Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
sous la protection divine
English translation:
In God\'s care
French term
Ireland
20 yrs+ quality translations, Trados
Native in: Spanish 
, English (Variants: UK, US, British, Irish)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 8 more.
sous la protection divine
Et pourtant, c’est à cet âge la, qu'ils ont plus besoin d'un bon encadrement aussi bien sur le plan familial que scolaire pour éviter le pire.
Bref, je vais devoir prendre congé de toi, en espérant que tu m’a compris.
Surtout excuses moi pour cette situation indépendamment de ma volonté, mais en tant que médecin je dois servir partout où le pays a besoin de moi.
Merci et on reste en contact, sous la protection divine.
| 3 +4 | In God's care |
Colin Morley (X)
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| 4 | ...and may God bless you. |
Jacquie Bridonneau
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| 3 | Under divine protection |
Paola Alem
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| 3 | May God keep and protect us |
David Hayes
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| 3 | in God's hands |
B D Finch
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Jan 23, 2015 10:11: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
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Proposed translations
In God's care
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writeaway
: it's the closing of a letter. imo there are any number of ways we can express this.
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Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Jennifer White
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Italy
precision, quality, reliability
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Spanish to Italian, French to Italian, and 5 more.
Under divine protection
France
Traductions soignées et fiables
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English
May God keep and protect us
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Colin Morley (X)
: or simply pluralise god to gods? By the time it's been watered down sufficiently to appease everyone, we might as well say "best regards" and have done with it!
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It's nothing to do with "watering down". Many people of faith (eg Buddhists) do not believe in God as understood by Christians or Muslims, for example. Since the asker did not give details, I was merely alerting to this possibility.
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France
French to English technical translations
Native in: English (Variants: US, British)
Works in: French to English
...and may God bless you.
Discussion
Depends on who you categorize under "we".
Believers would and do say exactly that;
it's not translator's business to change the text to suit his/her personal views.
Pitching this one requires more context, if you have it. Do you know is being adressed? It could almost be a littel tongue in cheek. "Divine protection" might also be an option. Difficiult to say without further background.
Also, there are a couple of dodgy turns of prhase in the French original :
- "la situation" est "indépendante (adjectif) de [sa] volonté". "Indépendamment" is an adverb and qualifies a verb, here "être". So that part is a bit muddled.
- "espérer que" : the immediate context might even make a subjunctive more likely here, although an indicative form is probably acceptable.