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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheOLdGuy, post: 77897, member: 878&quot;]Je parle francais. Un peu. Mon frère parle couramment le Français&nbsp; i parla amb fluïdesa espanyol. </p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is what occurred with the German translation which <b>re-</b>translates as The glare of the sun ( the wounded Morgenstern). Doesn&#039;t sound anywhere near the English translation we have. </p><p><br /></p><p>Closest English to French one, out of six, would be L&#039;étoile de tir blesse le soleil prolongé&nbsp; = The shooting star<u> hurts prolonged</u> sun.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, as shown in my initial post - official translation of Miro&#039;s assigned name of <b>Personages et chiens devant le soleil.</b> is <b>Boy and dog in the sun? </b>I personally would translate it as <u>People and dogs under the sun.</u></p><p><br /></p><p>Who knows what Miro originally named the picture in question? It&#039;s a task I undertake every so often. Especially when a fellow collector or dealer says they cannot find a viable source of info. It is not a daily endeavor. Sotheby&#039;s said they don&#039;t know and Christie&#039;s didn&#039;t respond.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>NOW FOR A BIT OF LEVITY. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie68" alt=":oldman:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This is what was offered -</p><p><b><u>SDL FreeTranslation.com has everything you need for German translation. Our free translation website allows you to translate documents, text and web pages from English to German. For <a href="http://www.freetranslation.com/professional-translation.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.freetranslation.com/professional-translation.html" rel="nofollow">professional, human translations</a> in German get an instant <a href="https://languagecloud.sdl.com/translation-services/quote/upload.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://languagecloud.sdl.com/translation-services/quote/upload.asp" rel="nofollow">free quote</a> from our expert translators.</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>And this is what was delivered as a sample translation of -</b></p><p><b>The shooting star wounds the lingering sun.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #660066">Der shooting star Wunden der Lingering sun.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #b30000">Do you think they&#039;re worth hiring? </span></font></b></i></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <font size="6"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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