En réponse à John Cowan <jcowan@...>:
>
> So how do you say "This is the worst news that has come to Bree in my
> time"?
> (The news, that is, that the Black Riders come from Mordor.)
>
Using a completely different sentence construction. I can't think of a simple
translation right now. The whole English construction is rather idiomatic and
cannot be translated as is in French where it would sound like nonsense.
>
> After which you will tell me that "in fact" is translated by some
> other
> phrase. The search for synonyms is endless.....
>
LOL. Not really. "in fact" can be translated by "en fait" ;)) .
Christophe.
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