Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
en continuité
English translation:
in order to link his northern to his southern states
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Kathryn McFarland
Jul 3, 2006 20:40
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French term
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en continuité
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Malgré ses échecs cuisants, le duc conquérant se met en tête de conquérir la Lorraine afin de relier ses états du sud et du nord en continuité.
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in order to link his northern to his southern states
is all you need to say
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! I have decided to leave it out as the style of the text is quite informal and a literal translation would be a bit much, me thinks."
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Jeffrey Lewis
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contiguity
To link them geographically, make them join.
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-07-03 20:52:43 GMT)
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I haven't quite got the geography of all this in my head (I should by now!) but it seems as if this duke had possessions to the north and to the south which would have been placed in contiguity - in continuity - by a conquest of Lorraine.
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-07-03 20:52:43 GMT)
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I haven't quite got the geography of all this in my head (I should by now!) but it seems as if this duke had possessions to the north and to the south which would have been placed in contiguity - in continuity - by a conquest of Lorraine.
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Rob Grayson
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Thank you, Rob.
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Najib Aloui
: you just remove "continuity" and replace it with "contiguity"
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in order to link his southern states together in continuity with
Seems that relier should be taken into account here but you might like to phrase it differently
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Note added at 57 mins (2006-07-03 21:38:06 GMT)
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or: continue linking his southern states together with...
continue joining his southern states (together) with....
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Note added at 57 mins (2006-07-03 21:38:06 GMT)
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or: continue linking his southern states together with...
continue joining his southern states (together) with....
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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in order to link his Northern and Southern possessions into a contiguous state
Another possibility...
12 hrs
for emphasis
I agree with others that in principle there is no need to translate this term, but I feel it is there for emphasis.
I also feel that the cognates and similar terms proposed thus far work less effectively in English.
So, I'd say "(to link/join his northern and southern states/possessions/territories) without a break / without (territorial) interruption / in/as one piece", and such like.
I also feel that the cognates and similar terms proposed thus far work less effectively in English.
So, I'd say "(to link/join his northern and southern states/possessions/territories) without a break / without (territorial) interruption / in/as one piece", and such like.
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