Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
de "la mort exposée à la mort dérobée"
English translation:
from "prepared to unprepared death"
Added to glossary by
mimi 254
Jun 15, 2010 10:33
13 yrs ago
French term
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la mort exposée à la mort dérobée
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Exhibition on penitent brotherhoods
Hello,
This comes from a text on an upcoming exhibition on the penitent brotherhoods of Corsica. The following comes from a section on their behaviour towards the dying and their belief in a "good death".
Le bien mourir ou de « la mort exposée à la mort dérobée »
Les confréries eurent pour mission, au cours des siècles, d’aider l’agonisant à bien mourir en l’invitant à « faire son testament pour mettre en ordre ses affaires, à s’en remettre à Dieu et à la cour céleste pour le salut de son âme ».
Not sure how to word the title...dérobé = cheated here perhaps?
thanks,
Anne
This comes from a text on an upcoming exhibition on the penitent brotherhoods of Corsica. The following comes from a section on their behaviour towards the dying and their belief in a "good death".
Le bien mourir ou de « la mort exposée à la mort dérobée »
Les confréries eurent pour mission, au cours des siècles, d’aider l’agonisant à bien mourir en l’invitant à « faire son testament pour mettre en ordre ses affaires, à s’en remettre à Dieu et à la cour céleste pour le salut de son âme ».
Not sure how to word the title...dérobé = cheated here perhaps?
thanks,
Anne
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | from "prepared to unprepared death" |
mimi 254
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| 4 | indiscreet and discreet death |
kashew
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| 3 | Death exposed and death concealed |
Lianne Wilson
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References
| A la dérobée |
kashew
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Change log
Jun 15, 2010 11:19: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "la mort exposée à la mort dérobée »" to "la mort exposée à la mort dérobée"
Jun 21, 2010 09:27: mimi 254 Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
de "la mort exposée à la mort dérobée "
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from "prepared to unprepared death"
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Comment: "thanks for your help, I used your suggestion,
Anne"
19 mins
French term (edited):
la mort exposée à la mort dérobée »
indiscreet and discreet death
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Note from asker:
| Thanks, discreet certainly sounds right, not sure about indiscreet here.. |
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French term (edited):
la mort exposée à la mort dérobée »
Death exposed and death concealed
I'm not entirely sure exactly what sort of register you're aiming at here, though it looks like it might be a high one. Either way, I think something along the lines of "death exposed and death concealed" might work.
'Dérobé' means concealed, furtive, secret, hidden, etc. and 'exposé' means, well, exposed!
You could also have something like the below:
Death: open and closed
Death on display and death disguised
Death laid bare and death buried
Lots of 'poetic' choices!
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Note added at 24 mins (2010-06-15 10:57:43 GMT)
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Or "death divulged and death disguised", perhaps.
'Dérobé' means concealed, furtive, secret, hidden, etc. and 'exposé' means, well, exposed!
You could also have something like the below:
Death: open and closed
Death on display and death disguised
Death laid bare and death buried
Lots of 'poetic' choices!
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Note added at 24 mins (2010-06-15 10:57:43 GMT)
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Or "death divulged and death disguised", perhaps.
Reference comments
16 mins
Reference:
A la dérobée
= sans se faire voir, remarquer; subrepticement (16th c.) Robert.
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