Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

[Kenny同志]

Hi folks,

 

Still working on the book. In Chapter 9, I came across this French place name, i.e.Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Is it possible to translate it into English? If I knew what it meant in English, I might be able to give it a Chinese name.

 

Any help will be appreciated.

[Shelley]

Wow, this is near where I lived in Montreal, used to go past it on the way home from the shops.

 

Its English name is Our Lady of Grace have a look here  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame-de-Gr%C3%A2ce

 

Hope this helps.

[Kenny同志]

Thanks very much, Shelly. This certainly helps! : D

[mudhead]

But when you say Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, local people don't think about grace or lady saints or anything like that. It's just a place name. English speakers usually just say "NDG". In Chinese I would expect a phonetic translation with no regard to meaning, like 麦当劳 "maidanglao" for McDonald's.

[Kenny同志]

Thanks for the note, Mudhead. : )