Tall and gawky. I'd think in a scrum he'd snap like an asparagus spear.
At 02:51 PM 11/3/2009, you wrote:
>If he was small and fast then a wing three-quarter position would be
>most likely.
>
>Roger
>
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>Subject: Re: Rugby translation question
>
>
>>Did Beckett actually play rugby? Not built for it, I'd think.
>>At 02:40 PM 11/3/2009, you wrote:
>>>Mark,
>>> Probably best to say simply "(as a three-quarter)" - since it's
>>> not clear whether it's inside or oustside centre, and the the
>>> generic term is, or used to be, "three-quarter". "Back" is understood.
>>>Must be the first time rugby gets into a litany.
>>>Jamie
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>>Mark,
>>>>having thought some more about this, I think "trois quart centre"
>>>>would best translate as "outside centre three quarter back" or in
>>>>short "outside centre"
>>>>
>>>>Roger
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 6:33 PM
>>>>Subject: Rugby translation question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I've been asked to translate Liliane Giraudon's "Mon Beckett."
>>>>>Easy enough, except that I'm stumped by one phrase. The poem is
>>>>>a litany, each phrase beginning with "Beckett." Here's the
>>>>>phrase in question: "Beckett jouant au rugby (trois quart
>>>>>centre)." I assume that trois quart centre is a position, but
>>>>>the only positions I know in rugby are on top or underneath. Any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>>If no brits or hibernians can enlighten me I suppose I'll have
>>>>>to appeal to Oz.
>>>>>
>>>>>Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Announcing The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry
>>>>>(University of California Press).
>>>>>Forthcoming in November 2009.
>>>>>http://go.ucpress.edu/WholeIsland
>>>>
>>>>Announcing The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry
>>>>(University of California Press).
>>>>Forthcoming in November 2009.
>>>>http://go.ucpress.edu/WholeIsland
>>>>
>
>Announcing The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry (University
>of California Press).
>Forthcoming in November 2009.
>http://go.ucpress.edu/WholeIsland
>
>
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