what is the english name for Les Pensées

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i would like to know what is the english name for Les Pensées.
is it The Records of Thinking??
thanks alot Very Happy

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Literally, "pensees" means "thoughts".

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thoughts
Les Pensées was a book written by Blaise Pascal.

The title literally means Thoughts

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Oh.

Not what I thought.

Joe(gotta brush up on that French stuff)Nation

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If it were 'The Records of Thinking' then it would have been 'les disques de la pensée'

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Re: thoughts

Ragman wrote:

Les Pensées was a book written by Blaise Pascal.

The title literally means Thoughts

ic thanks
do u think i can just translate that title into "Thoughts" directly?

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thank u

Noddy24 wrote:

Literally, "pensees" means "thoughts".

so do u think i can translate it into "Thoughts" or "The Thoughts"?

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thanks

Joe Nation wrote:

Oh.

Not what I thought.

Joe(gotta brush up on that French stuff)Nation

what do u mean by Joe(gotta brush up on that French stuff) Nation ??

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Applejuice, it depends on what you're using it for. In social sciences you would use the original title with the translation in brackets. You can google APA or MLA citation style for concrete 'how to', there are many sources available online.

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Joe Nation wrote:

Oh.

Not what I thought.

Joe(gotta brush up on that French stuff)Nation

great mind's, as they say Very Happy

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what are APA and MLA?

dagmaraka wrote:

Applejuice, it depends on what you're using it for. In social sciences you would use the original title with the translation in brackets. You can google APA or MLA citation style for concrete 'how to', there are many sources available online.

thank u. i want to just mention the name of that book in an article. so do u think i just write it in this way:

Les Pensees (Thoughts)

is it APAstyle.org? what are they used for ?

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I don't know, I'd just put "APA citation style" into google and see which guide you find easiest to use/

What are they for? Confused

It's a guide for correct writing, citing, referencing sources, footnotes and endnotes, that sort of a thing....

Actually, looking into a few books that were at a hands' reach. More often than not the titles are not even translated, just used in the original language. If you're using a translation of the book, go by the translated title (again, refer to the APA style for help on that), if you're working with the original, go with that. Just whatever is on the cover of the book. I only translate titles when I really need readers to know the translation of the book.

What is the article you're writing? Is it a college or high school paper? Or another purpose?

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Applejuice--

This sort of problem is why good translators earn good money. A good translator can translate not only a title, but the flavor and aroma of the title.

(Love those madeleines.)

I'd guess that you're writing for a literate audience who would recognize Les Pensees as either a reference in the body of your text or as a citation in your bibliography.

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it is a paper
how do u know it is a paper :wink:
it is a paper for graduate school. it is about bacon's essays and i just want to mention the english name of les Pensees in it.
PS: i am not a native english speaker.

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yes

Noddy24 wrote:

Applejuice--

This sort of problem is why good translators earn good money. A good translator can translate not only a title, but the flavor and aroma of the title.

(Love those madeleines.)

I'd guess that you're writing for a literate audience who would recognize Les Pensees as either a reference in the body of your text or as a citation in your bibliography.

yes i want to mention The Essays of Bacon, Essais of Montaigne and Les Pensees of Pascal in this paper, since someone thinks they are known as the three major masterpieces in the history of european literature.

do u think it is ture??

since the paper is written in english, i think i had better also have the english name of Les Pensees in the brackets after it.
Very Happy

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