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lying there in blissful content

French translation: reposant là en toute tranquilité/innocence

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English term or phrase:lying there in blissful content
French translation:reposant là en toute tranquilité/innocence
Entered by: Virginie Ebongué

08:17 Sep 11, 2012
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: lying there in blissful content
'The customs man raised his voice, flashed his eyes with greater fire, and insisted on opening the box; then, looking important meanwhile, lifted out the wig, lying there in blissful content, and dropped it again scornfully. The foreigner said, ‘It is only my wig after all, isn't it?’. ‘Yes’, he replied, ‘but a wig often covers a multitude of sins’.

J'ai un doute quant à la traduction de ce passage. D'avance, merci à qui voudra m'aider.
Bonne journée
Virginie Ebongué
Italy
Local time: 19:08
reposant là en toute tranquilité
Explanation:
(et ne demandant rien à personne)

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Note added at 15 mins (2012-09-11 08:33:22 GMT)
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content = contentement
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SJLD
Local time: 19:08
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1gisant dans une satisfaction béate
Raphael Daniaud
3 +1reposant là en toute tranquilité
SJLD
4posée là dans un contentement béat
Christophe Delaunay
4couché là en toute plénitude
Kévin Bernier
4offerte dans une bienheureuse béatitude
Word Pass
3 +1reposant là dans une bienheureuse innocence
Timothy Rake
3étalée en pleine béatitude
Alain Boulé


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
reposant là en toute tranquilité


Explanation:
(et ne demandant rien à personne)

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Note added at 15 mins (2012-09-11 08:33:22 GMT)
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content = contentement

SJLD
Local time: 19:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Merci à tous pour vos contributions.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Letredenoblesse
1 hr
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
posée là dans un contentement béat


Explanation:
ou "posée là béatement ravie

Christophe Delaunay
France
Local time: 19:08
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
étalée en pleine béatitude


Explanation:
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Alain Boulé
Local time: 19:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jocelyne Cuenin: j'aime bien l'idée de s'étaler ... qui s'étalait en toute innocence ... (cf Timothy) comme dans "ne pouvaient pas ne pas être frappés de cette richesse qui s'étalait en toute innocence, au grand jour"
1 day 21 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
gisant dans une satisfaction béate


Explanation:
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Raphael Daniaud
United States
Local time: 10:08
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jocelyne Cuenin: une perruque qui gît, c'est quand même trop rigolo dans le contexte//En effet, mais - comment dire, c'est un peu morbide, non !/cela dit, j'aime bien satisfaction béate :-)
1 hr
  -> je trouve que "gisant" va bien avec la béatitude...
agree  Daryo: I simply like this variant
12 hrs
neutral  Christophe Delaunay: Bonjour Raphael...juste pour rigoler..j'espère être béat quand je serai "en train de gésir"... ;)
4 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
couché là en toute plénitude


Explanation:
I feel like "pléniture" summarizes perfectly both "blissful" and "content" here. To lie here in "pléniture" would literally mean in complete and relaxed happiness.

Using this word which combines the two words from the source sentence also avoids sounding a little redundant in French by using two words for one feeling.

Example sentence(s):
  • (bien-être) un sentiment de ~ a blissful feeling; (from Wordreference)

    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/pl%C3%A9nitude
Kévin Bernier
France
Local time: 19:08
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jocelyne Cuenin: une perruque couchée, c'est drôle aussi :-)
37 mins
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
offerte dans une bienheureuse béatitude


Explanation:
la perruque est personnifiée, il y a de l'ironie dans ce passage

Word Pass
France
Local time: 19:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Christophe Delaunay: Une perruque qui s'offre, c'est...comment dire "tiré par les cheveux"! ;)
4 days
  -> tout à fait d'accord, dans un contexte différent, mais dans ce cas je trouve que l'ironie est appuyée par cette image, justement ;)
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
reposant là dans une bienheureuse innocence


Explanation:
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see definition of "innocence":
http://dictionnaire.tv5.org/dictionnaires.asp?Action=1&mot=i...

Timothy Rake
United States
Local time: 10:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jocelyne Cuenin: bienheureuse innocence, cela recouvre bien l'idée de blissful et de la suite : ... covers a multitude of sins
23 hrs
  -> merci Petitavoine
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