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Legacy of promise

French translation: l'héritage des promesses

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English term or phrase:	Legacy of promise
French translation:	l'héritage des promesses
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10:14 May 20, 2011

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Treaty of Waitangi

English term or phrase: Legacy of promise

This is a passage from the Treaty of Waitangi and is a quote from Queen Elizabeth :

"Today we are strong enough and honest enough to learn the lessons of the last 150 years and to admit that the Treaty has been imperfectly observed. I look upon it as a **legacy of promise**. (6 February 1990, at the 150th commemoration of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi)
Queen Elizabeth II (born 1926)"

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Estelle Demontrond-Box KudoZ activity Questions: 322 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 753 United Kingdom
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l'héritage des promesses

Explanation:
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La communauté māori fut généralement déçue par la loi, et continua à demander un férié. Le Parti national, dans l'opposition, critiqua le gouvernement pour ne pas avoir tenu sa promesse mais pensait aussi que le pays ne pouvait pas se payer un autre férié.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitangi_Day_Act

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Le non respect des promesses du traité de Waitangi allait être à l'origine des longues guerres (1841-1870) par lesquelles les Maoris tentèrent en vain de résister à la brutale colonisation européenne.

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Le Canada doit respecter ses obligations en vertu de
traités historiques et modernes. Il faut mettre fin à l’héritage des promesses
rompues.

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www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/ehm/Waitangi/182362

www.fadg.ca/downloads/francais-truth-reconciliation.pdf

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silvester55
Local time: 08:34

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5 +2

l'héritage des promesses

silvester55

Testament de promesse

Mac Mézache

legs d'une parole donnée

MadameDequoi

un héritage prometteur

FX Fraipont

Gage de promesse

Alain Boulé

Answers

16 mins confidence:

legacy of promise Gage de promesse

Explanation:
Une idée.

Ce monde nouveau, alors que la Révolution Française renverse l’ordre ancien, alors que la République vénitienne décadente va tomber comme un fruit mûr devant Bonaparte, quel va-t-il être ? Une simple illusion, un rêve ? ou un gage de promesses, de bonheur, de liberté ?

http://lunettesrouges.blog.lemonde.fr/category/ailleurs/

Alain Boulé
Local time: 07:34
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French

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

legacy of promise

l'héritage des promesses

silvester55
Local time: 08:34
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

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Merci à tous!

17 mins confidence:

legacy of promise un héritage prometteur

Explanation:
il faisait de la Nouvelle Zélande une colonie Britannique, mais fondait en même temps la nation néozélandaise.

"Le traité de Waitangi (ou Te Tiriti o Waitangi en māori) fut signé le 6 février 1840 à Waitangi, dans la baie des Îles, en Nouvelle-Zélande, entre les représentants de la couronne britannique et les chefs de la Confédération des Tribus unies de Nouvelle-Zélande ainsi que d'autres chefs tribaux māori.

Le Traité, comme les néo-zélandais l'appellent simplement, fit formellement de la Nouvelle-Zélande une colonie britannique, et plus généralement peut-être considéré comme l'acte de fondation de la Nouvelle-Zélande en tant que nation"
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traité_de_Waitangi

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ce n'est pas "a heritage of promises"

FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 07:34
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French
PRO pts in category: 45

43 mins confidence:

legacy of promise legs d'une parole donnée

Explanation:
Une passation finalement des engagements qui n'ont pas été tenus.

MadameDequoi
Local time: 01:34
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

8 hrs confidence:

legacy of promise Testament de promesse

Explanation:

"Héritage" is correct, but I find that "testament" is a better translation for legacy as it puts an emphasis on that fact that each generation inherits the practice from the ancestors.

Gage is also a good word.

Mac Mézache
Local time: 01:34
Native speaker of:

French

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