Oct 9, 2007 08:20
16 yrs ago
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Jimi Hendrix
J'ai cette citation de Jimi Hendrix :
"Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction."
Voici ce que j'ai trouvé, mais je ne fais pas confiance à la source...
« L’imagination est la clé de mes textes. Le reste est coloré d'un peu de science fiction... »
Connaissez-vous cette citation en français ? - Que pensez-vous de ma version ?
"Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction."
Voici ce que j'ai trouvé, mais je ne fais pas confiance à la source...
« L’imagination est la clé de mes textes. Le reste est coloré d'un peu de science fiction... »
Connaissez-vous cette citation en français ? - Que pensez-vous de ma version ?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | teinté |
Emmanuelle Moulin
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| 2 | colorié |
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Proposed translations
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Emmanuelle Moulin
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teinté
C'est plus idiomatique que coloré.
Sinon éventuellement "parsemé de touches de science-fiction" pour plus de poésie.
Sinon éventuellement "parsemé de touches de science-fiction" pour plus de poésie.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci Emmanuelle..."
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colorié
I'd almost say that his lyrics are based on an outline of imagination, and this is 'painted in' (like Painting by Numbers!)
I don't think it means 'given an overall colour-cast', which is the sort of idea 'teinté' conjures up for me (as a non-native, of course!)
I don't think it means 'given an overall colour-cast', which is the sort of idea 'teinté' conjures up for me (as a non-native, of course!)
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siragui
: Ditto. Technically, I think you're right. He's saying "I use sci-fi to paint/compose the rest". But like EM says, does it really make a difference?
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Thnx! Well, only to my non-native ears, obviously ;-)
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Emmanuelle Moulin
: "colorier" doesn't work in a figurative sense. I see your point though, which is why "parsemé" is perhaps better here. After all he didn't say "tinted with", but well, Jimi Hendrix probably didn't care much about established terminology. :p
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OK, thanks a lot, Emmanuelle! 'coloriage' was just what came into my mind...
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