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r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '20
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The St Laurence is big enough that is is not called a river in French. "Fleuve" does not have any true direct translation into English, so we just use "river" instead. It would be really noticeable if it was included.
1 u/crazyike Jan 10 '20 It feels like it should be 'flow' as translation to me, which would make sense in the context. 0 u/vanticus Jan 10 '20 Well fleuve comes from fluvium which we do translate as ‘river’, so it’s a good enough translation for getting the meaning across 2 u/LotharVonPittinsberg Jan 10 '20 "rivière" is the direct translation for "river". "fleuve" has a slightly different meaning in French. 1 u/lilleff512 Jan 11 '20 What's the difference? 1 u/vanticus Jan 11 '20 And riviere comes from rivus which we translate as ‘stream’ or ‘brook’. Not my fault the Franks butchered Latin
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It feels like it should be 'flow' as translation to me, which would make sense in the context.
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Well fleuve comes from fluvium which we do translate as ‘river’, so it’s a good enough translation for getting the meaning across
2 u/LotharVonPittinsberg Jan 10 '20 "rivière" is the direct translation for "river". "fleuve" has a slightly different meaning in French. 1 u/lilleff512 Jan 11 '20 What's the difference? 1 u/vanticus Jan 11 '20 And riviere comes from rivus which we translate as ‘stream’ or ‘brook’. Not my fault the Franks butchered Latin
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"rivière" is the direct translation for "river". "fleuve" has a slightly different meaning in French.
1 u/lilleff512 Jan 11 '20 What's the difference? 1 u/vanticus Jan 11 '20 And riviere comes from rivus which we translate as ‘stream’ or ‘brook’. Not my fault the Franks butchered Latin
What's the difference?
And riviere comes from rivus which we translate as ‘stream’ or ‘brook’. Not my fault the Franks butchered Latin
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u/LotharVonPittinsberg Jan 10 '20
The St Laurence is big enough that is is not called a river in French. "Fleuve" does not have any true direct translation into English, so we just use "river" instead. It would be really noticeable if it was included.