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[dreamer_easy]

While OS I read Niall Griffith's novel Sheepshagger. It turns out there's a French translation of the book, titled Ianto L'Enragé - roughly, "Ianto the Maniac". The English title would probably be bizarre and meaningless translated directly into French. :-)

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[owen-harper.livejournal.com]

0_o

*keeps Jonesy well away from the sheep*

[hnpcc]

Surely the French would have an equivalent term? I mean, it's not like there's no sheep there...

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I suspect the French don't spend a lot of time insulting the Welsh! :-)

[hnpcc]

True... but they do insult the Belgians! And the Swiss, various internal ethnic groups, anyone else who doesn't speak French...

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

This is the thing - if the French call, say, the Belgians "sheepshaggers", then they'll be very confused when the book turns out to be set in Wales. :-)

[hnpcc]

True - but then I would be expecting the book to be set in NZ, so that goes for everyone outside the UK.

I take it the book is set in Wales then, and not, say, NSW or NZ?

Maybe they should re-title it for the Antipodean market as well then... heh.

[alawston.livejournal.com]

Regrettably, the ruder French words are my vocabulary weakness. My French friends during my year in Bordeaux were all far too politely spoken, damn them.