Comment traduiriez-vous « Petit poisson deviendra grand » dans votre langue maternelle ?
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A couple of internet sites translate it into idiomatic English as "The little fish will grow" and "Small fish grow up," however I can't think of any equivalent English or American proverb for it off the top of my head.
« Petit poisson deviendra grand »
"From little things, big things grow" from the song:
http://www.paulkelly.com.au/lyrics/from-little-things.html
"From little things, big things grow" from the song:
http://www.paulkelly.com.au/lyrics/from-little-things.html
Uriel & Brennus : bien joué ! En fait « Petit poisson deviendra grand » est issu d'une fable de Jean de La Fontaine intitulée « Le petit Poisson et le Pêcheur ». Voici le texte :
[ Petit poisson deviendra grand,
Pourvu que Dieu lui prête vie.
Mais le lâcher en attendant,
Je tiens pour moi que c'est folie ;
Car de le rattraper il n'est pas trop certain.
Un Carpeau qui n'était encore que fretin
Fut pris par un Pêcheur au bord d'une rivière.
Tout fait nombre, dit l'homme en voyant son butin ;
Voilà commencement de chère et de festin :
Mettons-le en notre gibecière.
Le pauvre Carpillon lui dit en sa manière :
« Que ferez-vous de moi ? je ne saurais fournir
Au plus qu'une demi-bouchée ;
Laissez-moi Carpe devenir :
Je serai par vous repêchée.
Quelque gros Partisan m'achètera bien cher,
Au lieu qu'il vous en faut chercher
Peut-être encor cent de ma taille
Pour faire un plat. Quel plat ? croyez-moi ; rien qui vaille. »
« Rien qui vaille ? Eh bien soit, » repartit le Pêcheur ;
« Poisson, mon bel ami, qui faites le Prêcheur,
Vous irez dans la poêle ; et vous avez beau dire,
Dès ce soir on vous fera frire. »
Un tien vaut, ce dit-on, mieux que deux tu l'auras :
L'un est sûr, l'autre ne l'est pas. ]
JdLF
En cherchant la traduction de cette fable de JdLF en anglais, vous trouverez peut-être l'équivalent de « Petit poisson deviendra grand ».
[ Petit poisson deviendra grand,
Pourvu que Dieu lui prête vie.
Mais le lâcher en attendant,
Je tiens pour moi que c'est folie ;
Car de le rattraper il n'est pas trop certain.
Un Carpeau qui n'était encore que fretin
Fut pris par un Pêcheur au bord d'une rivière.
Tout fait nombre, dit l'homme en voyant son butin ;
Voilà commencement de chère et de festin :
Mettons-le en notre gibecière.
Le pauvre Carpillon lui dit en sa manière :
« Que ferez-vous de moi ? je ne saurais fournir
Au plus qu'une demi-bouchée ;
Laissez-moi Carpe devenir :
Je serai par vous repêchée.
Quelque gros Partisan m'achètera bien cher,
Au lieu qu'il vous en faut chercher
Peut-être encor cent de ma taille
Pour faire un plat. Quel plat ? croyez-moi ; rien qui vaille. »
« Rien qui vaille ? Eh bien soit, » repartit le Pêcheur ;
« Poisson, mon bel ami, qui faites le Prêcheur,
Vous irez dans la poêle ; et vous avez beau dire,
Dès ce soir on vous fera frire. »
Un tien vaut, ce dit-on, mieux que deux tu l'auras :
L'un est sûr, l'autre ne l'est pas. ]
JdLF
En cherchant la traduction de cette fable de JdLF en anglais, vous trouverez peut-être l'équivalent de « Petit poisson deviendra grand ».
For "petit poisson deviendra grand" English has "mighty oaks from little acorns grow".
For the opposite saying at the end of the fable ("Un tien vaut, ce dit-on, mieux que deux tu l'auras") English has "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".
For the opposite saying at the end of the fable ("Un tien vaut, ce dit-on, mieux que deux tu l'auras") English has "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".
