Comments on: Translation of Mon Pére Etait Tellement De Gauche by Les Fatals Picards

By: Ashmada

Ashmada — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:33:05 +0000

“Je crois même qu’il en rêvait en 2002 en allant voter” isn’t correct, it should be “J’ sais pas quelle tête il aurait fait en 2002 en allant voter.”

That paragraph references the french presidential elections of 81 and 2002: in 81, François Mitterand (socialist) was elected and there was a great hope of a huge policy shift (towards the left); in 2002 the socialist party candidate (Lionel Jospin) wasn’t even in the 2nd round, which was played between Le Pen (far-right nationalistic party) and Chirac (democratic right-wing party)… an event which would’ve had the singer’s father livid, obviously.

Imagine an Obama supporter having to vote either for Mitt Romney or Michelle Bachman, basically.

By: Emilie

Emilie — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:45:25 +0000

Hi !
I think, in the first verse, when Les Fatals Picards said “on m’a pas laissé être droitier”, they meant “I was not allowed to be right-hander” ; it’s a reference to children who were not allowed to write with their left hand (because left is “evil” for Christianity, if you see what I mean)
And, “Moins 24 c’était pas terrible”, I’d rather say “Minus 24 wasn’t really great”, or something like that. It’s a french expression to say “it’s not good”.
However, it’s a really good translation, thank you very much for it !
Good luck for your next translations.

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By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:17:15 +0000

Ah! Thank you Ariane – I knew there must be some word play going that I was missing.

By: ariane

ariane — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:09:23 +0000

About eyelashes, in french it is “faux cils” and it sounds like “faucille”, faucille et marteau étant les symboles communistes.
About chez Casto you were right, Castorama is a shop to buy tools (you can see it in the video on you tube).
Good luck for your translations