Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
aught but your love
French translation:
rien que ton amour...
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Aug 4, 2007 17:48
17 yrs ago
English term
nor ought but love
English to French
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
My love is such that rivers cannot quench
Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense.
Je n'arrive pas à formuler, merci
Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense.
Je n'arrive pas à formuler, merci
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 +6 | rien que ton amour... |
Tony M
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| 3 +1 | seul ton amour en retour m'apporte son bienfait |
Dominique Sempere-Gougerot (X)
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| 3 | rien d'autre à part ton amour |
Theword
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| 3 -1 | ni ne doivent |
FX Fraipont (X)
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Change log
Aug 6, 2007 08:19: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/132717">Stéphanie Soudais (X)'s</a> old entry - "nor ought/aught but love"" to ""rien que ton amour...""
Proposed translations
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English term (edited):
nor aught but love
Selected
rien que ton amour...
I am firmly con,vinced that it should be 'aught' = 'nothing except your love' — hope this helps!
Peer comment(s):
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Luisa Moura Almeida
: You're right, Tony. It's part of a poem by Ann Bradstreet "To my dear and loving husband". You can read it here http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/bradstr1.html
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Thanks, a lot, Luisa!
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FX Fraipont (X)
: this makes much more sense indeed
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Merci, F-X !
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Claudia Halas
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Merci, Clauswe !
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sporran
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Thanks, Sporran!
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CMJ_Trans (X)
: as in the regional "owt" (you don't get owt for nowt)
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Thanks, CMJ! Indeed, yes!
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Claire Chapman
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Thanks, Claire!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci Tony"
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41 mins
ni ne doivent
Mon amour est tel que les rivières ne peuvent l'étancher
Ni ne doivent, mais ton amour est sa récompense
Ni ne doivent, mais ton amour est sa récompense
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Tony M
: I think 'ought' is wrong, in which case, this translation wouldn't work!
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+1
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seul ton amour en retour m'apporte son bienfait
une proposition
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Note added at 10 heures (2007-08-05 04:37:27 GMT)
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il n'y a que ton amour qui puisse me récompenser
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Note added at 10 heures (2007-08-05 04:37:55 GMT)
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ou plutôt "satisfaire"
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Note added at 10 heures (2007-08-05 04:37:27 GMT)
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il n'y a que ton amour qui puisse me récompenser
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Note added at 10 heures (2007-08-05 04:37:55 GMT)
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ou plutôt "satisfaire"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: I think in fact the way you've expressed it in FR is a lot better than my own suggestion, which I fear might actually give the wrong idea! / Could you advise me how best to modify the glossary entry?
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Thank you, Tony
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1768 days
rien d'autre à part ton amour
Alternative spelling of "aught" = anything
Example sentence:
# 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5 His life among these fierce apes had been happy; for his recollection held no other life, nor did he know that there existed within the universe aught else than his little forest and the wil
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