Feb 23, 2016 11:57
8 yrs ago
French term
Saudi Arabia
Expert Interprète-Traducteur Assermenté
Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Arabic to French, and 3 more.
coupés de
French to English
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Tourism & Travel
Présentation du Secteur
Sa diversité biologique est importante et elle recèle des valeurs esthétiques appréciables, des beautés naturelles diverses et variées constituées de parcs naturels, d’aquariums naturels et de sources thermales, d’espèces animales spécifiques et des massifs montagneux aux nombreux cours d’eau coupés de gorges et de rapides.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | intersected by... |
Patricia Hulmes (X)
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| 4 +9 | interspersed with |
Mark Nathan
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| 4 | riven by |
B D Finch
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Proposed translations
3 hrs
Selected
intersected by...
commonly used in these cases when you want to convey "cutting through"
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+9
8 mins
interspersed with
gorges, rapids etc
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
James A. Walsh
51 mins
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| agree |
philgoddard
1 hr
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| agree |
Bonnie Zaleski
1 hr
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| agree |
Carol Gullidge
1 hr
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| agree |
Verginia Ophof
1 hr
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| agree |
Ed Ashley
: Punctuated with? // I see what you mean!
1 hr
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Thanks, although "punctuated" sounds to me like a break or pause - in any case, something more sedate than rapids!
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| agree |
AllegroTrans
2 hrs
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| agree |
Jane F
6 hrs
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| agree |
Ronnie J Rigdon
: Although if you want to be more poetic, you can use the word "peppered"
6 hrs
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| neutral |
B D Finch
: I think that this would be OK if "coupés de" refers back to "cours d'eau", but I think it refers back to "massifs montagneux", in which case, "interspersed with" is too weak.
3 days 4 hrs
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3 days 4 hrs
riven by
I think that "coupés de" refers back to "massifs montagneux", rather than to "cours d'eau". If that is the case, you need to translate it so as to evoke the impact and grandeur of mountain ranges riven by gorges and rapids.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1926836553
Pierre Maturié, Vivien Elizabeth Bosley - 2013 - Biography & Autobiography
The spurs of the mountains were now riven by gorges, and the river was flowing ever faster and more boisterously. With this crossing began the real danger, ...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1849656304
Hamish Brown - 2013 - Sports & Recreation
Treks and climbs on Morocco's biggest and best mountains Hamish Brown ... is remote, high plateau country, riven by gorges but with good transhumance trails.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1926836553
Pierre Maturié, Vivien Elizabeth Bosley - 2013 - Biography & Autobiography
The spurs of the mountains were now riven by gorges, and the river was flowing ever faster and more boisterously. With this crossing began the real danger, ...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1849656304
Hamish Brown - 2013 - Sports & Recreation
Treks and climbs on Morocco's biggest and best mountains Hamish Brown ... is remote, high plateau country, riven by gorges but with good transhumance trails.
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