Colours of the Wind (Canadian French) w/ subs and translation

[kabo0m]

1:20 what does firmament mean? It is not translated. Oh wait .. it IS also English but we would not use that word in that context. See here:

fir·ma·ment/ˈfərməmənt/

Noun: The heavens or the sky, esp. when regarded as a tangible thing. A sphere or world viewed as a collection of people.

So we would instead say "do you see all the glory of the world and sky" or "do you see all the glory of nature" probably.

[JuanDVene]

...What do the people of the US have against Canada? I'll never understand.

[Robodl99]

@JuanDVene I love Canada :P

[ArthurAll9]

Ok I'll try to help you but my english is &?"$?%!D8

0:13 : why speak so?

and what have you more than me for know everything?

0:38 : become the master; simply puting a foot on land?

you are right to all?

the sun-drenched fruits; wind>wrap; not THIS life

brothers TOO

big thing>greater whole

3:00 : know>catch hold of

[CharlieFala]

This gave me shivers! The lyrics are really amazing, especially in the end, and her voice is nice, too :) Merci pour m'aider en révisent mon Francais pour mon bac (Sorry for that, anyway, thanks for helping me with brushing up my French for my graduating) :D

[Kitanana1]

I think this version is better than EU French, Laura Myne's voice is... boring1 i love Canadian :) <3

[sirenelia]

moi aussi juste français elle est meuilleure

[80smusicfanNO1]

This version is much better than the European french one, I love the bit about the tree and the eagles- better than the english lyrics there,

[Clarayashi]

Je préfère cette version à la française :)

[yukori]

In french, "air" means lots of things, for exeample

> a feeling of deja vu, un air de déja vu

> a melody ( musical ), un air de musique

For the canadian version, I think the european french is better, much much deeper in the lyrics

[Moutondu92]

I think this song is better in european french than in canadian, for Pocahontas'voice and for lyrics

[CommeLeChapeau]

well actually the french european version "L'air du vent" means more or less "song of the wind"

[DaveFrEnJp]

the translation sucks so much, half of the things that he wrote dont have the right meaning......

j'ai pas raison?

[kikyo4815]

@DaveFrEnJp Do you mean how I translated it into English, or how they translated the original into French? I wasn't able to translate all of the lines literally, because some of them wouldn't fit on the screen and/or they didn't flow well at all. :)

[DaveFrEnJp]

@kikyo4815 It's how you translated in english, its pretty good, but there's some places where you could have used a better word or sentence for the meaning! But it still good :P

[kikyo4815]

@DaveFrEnJp I see what you're saying. I agree, some words could have perhaps been translated better. I get better at it with each translation I do. :) Thanks for commenting!

[spitweety]

''As-tu entendu le loup hurler en mal d'amour ?'' such a powerful lyrics..I don't know if it's just the way this part is animated (the way she turns while singing it) but this part gives me goosebumps everytime !!!!!

[PhilosoFighter2012]

wow this is way more powerful in translation then the European french version

[CupcakexKitty]

I understand this more then European French.

I thought they would find our french annoying. But apparently it's very quaint, and very cute to them. It's an old version of French.

J'adore cette chanson :D

[denkleinhavfrue]

It's not "do you think you know everything" it's "what have you got more than me to know everything". But great translation! I love her voice, I prefer this version to the european version (even if the european version is my childhood version!). I love when she says "A tu entendu le loup hurler en mal d'amour" and "Et qu'il faudra bientôt apprendre à vivre ensemble".

[Chanelleml]

T'es anglaise et tu traduit tout sa? Wow great job! (i'm french ;) )

[zinazina11]

still gives me goosebumps after all this time... and after listening to it 10000000 times

[SecretsofDisneyland]

oh i get it, thanks for explaining

[tsukishiro23]

i preferred english version

[SecretsofDisneyland]

wait with the name, l'air du vent

doesnt that mean the air of wind . . . but that doesnt seem right . . .

[kikyo4815]

The European version is called "L'air du vent." That would literally mean "the air of the wind." But I think of it as a pun. "Air" in French also means looks or behavior or feeling. :)

[denkleinhavfrue]

@kikyo4815 "Air" in french means "song" too

[Chapstick0414]

@denkleinhavfrue air=song...depuis quand?! Pour nous (Canada) Song=Chanson, toune,chant etc...mais j'ai jamais entendu du mot "air" pour remplacer le mot song?

[denkleinhavfrue]

@Chapstick0414

en France on peut dire air pour l'air qu'on respire, mais aussi pour "fredonner un petit air" par exemple, ça peut remplacer "chanson" ou "ritournelle"!

[spitweety]

@Chapstick0414 Ben voyons !? Je viens du Canada aussi et c'est pas d'hier qu'on peut dire ''air'' en synonyme à ''mélodie'' !? Faudrait que tu élargisses un peu ton vocabulaire

[AuxaneD]

@kikyo4815 or "tune"...

[noxus1988]

@SecretsofDisneyland in the European version it's "peux-tu peindre en mille couleurs l'air du vent" which would be in English "can you paint the looks / the appearance of the wind with 1000 colours".. sounds still pretty stupid in English, but it's quite poetic in French

[SecretsofDisneyland]

C'est belle, c'est tres belle . . .

[quineroulentquadeuxa]

j'aime cette version et la version française autant.

j'espère avoir dit ça correctement

[910nineten]

I love this version! The language and the voice is amazing. Quelle voix! :D Did I write that correct? I'm from Norway ;)

[kikyo4815]

Perfectly. :D

[truchita187]

who sings this?

[lauriefly]

Stéphanie Martin

[SarabiLioness]

Beautiful... simply beautiful :)

[kikyo4815]

I agree. It's my favourite version. :D

[SarabiLioness]

It certainly is one of my faves too! I love the Spanish versions as well, and the German (and the English, of course) :D

[julz0802]

I also like this version :-)

I like the lyrics in this version, but I would translate some things differently. Everybody has his own taste.