Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Everything that is anything to my people
French translation:
tout ce qui compte pour mon peuple
Added to glossary by
Sylvia Rochonnat
Jul 29, 2009 18:36
14 yrs ago
English term
France
Everything that is anything to my people
English to French
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
- In my country, when a wife has disgraced herself, she must fling herself from an 18-story building.
- An 18-story building in Vietnam?
- It is rare we are successful.
- And you want to do this?
- Not particularly. But I have no choice.
- Why?
- Tradition. Thousands of years of honor, dignity and sacrifice. Everything that is anything to my people.
- Don't do it.
- Okay.
- An 18-story building in Vietnam?
- It is rare we are successful.
- And you want to do this?
- Not particularly. But I have no choice.
- Why?
- Tradition. Thousands of years of honor, dignity and sacrifice. Everything that is anything to my people.
- Don't do it.
- Okay.
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tout ce qui compte pour mon peuple
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Comment: "c'était mon idée de départ, merci."
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Timothy Rake
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
My business is translating your business
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
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tout ce qui vaut notre race
Although "race" can have the sense of all of humanity, it can also more narrowly refer to "tous ceux qui viennent d'une même famille" (dictionnaire TV5.org) - maybe a little figurative, but I feel it gives a strong sense to the "belonging" aspect of this phrase
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François-Xavier Pâque
Belgium
Belgium
Native in French
Belgium
Degree in translation!
Native in: French (Variants: Belgian, Standard-France)
Works in: Russian to French, English to French, French, and 1 more.
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tout ce que mon peuple compte de plus cher
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Tout ce qui importe à mon peuple.
L'orateur ne semble pas être très convaincu par ces valeurs, le verbe "importer" rend plus cette idée.
2 days 1 hr
Georges Elangue
Native in French
Experienced, Accurate and Reliable
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
tout ce qui fait la dignité, la fieté et l'honneur de ma race
Dans notre contexte, la dignité, la fierté et l'honneur (everything)d'une race ou d'un peuple sont des valeurs que nul ne peut piétiner, quel que soit le prix.
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