Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
the mountain is the mountain
French translation:
La montagne est ce qu'elle est.
English term
Spain
Fine-tuned, reader-oriented translations
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, Catalan to French, and 1 more.
the mountain is the mountain
This is where we sunk another shaft to get this out.
Those frames are all broken, but these ones have held up well.
This held up, and we had time to get coal out.
Otherwise...
The mountain is the mountain.
The layer is good, but further down that way.
“La Vetona” is good, it’s got lots of coal but it’s a fucker.
I guess it's an expression. Could you confirm? And how could it be translated?
Thanks a lot!
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Proposed translations
La montagne est ce qu'elle est.
United Kingdom
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English to French, and 4 more.
la montagne est une montagne
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Note added at 8 mins (2006-02-20 15:44:30 GMT)
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In Zen it is said that 'before Enlightenment, the mountain is the mountain, after Enlightenment the mountain is the mountain'. ...
Could this be it?
not for grading
It's going to be a difficult task in any case.
(chacun et) chaque chose a sa place
www.humanite.presse.fr/ journal/2003-10-08/2003-10-08-380249
Voire "Chaque chose à sa place, chaque place a sa chose". (J'aime bien :-) )
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-02-20 21:45:49 GMT)
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"a" avec accent ou sans!
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-02-20 21:48:41 GMT)
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Variantes :
- A chaque chose sa mesure
- A chaque chose sa place
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