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Posted by Subey on Oct-02-2005 01:46:

One word Translation Please

Hello, I was wondering if someone could help me with a little translation.

Taken from the Homme et Son P�che. The Line is something like:

"un grand r�vere, un farot"

I'm guessing on the spelling, but What does "Farot" mean? Is there a direct translation?

Posted by nchs09 on Oct-02-2005 01:55:

babelfish. google that and ill give u one of the easiest translators to use

Posted by sEpH on Oct-02-2005 02:03:

Re: One word Translation Please

quote:
Originally posted by Subey

"un grand r�vere, un farot"

I think that doesnt mean anything -.-

Posted by Windex_ on Oct-02-2005 15:06:

spelled like that, it doesn't mean anything

Posted by Subey on Oct-02-2005 16:45:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
babelfish. google that and ill give u one of the easiest translators to use

Babel is pretty mediocre, my Harap's is an order of magnitude slower, but the results are an order of magnitude more usefull.

But neither are very good for slang like "nom d'un chien", so I try to ask real people like you for things like that.(Harap's does have "nom d'un chien", so its probably not a good example )

Posted by Subey on Oct-02-2005 17:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Windex_
spelled like that, it doesn't mean anything

Oh well Merci pour l'aide

Posted by Aquarian on Oct-02-2005 22:35:

Every dictionary I know of says it doesn't exist.

Posted by fastmp3 on Oct-02-2005 22:38:

hey Subey do you study french litterature ?

anyway according to a french slang dictionary, a "farot" means a jail guard

Posted by Subey on Oct-03-2005 03:42:

quote:
Originally posted by fastmp3
hey Subey do you study french litterature ?

Nope, but I do appreciate the Quebec perspective on reality, so I try to study it indirectly through their stories.

So far my favourite has to be "La Chasse Galerie". But i'll always have a soft spot for Surreal 3000 by Suzanne Martel.

quote:
Originally posted by fastmp3
anyway according to a french slang dictionary, a "farot" means a jail guard

Hmm, doesn't fit the context of the scene that well, but better than nothing. Merci d'avoir le trouver.

Posted by fastmp3 on Oct-03-2005 03:46:

Merci de l'avoir trouv�

de rien Subey

Posted by malek on Oct-03-2005 04:08:

ok farot means a clothing item, it seems to be used in Cote d'ivoire.

" Le Farot, c�est aussi sexy. Des jupettes �vas�es, mont�es juste � la taille qui laissent appara�tre le nombril ou le buste pour un bain de soleil � la plage. "

kind of a skirt

something else,

farot is also known as falot...

falot n. m.

D�finition :
Sorte de grande lanterne portative qu'on porte habituellement au bout d'un b�ton. Le falot permet de s'�clairer dans les rues. Le terme semble tr�s peu usit� en Nouvelle-France.

grossly a lantern on a stick

.... which one fits ?

Posted by Subey on Oct-03-2005 14:03:

quote:
Originally posted by malek
ok farot means a clothing item, it seems to be used in Cote d'ivoire.
kind of a skirt

something else,

grossly a lantern on a stick

.... which one fits ?

hmm, well I wrote the title down wrong in this thread. It's actually
"S�raphin: un homme et son p�ch�"

starring the beautiful Karine Vanasse! And she's just told her father that she wants to marry Roy Dupuis's character (is there a law in Quebec that Roy Dupuis has to appear in every movie?). In response to that her father goes into a bit of a tirade telling her how big of a loser he is, so he says

"un grand r�vere, un farot"

implying that he'll never make a good husband, or something to that effect.

So with three definitions: Jailer,Skirt,Lantern that don't really fit I'm thinking I probably heard the wrong word or something.

Posted by sEpH on Oct-03-2005 21:16:

Maybe its :

"Un grand revers, un fardaux"

"un grand revers" means a big lost (?)
"un fardaux" means.. hmm i dont know how to translate... my english is poor!

Posted by Subey on Oct-04-2005 00:39:

quote:
Originally posted by sEpH
Maybe its :

"Un grand revers, un fardaux"

"un grand revers" means a big lost (?)
"un fardaux" means.. hmm i dont know how to translate... my english is poor!

My french is worse!

"un grand reveur" as in "big dreamer".

"Fardaux" would fit I think, suggesting that he will always be a burden in her life.

And its close to my favourite french word "Faufiler"

Posted by sEpH on Oct-04-2005 18:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Subey
My french is worse!

"un grand reveur" as in "big dreamer".

"Fardaux" would fit I think, suggesting that he will always be a burden in her life.

And its close to my favourite french word "Faufiler"

hehe