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OP The translator of The Count of Monte Christo threw me a curve. A girl whose mother is dead, calls her father's second wife her "mother-in-law". I looked up in French English dictionary, could not find French for "step-mother".
So I looked uo defintion of mother-in-law, and found French uses same word for both "mother-in-law" and "step-mother".
belle-mère
Nom féminin
(a) mother-in-law; stepmother
So the translator goofed and chose the wrong definition!
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted belle-mère wwh 09/06/03 10:14 PM Re: belle-mère sjmaxq 09/06/03 10:26 PM Re: belle-mère WhitmanO'Neill 09/07/03 04:55 AM Re: belle-mère sjmaxq 09/07/03 08:21 AM Re: belle-mère Faldage 09/07/03 12:59 PM Re: belle-mère emanuela 09/08/03 02:12 PM Re: belle-mère of troy 09/08/03 02:51 PM Re: belle-mère of troy 09/07/03 11:33 AM Re: belle-mère sjmaxq 09/07/03 11:46 AM Re: belle-mère of troy 09/07/03 07:04 PM Re: belle-mère sjmaxq 09/07/03 08:04 PM Re: belle-mère Faldage 09/08/03 10:36 AM
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