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Down with the Fuhrer! Long live the people!

French translation: A bas...

17:42 Aug 16, 2000
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English term or phrase: Down with the Fuhrer! Long live the people!
just a simple phrase...meaning down with the furher and up with the people.
Rick
French translation:A bas...
Explanation:
This could translated as thus:

"A bas le Fuhrer, vive le peuple!"

"A bas" means to bring down, to lower down, if you will.
In the 17th or 18th century, the French people were getting tired of the Monarchy and the "Noblesse", so the expression "à bas" took another meaning as to kill, to decapitate, etc.. thus, 1789 the "Prise de la Bastille"

"Vive" means simply long live
as the expression:
"Le roi est mort, vive le roi"
The king is dead, long live the king

Hope all this helps.
M.A.
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Moli?re
Canada
Local time: 08:30
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na +1See below
Sébastien St-François (X)
naA bas...
Moli?re
naA bas le Fuhrer! Vive le peuple!
Marc Schumacher
naA bas le Fuhrer et que vive le peuple!
alx


  

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Explanation:
À bas le Führer! Longue vie au Peuple!

Sébastien St-François (X)
Local time: 07:30
PRO pts in pair: 159

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16 mins
A bas...


Explanation:
This could translated as thus:

"A bas le Fuhrer, vive le peuple!"

"A bas" means to bring down, to lower down, if you will.
In the 17th or 18th century, the French people were getting tired of the Monarchy and the "Noblesse", so the expression "à bas" took another meaning as to kill, to decapitate, etc.. thus, 1789 the "Prise de la Bastille"

"Vive" means simply long live
as the expression:
"Le roi est mort, vive le roi"
The king is dead, long live the king

Hope all this helps.
M.A.


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Moli?re
Canada
Local time: 08:30
PRO pts in pair: 5
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1 hr
A bas le Fuhrer! Vive le peuple!


Explanation:
It is the ONLY way to translate it. Take it from a French native....

Marc Schumacher
United States
Local time: 08:30
PRO pts in pair: 6

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12 hrs
A bas le Fuhrer et que vive le peuple!


Explanation:
This sentence respects the rythm of the original text(10 syllables), bearing in mind that this utterance is probably a chant.
the two original sentences become one, co-ordinated by "et que" that puts the two assertions in a cause-effect relation, the second bit being the consequence of the first.

alx
Local time: 13:30
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 119

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