faire vos orges

Italian translation: far banchetto

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French term or phrase:faire vos orges
Italian translation:far banchetto
Entered by: cynthiatesser

18:50 Mar 19, 2016
French to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Poetry
French term or phrase: faire vos orges
Poesia di Victor Hugo dedicata al nipotino Georges.

«Passereaux et rouges-gorges, Venez des airs et des eaux, Venez tous faire vos orges, Messieurs les petits oiseaux, Chez Monsieur le Petit Georges.»

http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/dico1look.pl?strippedhw=orge

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cynthiatesser
Italy
Local time: 17:17
far banchetto
Explanation:
http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/banchettare/
http://www.florilege.free.fr/florilege/hugo/passerea.htm
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Bruno ..
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Local time: 17:17
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Bellissima resa! Grazie!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1venite, accomodatevi
Shabelula
2 +1far banchetto
Bruno ..
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altra citazione degli stessi anni
Françoise Vogel

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
venite, accomodatevi


Explanation:
fare le proprie cose, pensare a se stessi

siccome orge significa anche orzo, zucchero d'orzo, non mi spiacerebbe che volesse dire "rimpinzatevi" (di cibo)

oppure

fate come se foste a casa vostra


    Reference: http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/dico1look.pl?strippedhw=orge
Shabelula
Italy
Local time: 17:17
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Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Annie Dauvergne: "venite a fare i vostri comodi", anche
15 hrs
  -> che bel cognome! si ma in italiano i comodi hanno un senso lievemente dispregiativo
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
far banchetto


Explanation:
http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/banchettare/
http://www.florilege.free.fr/florilege/hugo/passerea.htm


Bruno ..
Italy
Local time: 17:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 11
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Bellissima resa! Grazie!

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agree  Frédérique Jouannet
15 hrs
  -> merci Frédérique
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Reference comments


13 hrs
Reference: altra citazione degli stessi anni

Reference information:
Trattandosi di versi, la scelta della traduzione dipenderà dell'insieme.

− Loc. verb. fig., vieillie. Faire ses orges. Faire ses affaires en réalisant des profits, en s'enrichissant, le plus souvent de façon peu scrupuleuse:
2. Le drôle se fait donc huit mille francs aux boulevards (...). Comprends-tu? (...) −Je comprends que je ne suis pas libre d'écrire ce que je pense... −Eh! que t'importe, si tu y fais tes orges... Balzac,Illus. perdues, 1839, p.433.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2016-03-20 08:21:29 GMT)
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... "dall'insieme"

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Note added at 15 hrs (2016-03-20 09:56:20 GMT)
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La definizione è contenuta a più riprese nel link citato
http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/dico1look.pl?strippedhw=orge

Prov., fig. et pop., Faire ses orges, faire bien ses orges, Faire son profit, faire bien ses affaires. Il ne se prend guère qu'en mauvaise part.
Dictionnaire de L'Académie française, 6th Edition (1832-5)

Françoise Vogel
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