I found an English translation of the fable. http://lafontaine.net/lesFables/fableEtr.php?id=346
It doesn't use English proverbs, though -- "Little fish get big someday" (Google: 3 occurrences) and "A Yes-right-now is better than two You'll-get-it-laters" (Google: 3 occurrences).
It doesn't use English proverbs, though -- "Little fish get big someday" (Google: 3 occurrences) and "A Yes-right-now is better than two You'll-get-it-laters" (Google: 3 occurrences).
Gjones2 : je pense que ta proposition est la bonne. Pour plus de détails, voir : http://www.langcafe.net/viewtopic.php?p=9280&sid=113c8855d97d62bd202cb2b2d7b0652c#9280 .
Thanks, though I've been reading some threads over there, I hadn't noticed that one. The saying that Elaine mentioned is the one that occurred to me -- "Tall/Great/Mighty trees from small acorns grow." I'd use "little acorns" rather than "small acorns", though. It's much more common.
Here's another English translation of the fable: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/8ffab10h.htm
No proverbs: "A little fish will grow" (Google: 10 occurrences) and "In some things, men of sense / Prefer the present to the future tense" (Google: 10 occurrences).
Here's another English translation of the fable: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/8ffab10h.htm
No proverbs: "A little fish will grow" (Google: 10 occurrences) and "In some things, men of sense / Prefer the present to the future tense" (Google: 10 occurrences).
Uh ... let me show you why I hate those #$^%#@ online translators sometimes:
Uriel & Brennus: played well!
In fact "Small fish will become tall" results from a fable of Jean of the Fountain entitled "the small Poisson and the Fisherman".
Here the text:
[ Small fish will become tall, Provided that God lends life to him. But to release it while waiting, I hold for me that it is madness; Because to catch up with it it is not too certain. Carpeau which was not yet that remnants was taken by a Fisherman at the edge of a river. Done everything a number, said the man by seeing his spoils; Here is beginning of expensive and feast: Let us put it in our gibecière. Poor Carpillon says to him in its manner: "That will you make ego? I could not provide To but the one half-mouthful; Let to me Carpe become: I by you will be fished out. Some large Partisan will buy to me well expensive, With the place that it is necessary some for you to seek Peut-être encor one hundred of my size to make a dish. Which dish? believe me; nothing which is worth "" Anything which is worth? Eh well is, "set out again the Fisherman; "Poisson, my beautiful friend, which make the Preacher, You will go in the frying pan; and you have beautiful statement, As of this evening one will make you fry " A tien is worth, this says one, better than two you will have it: One is sure, the other is not it ] JdLF
By seeking the translation of this fable of English JdLF, you will perhaps find the equivalent of "Small fish will become tall".
Reading between the lines, I would have to say that Gjones is correct: the English saying "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" sums up the last line of the fable.
Uriel & Brennus: played well!
In fact "Small fish will become tall" results from a fable of Jean of the Fountain entitled "the small Poisson and the Fisherman".
Here the text:
[ Small fish will become tall, Provided that God lends life to him. But to release it while waiting, I hold for me that it is madness; Because to catch up with it it is not too certain. Carpeau which was not yet that remnants was taken by a Fisherman at the edge of a river. Done everything a number, said the man by seeing his spoils; Here is beginning of expensive and feast: Let us put it in our gibecière. Poor Carpillon says to him in its manner: "That will you make ego? I could not provide To but the one half-mouthful; Let to me Carpe become: I by you will be fished out. Some large Partisan will buy to me well expensive, With the place that it is necessary some for you to seek Peut-être encor one hundred of my size to make a dish. Which dish? believe me; nothing which is worth "" Anything which is worth? Eh well is, "set out again the Fisherman; "Poisson, my beautiful friend, which make the Preacher, You will go in the frying pan; and you have beautiful statement, As of this evening one will make you fry " A tien is worth, this says one, better than two you will have it: One is sure, the other is not it ] JdLF
By seeking the translation of this fable of English JdLF, you will perhaps find the equivalent of "Small fish will become tall".
Reading between the lines, I would have to say that Gjones is correct: the English saying "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" sums up the last line of the fable.