Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
mort différée
English translation:
slow death
Added to glossary by
William Stein
Feb 9, 2003 14:02
21 yrs ago
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French term
mort différée
French to English
Art/Literary
Anthropology
anthropology
L'homicide peut être le résultat de modalités diverses (meutre, exécution, mort différée en captivité).
About human sacrifice
About human sacrifice
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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3 hrs
William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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slow death
Believing the Unbelievable
... The dramatic tale of Karski's escape from Gestapo captivity-- and its harrowing consequences. ... Let them die a slow death while the world is looking on. ...
www.remember.org/karski/kexcrpt3.html - 8k
... The dramatic tale of Karski's escape from Gestapo captivity-- and its harrowing consequences. ... Let them die a slow death while the world is looking on. ...
www.remember.org/karski/kexcrpt3.html - 8k
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
4 mins
Sabina Moscatelli
Italy
Italy
Italy
Qualified and experienced translator
Native in: Italian
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian, Spanish to Italian, and 3 more.
delayed death
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cjohnstone
France
France
Native in French
&
English
France
Experience and feel
Native in: French 
, English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to French, French to English
postponed death, subsequent or later death, or even protracted death though a tiny bit different
the protracted idea is that death is a slow long lasting process in this case
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Peter McCavana
: I think protracted death seems to suit the picture here (but the problem is that the Asker should provide more of the picture to help us decide.
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deferred death
... language of his poems is German.' (Felstiner, Paul Celan, p. 56) Dennis Schmidt calls German 'the language of his [Paul Celan's] deferred death.' Schmidt goes ...
mason.gmu.edu/~lsmithg/celan.html - 5k - En cache - Pages similaires
Man and His Death - [ Traduire cette page ]
... And in spite of the fact that, for Kojève, master's existence is already an "afterlife" or a "deferred death" (248) for he has nothing to negate and no ...
members.tripod.com/cyberikee/man_and_his_death_2.html - 23k
mason.gmu.edu/~lsmithg/celan.html - 5k - En cache - Pages similaires
Man and His Death - [ Traduire cette page ]
... And in spite of the fact that, for Kojève, master's existence is already an "afterlife" or a "deferred death" (248) for he has nothing to negate and no ...
members.tripod.com/cyberikee/man_and_his_death_2.html - 23k
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Shog Imas
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swisstell
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Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
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Gordana Podvezanec
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Manu Pfeiffer
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Enza Longo
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Sam D (X)
: Don't like your refs though, as they're largely poetic. See: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:GhlK69DyvwcC:www.worl...
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danyce
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William Stein
: with Sam D. Paul Celan is the most abstruse of all German poets, and that's saying quite a bit.
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