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14 months ago

Barbara Cochran  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

xénarthre

Context:

...je me revois, comme un xénarthre, ridiculement lent et maladroit...Guy holding newborn.

 

 

Elaine Sutton's  See profile answer was rated best

armadillo, sloth, anteater

My comment:

I would think something like 'I can still see myself, like some kind of dinosaur, ridiculously slow and clumsy' or just a literal translation but xénarthre doesn't really work in English in this context, in my opinion