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October 2009

Translation of M’as-tu dit by Les Trois Accords

October 9, 2009

I was considering skipping a translation for today. Then I decided to try to find a quick and easy one so that I could feel as if I had achieved something more today than simply adding a Twitter link. Who better to turn to in such a circumstance than Les Trois Accords, the bonkers Québécois [...]

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Translation of On n’est pas à une bêtise près by Renan Luce

October 8, 2009

One more mischief won’t make any difference Les enfants! Mettez-vous en rang et suivez moi. Il n’y a pas classe ce matin, nous allons vister un studio d’enregistrement. Allez, suivez-moi et en silence. Allez! Children! Get in line and follow me. There’s no class this morning. We’re going to visit a recording studio. Ok then, [...]

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Translation of Gilles Ecoute Un Disque De Rap Et Fond En Larmes by Abd Al Malik

October 6, 2009

“C’est vrai qu’on a les poètes qu’on mérite”, pensa-t-il, mais, après avoir écouté, quand la platine s’arrêta, il éclata en sanglots. “It is true that we have the poets we deserve,” he thought, but after listening, when the turntable stopped, he burst into tears. As promised, here is the full translation of Gilles Ecoute Un [...]

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Translation of À La Campagne by Bénabar

October 3, 2009

Before moving onto a translation of one of the tracks from Abd Al Malik’s latest album, I wanted to post this translation of another song by Bénabar. The reason being that his lyrics are perfect little packets of French vocabulary. I realise it was less than a week ago that I posted a translation of [...]

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Roméo et Juliette by Abd Al Malik

October 2, 2009

I couldn’t find any MP3 vendor that would sell a copy of Dante by Abd Al Malik in the UK. Then I discovered that the album can be bought from Abd Al Malik’s website where you can also preview all the tracks. I had heard two tracks from the album previously, C’est du lourd which [...]

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