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Literary translators: do they get the recognition they deserve?

Literary translators work behind the scenes, painstakingly sifting through the right words to be able to capture the voice of an author and make it just as meaningful in another language. But do they get the recognition they deserve?
 Paris, France

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Reportage + Société

French language reforms: are they necessary?

French, while somewhat complex, is a beautiful and historically significant language. Why change it?
 France


Reportage + Société

Nous sommes la France: the taboo question of French national identity

'Nous sommes la France' is a phrase that has been used to express French solidarity…
 France


Vie Française

#Fautesdefrançais are the new black: the French language in turmoil

The French language isn't just backbreaking for foreigners. As it turns out, French speakers have…
 France



Vie Française

How do you translate French culture?

"You're so... nationalistic," he said. "Patriotic," I corrected, but the comment stuck with me and…
 France


Vie Française

Comme ils sont beaux, les mots…

Chèvrefeuille (honeysuckle) although this word looks like goatleaf, it actually is thought to derive from…


Vie Française

Why I’m not a lawyer ...

I changed my mind then with a firmness and determination that I had not thought…
 Paris, France

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"Fais de ta vie un rêve, et d'un rêve, une réalitéMake your life a dream and the dream a reality"

Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Translation

Idiomes

Pleuvoir des cordes To be raining ropes - (ie. to be pouring rain)
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