Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
en marche et en paix
English translation:
at peace and moving forward
French term
en marche et en paix
This is talking about Paris after the Second World War:
"Paris retrouve sa place dans un monde en marche et en paix."
It would be nice to keep the symmetry of the French if at all possible.
I've been playing around with "looking to the future" for "en marche" but all in all haven't come up with anything worth mentioning here...
Many thanks as always for your help.
Oct 15, 2008 11:25: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "History"
Oct 20, 2008 07:55: Diane de Cicco Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
France
Specialty: Biology, Chemistry, Medicine
Native in: English 
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Works in: English to French, French to English
at peace and moving forward
Accurate & Reliable
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 2 more.
Paris finds its place/finds itself in a more peaceful world that progresses...
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Note added at 18 mins (2008-10-15 11:05:38 GMT)
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United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
[a world] on the move / in motion and at peace / at peace with itself
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Jocelyn Fong
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Thank you, Jocelyn
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Diane de Cicco
: "Possibly" didn't mean I was doubting what you said. I was just puzzled about the neutral. I"In motion and at peace" is good but "at peace with itself" is an overinterpretation"
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Possibly
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John Peterson
: at peace and on the move
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Thanks, John
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Philippa Smith
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Thanks, Philippa
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B D Finch
: "On the move and at peace" - forgetting of course about such tiny glitches as Malaya, India, Greece, Algeria, African and other colonies struggling for independence...
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Thanks; yes, it does rather stick in the craw, doesn't it?
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JM Fayolle
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Thanks nautiilus
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Sandra Mouton
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Thanks, Sandra
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Bourth (X)
: ... moving forward for progress and in peace, replacing syllepsis with alliteration
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thanks Bourth, or a world in progress and at peace? (Though a bit near to 'work in progress' which it nonetheless constantly remains, I guess.
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lundy
: I had the same thought as Bourth - a world in progress and at peace
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Thanks, lundy
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mill2
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Thanks, mill
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Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
in a new dynamic peaceful world
back on its feet in a world at peace
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Carol Gullidge
: I like the idea but there's something missing. "En marche" applies to "un monde" and not to Paris. I like regaining its feet/a foothold, but feel that "un monde en marche" shouldn't be ignored/subsumed...?
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Thanks, Carol. You're absolutely right. I turned it round so much I ended up distorting it! Maybe 'a world back on its feet and at peace'. Or 'back in motion..'
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Paris found its role again in a world **which was on the move but at peace**
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Paris is free and back on the scene...
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Alternatively, one might speak of a certain: "Paris, victorious, revenged and revitalized"
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
springing back to life now that peace was here
springing back into action now that peace was here
Getting back to normal now that peace was here
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a bit longer, but has a symmetry and rhythm of its own. A little poetic licence perhaps, but captures the overal meaning
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