Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
douces et innocentes rêveries
English translation:
building castles in the sky
Added to glossary by
Kelly Harrison
Feb 7, 2012 18:38
12 yrs ago
French term
douces et innocentes rêveries
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Deux maîtres nombres dans leprenom nous mettent en présence d'une forte personnalité, profondément humaine et altruiste, possédant une forte sensibilité doublée d'une intuition remarquable. Ces hautes vibrations la poussent à vouloir promouvoir un monde meilleur et à s'occuper des plus déshérités. Les contingences matérielles ne sont pas son domaine de prédilection. Elle peut montrer de l'inspiration et de la créativité...Mais ces puissantes vibrations ne sont pas toujours vécues au plus haut niveau. à un échelon plus simple, leprenom se contentera de ***douces et innocentes rêveries***, mêlant l'hypersensibilité, la fragilité émotionnelle, la dépendance, la suggestibilité et l'esprit de sacrifice sur un fond de passivité.
Hello Folks, I can't seem to quite capture this in English, thanks for your help!
Hello Folks, I can't seem to quite capture this in English, thanks for your help!
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building castles in the sky
Another suggestion.
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-02-07 20:28:26 GMT)
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I think we can build any size castle, big or small, that's the beauty of them ;)
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-02-07 20:28:26 GMT)
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I think we can build any size castle, big or small, that's the beauty of them ;)
Note from asker:
Very nice! |
But what makes you so sure that this means dreaming of big things? See my comment to Andrea... |
True, and how poetic! Thank you :oD |
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Comment: "Thank you Sarah!"
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sweet and innocent daydreams
Seems to go with your text...
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Note added at 24 mins (2012-02-07 19:02:57 GMT)
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Yeah, clichéd as hell, but it's only mirroring the cliché of the French - I think it chimes with the style and with what that bit of the text is saying...
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Note added at 24 mins (2012-02-07 19:02:57 GMT)
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Yeah, clichéd as hell, but it's only mirroring the cliché of the French - I think it chimes with the style and with what that bit of the text is saying...
Note from asker:
I'd already thought of that, but "sweet and innocent" is such a cliché and leads the mind to conjure up images of somebody who is pretending to be as such... |
How about mild and innocent? |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
polyglot45
: change it into verbs (more English) and bingo -
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Thanks - not sure what you mean about verbs?
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agree |
Verginia Ophof
: from the heart and pure
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Thanks Verginia!
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agree |
AllegroTrans
: c'mon Kelly, cliché it may be, but who makes up this kind of blubber in the first place? not Booker Prize winners, that's for certain...
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Amen!
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daydreaming of lesser/less important things
One reading of this could be that the person has the capacity to undertake great things, but tends not to live up to this capacity...
Note from asker:
Quite, but I wonder if her daydreams are nevertheless of big (unnattainable?) things, as Sarah suggested, or insignificant and trivial? It isn't completely clear to me. |
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(will be happy) daydreaming...
daydream:a set of pleasant thoughts about something you would prefer to be doing or something you would like to achieve in the future...
What leprenom daydreams about comes later in the text.
What leprenom daydreams about comes later in the text.
Example sentence:
"What can this mean to a daydream believer?"
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