Comments on: Retenir les bêtes, Magnus Mills

By: Fabienne

Fabienne — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:30:28 +0000

In any case, the exact title is “Restraint of beasts”. And if you want to be absolutely literal, a better word in French would have been “entrave” or “entraver les bêtes”. “Retenir les bêtes”, as Romuald said, is a phrase in common usage with farmers and it does convey a stronger metaphoric sense.

By: Romuald

Romuald — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:20:49 +0000

Oui j’ai rien dit hein, parce que mon anglais est loin d’être parfait

By: Fabienne

Fabienne — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:20:01 +0000

c’est amusant d’avoir une remarque sur la traduction d’un titre de la part de quelqu’un qui écrit “should of been”…

(oui, je suis agacée)

By: Romuald

Romuald — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:50:40 +0000

Yes I see, but you meant “restreindre les bêtes”, but you know “retenir” is the usual word used by the farmers, and don’t you think it should have been “restraint of the men” ?

By: Deborah

Deborah — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:54:57 +0000

The correct title of this book should of been

restreinte des betes
1. Enfermer dans des limites plus étroites.

Retenir does not correctly describe the English title
“Restrait of the beasts”