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18:05 Sep 9, 2017 |
French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | |||||||
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4 | Note from the adaptor(s) |
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3 +1 | adaptation note |
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4 | adaptor's note |
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2 | note which refers to the adaptation |
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note d\'adaptation note which refers to the adaptation Explanation: Maybe. |
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note d\'adaptation Note from the adaptor(s) Explanation: I guess you would need to find out if this should be plural or singular, but "(s)" may work at the end of the line. eg. "A note from the adaptor: In the spring of last year, Jen told me about a 1927 play she found. She’d been trying to get the rights to Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal and since they weren’t available, she ...." http://randomaccesstheatre.weebly.com/uploads/6/4/7/0/647057... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 44 mins (2017-09-09 18:50:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "A note from the Adaptor: “Pinocchio is at first glance a sprawling adventure, with magical creatures and journeys into wonderful and strange situations– and yet at its core what makes this story endure is the way it explorers the love of family, and the challenges and many pitfalls we encounter when we are growing up. Pinocchio is great for kids– but really it is for adults who remember how hard it was to grow up, or wonder if they ever really did.” – Tyler Beattie" http://www.filamenttheatre.org/pinocchio-dna/ Example sentence(s):
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adaptation note Explanation: Adaptation note works for either "to" or "by" and fits the economical phrasing of the French. |
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adaptor's note Explanation: I think this sounds the most elegant in English. Can you ascertain how many adaptors there are? |
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