Re: Introducing Paul Burgess and his radioactive imagination!

On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:18:19 -0500, John Cowan <jcowan@...>
wrote:

>Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
>
>> > So how do you say "This is the worst news that has come to Bree in my time"?
>> > (The news, that is, that the Black Riders come from Mordor.)
>>
>> Using a completely different sentence construction. I can't think of a simple
>> translation right now. The whole English construction is rather idiomatic and
>> cannot be translated as is in French where it would sound like nonsense.
>
>Well, if anyone happens to have the French _Fellowship of the Ring_ at hand,
>the line is in Book 1, Chapter 10, about half-way through, where the
>innkeeper has just noticed the presence of Strider (Aragorn) in the parlour.
-- Miséricorde ! s'écria M. Poiredebeurré, pâlissant; le nom lui était
évidemment connu. C'est la pire nouvelle qui soit venue à Bree de mon
temps.

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