Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la mue est muette
English translation:
the mutation is mute
Added to glossary by
Michele Fauble
Dec 14, 2004 07:57
19 yrs ago
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French term
la mue est muette
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Mue is used figuratively.
I'm looking for something to keep the sound-play, or?.
"The metamorphosis is mute",
is the best I've come up with.
I'm looking for something to keep the sound-play, or?.
"The metamorphosis is mute",
is the best I've come up with.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | the mutation is mute |
Michele Fauble
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| 4 +1 | mute mutation |
zaphod
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| 3 +1 | silent sloughing |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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Proposed translations
9 mins
Michele Fauble
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Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
Related KudoZ points
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the mutation is mute
'Mutation in the sense of 'change'.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
13 mins
silent sloughing
mute moulting
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Katherine Mérignac
: not bad! But I agree, without the rest it's difficult
2 hrs
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+1
52 mins
mute mutation
easier if we had the verse
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
RomEst (X)
: sounds fine!
10 hrs
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Kiss theory Thanks
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