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From: Sylvain Lavoie <elisabeth-sylvain at sympatico.ca>
Subject: Rivier, Rivière, River

To : Wim and Peter

"Rivier van de Wolf" was suggested by a Dutch translator ;
"River of the Wolf" was by an American linguist.

The Dutch thinks "Rivier van de Wolf" translates a little more
faithfully
than "Wolfsrivier".
The American thinks "River of the Wolf" translate the meaning better
than
"Wolf's River".  "Wolf River" (without the 's) was excluded by him.
But this list is not about English translation.
If you want to develop on this, write to me directly instead.

Sylvain Lavoie
elisabeth-sylvain at sympatico.ca

> Comment on "Rivier van de Wolf" , in Dutch, that sounds awfully  like
> translated Frensh...
> How about "Wolfsrivier", "Wolfsvliet","Wolfsstroom", "Wolfsbeek", all
> Dutch, Wolfsbeek sounds the most normal as a rivername in my dutch ears,
> we
> tend to make things smaller in Dutch.

> I am not at all familiar with Québec, but I would have thought a more
> likely English translation of 'Rivière-du-Loup' would be 'Wolf River'
> (?), but please don't hesitate to put me right if I am wrong!

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