Study of comparative phraseology French-Spanish in the letter of Jean Louis Godin des Odonais to Charles-Marie de La Condamine

Abstract

The present study of comparative phraseology is based on the letter of Jean Louis Godin des Odonais addressed to Charles-Marie de la Condamine and its translation into the Spanish language. The letter narrates the tragic journey of Isabelle, Godin's wife, to reunite with him after more than 20 years of separation. The content of this emotional document explains the abundance of phraseological material that we use to form, first, the body of work in both versions and, later, to present various observations and reflections on the processes, both parallel and different, in French and in Spanish. In this study the importance of the correct use of phraseologies in translations is exposed as well as the need to include them from the beginning and gradually in the process of language teaching.