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nous nous soutenous

French translation: Let's support each other

11:17 Aug 8, 2002
French language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary / Archival library
French term or phrase: nous nous soutenous
I am archiving some Civil War letters and this, it seems, was a sort of bonding phrase between West Point graduates of the mid 1800s... but I can't find a translation. Thank you so much for any help!
Tissa Salter
Selected answer:Let's support each other
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or
we support each other.
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alx
Local time: 08:07
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Thank you all SO much for the help! I have just found out about this site from a listserv I am on... WONDERFUL HELP!! I encounter many language issues in archiving rare documents and this will be, shall I say, tres helpful!

Tissa
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4 +4nous nous souteno**n**s
Geneviève von Levetzow
4 +2Let's support each other
alx


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
nous nous souteno**n**s


Explanation:
Typo!!!

Geneviève von Levetzow
Local time: 09:07
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 96

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Iglesias: verbe "se soutenir"(mutuellement)
5 mins
agree  Circe
12 mins
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
24 mins
  -> Merci à tous :)
agree  CHENOUMI (X)
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Let's support each other


Explanation:
or
we support each other.

alx
Local time: 08:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 4
Grading comment
Thank you all SO much for the help! I have just found out about this site from a listserv I am on... WONDERFUL HELP!! I encounter many language issues in archiving rare documents and this will be, shall I say, tres helpful!

Tissa

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  CHENOUMI (X)
5 hrs
agree  michele meenawong (X)
1 day 22 hrs
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