

Here it is :

Cherries in a brown paper bag on a cut-work cloth, early summer treats from the market.

I've got as far as this :

Des cerises dans un sac de papier d'emballage sur une coupe de tissu de travail, ????.

To be honest I'm not sure that 'une coupe de tissu de travail' is correct either!!

Thanks in advance.

Livvie

Hello, as I've had no suggestions I thought I would show you my best effort to date!!


'Cherries in a brown paper bag on a cut-work cloth, early summer treats from the market.'

'Des cerises dans un sac de papier brun sur une coupe de tissu de travail, une gâterie du début d’été venant du marché.'

If this is a really terrible translation please tell me!!

Thanks
Livvie

Hello,

Thanks for getting back to me. To be perfectly honest I'm not sure what cut-work cloth is either, it might just be an old tea towel or something similar!! I can show you the painting that goes with this text if you go to this link http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4191 ... erries.jpg I think my artist friend is using her artistic license quite liberally!!!


- Instead of "gâterie" (which can be sexually connotated ) I would put "friandise" if it doesn't change the meaning. - I do understand what 'gâterie' might imply and I would love to change that word, but I'm not sure that friandise is a good replacement. I thought 'friandise' was used when referring to sweets more than fruit.

Livvie

NB: Is there a good french on-line equivalent of Roget's Theasurus? I suppose I'm not asking this question in the write place!!

Thanks for getting back to me. To be perfectly honest I'm not sure what cut-work cloth is either, it might just be an old tea towel or something similar!! I can show you the painting that goes with this text if you go to this link http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4191 ... erries.jpg I think my artist friend is using her artistic license quite liberally!!!

In this case I would simply say "sur un morceau de tissu" or "sur un torchon" or "sur une serviette de table" ?

- Instead of "gâterie" (which can be sexually connotated ) I would put "friandise" if it doesn't change the meaning. - I do understand what 'gâterie' might imply and I would love to change that word, but I'm not sure that friandise is a good replacement. I thought 'friandise' was used when referring to sweets more than fruit.

I understand what you are saying. Maybe "douceur" would fit ? Or "plaisir", to be more simple.


Hope it helps.

pour cutwork cloth, je mettrais "nappe" ou "napperon". Cf cette image de "floral cutwork" : http://www.mrtablecloth-gatlinburg.com/ ... twork.html

ah d'accord, cut-work n'a rien à voir avec "de travail", c'est un adjectif précisant le type de "travail" de broderie: avec "découpage" de petits trous, c'est-à-dire ajouré
-- Olivier

Thanks very much for your help. I should have researched 'cut-work cloth' a bit more before asking!

Et voila,

"Des cerises dans un sac de papier brun sur une nappe ajourée, un plaisir venant du marché en début d’été."


I think there is still a problem 'time-wise' but the overall concensus is 'It's OK'!

Livvie

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