I'm trying to say 'Marriane and Jeanne d'Arc are powerful women who fought the English and stormed the barricades' in French. So far I've got Jeanne d’Arc et Marianne sont des femmes profondes, qui ont combattu les anglais et qui ont donné l'assaut à les barricades'. Can anyone help me improve this? Please no online translations. Thanks.
2007-01-28 05:57:42 · 13 answers · asked by Jaze 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Reindeer is right, except for "puissante". You should say "femmes fortes" (careful not to say "fortes femmes", as that would mean they are big), or "des femmes de caractère".
2007-01-28 06:52:43 · answer #1 · answered by Offkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello, Zack.
Did you realise that Marianne did not actually exist? She is the symbol of republican France and, although she is represented in pictures as storming the barricades, this never actually happened. By phrasing it the way you did, your sentence, as it stands, implies that both women fought the English and stormed the barricades, which of course is an impossibility. Your teacher will fall on you like a ton of bricks if you stick with that phraseology.
May I suggest an alteration? "Marriane et Jeanne d' Arc sont des exemples de force feminine; Marianne, le symbole de la republique, en donnant l'assaut sur les barricades, et Jeanne d' Arc en combattant les anglais."( my computer does not do accents, but there should be an acute accent on the first e of feminine and republique).
Nobody can argue with that.
2007-01-28 12:19:24 · answer #2 · answered by WISE OWL 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marriane et Jeanne d'Arc sont des femmes puissantes qui ont combattu les anglais et ont pris d'assaut les barricades.
2007-01-28 06:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by Reindeer Herder 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Marriane et Jeanne d'Arc sont des femmes puissantes qui ont combattu les anglais et ont pris d'assaut les barricades" is the good translation !!!
2007-01-28 10:30:41 · answer #4 · answered by Evil but Wonderful 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marianne et Jeanne d'Arc, deux femmes extraordinaires, l'une se battu contre les anglais et l'autre a donne l'assaut sur les barricades.
On a personal note:J'espere que cela t'aidera a faire tes devoirs. Bonne chance.
2007-01-28 12:56:36 · answer #5 · answered by mollanches 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Looks ok to me except wouldn't it be better to say they were powerful women maybe using 'furent' as it is formal speech.
2007-01-28 06:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by drakshug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have microsoft word ..you can type it out in english and get it translated in the translation section to any language..
2007-01-28 06:02:41 · answer #7 · answered by silver44fox 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
check out this website it should help
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2007-01-28 06:03:20 · answer #8 · answered by stephen w 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i DONT see any mistakes so i guess u can say it like that.
2007-01-28 06:13:14 · answer #9 · answered by shamanta 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2007-01-28 06:00:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