English term
Brother
So Brother joined me, up on the hills. (...) But Brother watched them and chewed a straw. (...) “We have no lambs for your comrades,” Brother said.
Le texte, raconté par un narrateur à la 1e personne, fait alterner "Brother" et "my brother". Le narrateur parle de son frère, son aîné d'un an, avec un certain respect, et nous sommes au début du XXe siècle.
"Frangin" ou "frérot" ne me semblent donc guère convenir.
Toutes les suggestions sont les bienvenues !
| 4 +5 | mon frère |
Cindy Mittelette-Longuet
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| 3 +2 | Grand frère |
Euqinimod (X)
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| 5 | Frère |
Arnaud Caudal
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| 3 +1 | Frère |
Dr Jérémy Anquetin (X)
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Jun 20, 2011 12:04: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "Brother (voir contexte)" to "Brother "
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Proposed translations
France
Passionatrad — Language services
Native in: French 
Works in: Italian to French, English to French
mon frère
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C. Tougas
11 mins
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Alrx
: « mon frère » + son prénom. Je pense que le prénom ou l'expression seul(e) n'est pas suffisant. En combinant les 2, et avec les répétitions, on recrée efficacement le côté admiratif puéril « XXX, c'est mon frère à moi ». // Quel est l'âge du narrateur ?
12 mins
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Catherine Bielarz (X)
: mon Frère, pour garder la majuscule du texte original qui ajoute à l'idée de respect
14 mins
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| agree |
Mathilde Burgart
17 mins
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| agree |
GILLES MEUNIER
19 mins
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Frère
Sinon, on peut aussi envisager 'Mon aîné"
Grand frère
Discussion
Le narrateur a plus de 70 ans, mais parle de sa jeunesse avec son frère.
"Mon frère" me semble effectivement le plus naturel, mais j'aimerais pouvoir marquer la différence entre "Brother" et "my brother". Et "mon Frère" avec cap me semble pour le coup marquer excessivement le respect.
C'est un peu la quadrature du cercle... :)