Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
annexé à notre imaginaire
English translation:
Who gave us a/the vision
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
Apr 14, 2007 11:59
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annexé à notre imaginaire
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Abbe Pierre
Oui, c’était tout ça, l’abbé Pierre, « notre » abbé Pierre que nous avions annexé à notre imaginaire, à cette envie du bien qui parfois nous caresse de son aile céleste.
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Who gave us a/the vision
At first thought - captured, as attached to our imagination/realm of fantasy might be too literal.
So my suggestion is far different from the literal so far proposed.
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and whom, in our minds, we all associated with a/that/the desire to do good/desire for goodwill
So my suggestion is far different from the literal so far proposed.
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and whom, in our minds, we all associated with a/that/the desire to do good/desire for goodwill
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Sheila Wilson
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taken to our hearts
I know imagination comes from the brain rather than the heart but I think this describes what we all (including atheists) thought of Abbé Pierre. Plenty of hits including
http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2002/6/16/
A hero we have taken to our hearts. Sir Bobby Robson's epic journey has taken him from the County Durham mines to the coal face of Premiership football, ...
article from www.mailonsunday.co.uk site
This wasn't the warm, maternal, Sharon Osbourne we had taken to our hearts.
(Yes, I realise there's a bit of a gulf between her and A.P. but horses for courses and all that)
http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2002/6/16/
A hero we have taken to our hearts. Sir Bobby Robson's epic journey has taken him from the County Durham mines to the coal face of Premiership football, ...
article from www.mailonsunday.co.uk site
This wasn't the warm, maternal, Sharon Osbourne we had taken to our hearts.
(Yes, I realise there's a bit of a gulf between her and A.P. but horses for courses and all that)
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who has become part of our collective unconscious
'Imaginaire' is a hard one to translate to English. I've read books that refer to l'imaginaire; it's often used in the area of psychoanalysis, psychology. So, although my translation is not literal, I think it's close to how a native English speaker would best understand this expression. Also, given the status of l'Abbé Pierre in France, I don't think it's pushing it too far to say he's part of the modern French 'collective unconscious '...
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Abbé Pierre (whose figure) our imaginative life had grabbed
...This may help ...
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"Abbé Pierre whose figure now lives/dwells in the realm/land of our highest/purest/heavenly dreams, our aspiration for Good"...Perhaps something along...
Sorry, Dave, for not having been able to provide a better proposal.
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"Abbé Pierre whose figure now lives/dwells in the realm/land of our highest/purest/heavenly dreams, our aspiration for Good"...Perhaps something along...
Sorry, Dave, for not having been able to provide a better proposal.
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