On se donne le VRAI pouvoir

English translation: True power is self-bestowed

15:09 Mar 29, 2004

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
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French term or phrase: On se donne le VRAI pouvoir

it is Bloc Quebecois motto

Mel

English translation:True power is self-bestowed

Explanation:
Good English

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in English, power is bestowed

donner= bestow SE DONNER= to bestow on oneself..BEST STYLE = self-bestowed

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OR

We bestow true power on ourselves

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note to Yolanta:

We are leading...is not the idea. there is no leadership here...it is about bestowing power on.....donner le pouvoir....cela se dit comme ça
the real power...no the
vrai pouvoir is true power not real power...this is about truth...

il faut faire quelque chose avec on SE donne....et c\'est dure de le faire avec élégance

HTH
:)

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5 +2

True power is self-bestowed

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)

We give ourselves the True Power

Hacene

We are going to exercise the real power

emm

We are leading to the Real power

Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva

Answers

38 mins confidence:

We give ourselves the True Power

Explanation:
literaly, but you might be best translating it as:
"We empower ourselves with the Truth"

Hacene
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 25

11 mins confidence:

We are leading to the Real power

Explanation:
une idée

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On se donne le vrai pouvoir à Québec, pas à Ottawa!

Lucien Bouchard lance et compte dans son but! Chef du Bloc Québécois, il met de l\'avant le slogan \" On se donne le vrai pouvoir \" pour faire élire le plus de député(e)s possibles àOttawa (!) aux élections fédérales de 1993. IMAGINEZ! Depuis 30 ans les indépendantistes, les souverainistes font campagne pour convaincre les Québécois(e)s de se donner le vrai pouvoir à Québec par l\'indépendance du Québec avec un seul gouvernement complet du Québec, à Québec, au Québec! Décidément, l\'ambivalence, l\'ambiguïté règnent puisque cette fois-là ce slogan sert à envoyer des souverainistes à Ottawa, au parlement canadien, sur le terrain de l\'adversaire qui contrôle les règles du jeu et où on sera toujours en minorité, donc en participant plus que jamais au système colonialisme canadien tout en le dénonçant.

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One gives oneself truth capacity

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http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://w...

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One gives oneself truth capacity in Quebec, not in Ottawa!

Lucien Bouchard launches and counts with a his aim! Head of the Block Québécois, it puts before the slogan \"One gives himself truth capacity\" to make elect the most possible député(e)s àOttawa (!) with the federal elections of 1993. IMAGINE! For 30 years the freedom fighters, the souverainists have made countryside to convince Québécois(e)s to give truth capacity in Quebec by the independence of Quebec with only one complete government from Quebec, in Quebec, in Quebec! Definitely, ambivalence, ambiguity reign since this time this slogan is used to send souverainists in Ottawa, at the Canadian Parliament, on the ground of the adversary which controls the rules of the game and where one will be always in minority, therefore while taking part more than ever in the system Canadian colonialism all while denouncing it.

Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
Canada
Local time: 04:26
Native speaker of: Bulgarian
PRO pts in category: 4

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

True power is self-bestowed

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 77

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23 hrs confidence:

We are going to exercise the real power

Explanation:
Extract from Hansard on Google;Reality will catch up with them, and they will get the message in the next election that Quebeckers want to encourage people who come here to run the country and manage government. In 1993, they got elected on the platform, “We are going to exercise the real power”.

Reference: http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/3/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/015...

emm
Local time: 09:26
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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