Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
J'y laisserai ma peau
English translation:
It may cost me my life
Added to glossary by
Helen Shiner
Jul 8, 2008 10:51
16 yrs ago
French term
laisserai ma peau
French to English
Art/Literary
History
J’y laisserai ma peau, sans doute, mais je veux me battre.
I am unable to translate the above segment.
I think it should be translated as "I'll do anything but I want to fight.
Please help me to translate this segment.
Thanks in advance.
Manohar ROSHAN
I am unable to translate the above segment.
I think it should be translated as "I'll do anything but I want to fight.
Please help me to translate this segment.
Thanks in advance.
Manohar ROSHAN
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Jul 9, 2008 14:05: Helen Shiner Created KOG entry
Jul 15, 2008 15:19: Helen Shiner changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/882779">Helen Shiner's</a> old entry - "J'y laisserai ma peau"" to ""It may cost me my life""
Proposed translations
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Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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it may cost me my life
Bit prosaic but it is what it means, I think.
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Comment: "Thanks"
7 mins
It is certainly going to kill me
la peau, c'est la vie !
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Katherine Angel
Native in English
Accurate translating, elegant writing
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English
it will cost me dearly, no doubt / I am risking my life, no doubt
...depending on how literally it's intended.
+3
9 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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it'll be the end of me
a guess really, but it sounds like this, or something along the lines of:
I'll probably die out/over there, but I want to fight
It'll probably be the end of me, but...
I probably won't survive...
I'll probably lose my life...
I'll lose my life
I'll get scalped...
They'll beat the hide off me
etc
I'll probably die out/over there, but I want to fight
It'll probably be the end of me, but...
I probably won't survive...
I'll probably lose my life...
I'll lose my life
I'll get scalped...
They'll beat the hide off me
etc
Peer comment(s):
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emiledgar
: yes, though I think "it may be..." rather than "it'll be..."
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thanks emiledgar! Yes, sans doute introduces the element of doubt/probability -
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jean-jacques alexandre
: so many ways !!!!
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thanks jean-jacques!
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whither had (X)
: "it will be the end of me" seems the most usual way.
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many thanks whither!
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5 hrs
I'll risk the skin off of my back
Direct translation
Peer comment(s):
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whither had (X)
: Ive never heard anyone say this/sounds like a French expression "la peau des fesse"
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Merci beaucoup
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