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auto-de-fe

English translation: act of faith, auto-da-fé, ceremony of burning of heretics

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French term or phrase:autodafé
English translation:act of faith, auto-da-fé, ceremony of burning of heretics
Entered by: Mats Wiman

00:58 Jul 22, 2001
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - History
French term or phrase: auto-de-fe
it's some kind of torture device/method of execution.
Ian King
act of faith
Explanation:
autodafé (port. auto da fé) latin: actus fidei
From 1481 the official proclamation of judgements of the Spanish Inquisition.
No punishments were executed but the sentenced person was handed over to the 'worldly authorities'.
The expression 'auto-da-fé' for 'burning of heretics' or book burnings is therefore improper.
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Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 07:39
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Summary of answers provided
na +2act of faith
Mats Wiman
na +2auto-de-fe ("act of faith")
Fuad Yahya
na +1that's english
Albert Golub
na +1English has taken the Portuguese expression as a loan word
Parrot
na[COMMENT]
DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)
na -1burned alive
Victor Foster


  

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11 mins peer agreement (net): -1
burned alive


Explanation:
I think it's autodafé. I remember coming acrross this when I read Voltaire's Candide

Victor Foster
United States
Local time: 00:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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disagree  DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X): that was too often the result of the "auto da fe"!
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13 mins peer agreement (net): +1
that's english


Explanation:
french is "autodafé"
means act of faith in spanish/portuguese
good luck

Albert Golub
Local time: 07:39
Native speaker of: French

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agree  DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X): yes, but a little more shedding of light on the practice would be of importance!
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15 mins peer agreement (net): +2
act of faith


Explanation:
autodafé (port. auto da fé) latin: actus fidei
From 1481 the official proclamation of judgements of the Spanish Inquisition.
No punishments were executed but the sentenced person was handed over to the 'worldly authorities'.
The expression 'auto-da-fé' for 'burning of heretics' or book burnings is therefore improper.



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Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 07:39
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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agree  DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X): also good, especially for the etymology!
3 hrs
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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18 mins peer agreement (net): +2
auto-de-fe ("act of faith")


Explanation:
The term usually is used as is, sometimes parenthetically translated as “act of faith” (from the Portuguese) as in the following:

http://public.csusm.edu/public/guests/DaMetz/logrono.html

“In Spain the burning of heretics had been on the decline in the late 16th century, and none had taken place since the "auto de fe" (act of faith) at Logroño in 1593.”


http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=00F55000

“Auto-Da-Fé (Portuguese, "act of faith"), public ceremony of execution of persons condemned to death by the Inquisition for heresy and other sins. It was the most impressive of the judicial ceremonies of the Roman Catholic church and was celebrated with great pomp and solemnity. The ceremony consisted of the procession of the condemned to a public place and the delivery of a sermon, followed by execution of the sentence, which frequently meant a burning at the stake. Most of these executions took place in Spain and Portugal and their colonies. The first recorded one was held by the Spanish inquisitor general Tomás de Torquemada in Seville in 1481; the last took place in the early 19th century. Under Torquemada alone, about 2000 people were executed in autos-da-fé. The Americas also had autos-da-fé, with Mexico conducting one as late as 1815. The ceremony generally was held on a Sunday between Whitsunday and Advent, or on All Saints' Day.”

Fuad



    Reference: http://public.csusm.edu/public/guests/DaMetz/logrono.html
    Reference: http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=00F55000
Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X): very good too!
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agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
English has taken the Portuguese expression as a loan word


Explanation:
"auto-da-fe" (hyphens and w/o accents)

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 07:39
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X): yes...but what was involved, of course, was torture by such as Torquemada, who to this day represents the evil inherent!
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4 hrs
[COMMENT]


Explanation:
Yes, of course, it is from the Portuguese and not the French...and remains to this day as a sad phrase reflecting the intolerance that once overwhelmed the otherwise "reasonable" forces that controlled a part of the Roman Catholic Church in a time when heresy was flung contemptibly on the doorstep of everyone who sought only to believe innocently and fervently in what was supposed to be the Truth! Que lastima! One can only hope that we have learned something from such horrendous errors!

Pax vobiscum!


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