Kenny同志 570 Report post Posted August 11, 2016 Hi folks, Still working on the book. In Chapter 9, I came across this French place name, i.e.Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Is it possible to translate it into English? If I knew what it meant in English, I might be able to give it a Chinese name. Any help will be appreciated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shelley 1,862 Report post Posted August 11, 2016 Wow, this is near where I lived in Montreal, used to go past it on the way home from the shops. Its English name is Our Lady of Grace have a look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame-de-Gr%C3%A2ce Hope this helps. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny同志 570 Report post Posted August 11, 2016 Thanks very much, Shelly. This certainly helps! : D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mudhead 12 Report post Posted August 16, 2016 But when you say Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, local people don't think about grace or lady saints or anything like that. It's just a place name. English speakers usually just say "NDG". In Chinese I would expect a phonetic translation with no regard to meaning, like 麦当劳 "maidanglao" for McDonald's. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny同志 570 Report post Posted August 16, 2016 Thanks for the note, Mudhead. : ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
