la mort dans l’âne

Joan Berglund Mar 24, 2008:

The chairs in this cafe must be exceptionally uncomfortable. I think this translation is going to need a lot of annotation.

Ghyslaine LE NAGARD Mar 23, 2008:

Do you have to translate the whole text as it is full of such wordplay not always very easy to decipher for a non native French ?

veratek (asker) Mar 23, 2008:

Merci!

Ghyslaine LE NAGARD Mar 23, 2008:

See here for the explanation : http://www.linternaute.com/expression/langue-francaise/608/f...

veratek (asker) Mar 23, 2008:

la mort dans l'âMe - and what would this refer to in this context? death gripping his soul? fear gripping his soul? what is he so afraid of, the rain and getting wet? I didn't get it yet...

Alain Pommet Mar 23, 2008:

I think it's 'âne' intentionally -makes it funnier.

Ghyslaine LE NAGARD Mar 23, 2008:

After looking at the text I believe the writer purposely made the typos as there are a number of them which end up being wordpays, such as "l'estomac dans l'étalon" which should read "l'estomac dans les talons" etc.
Bon courage !

Ghyslaine LE NAGARD Mar 23, 2008:

should read "la mort dans l'âMe"