seront de tous les combats, dont
English translation: were in the forefront of every struggle, including
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peer agreement (net): +1...the students would participate in all battles, among which those that would lead... Explanation: There are many ways to translate this. |
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peer agreement (net): -1the students will take part in every fight that leads to Explanation: When it's a question of student demonstrations and activities over here in the US, we talk about them being in a "fight" for equal rights, "the cause". etc. |
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peer agreement (net): +8were in the forefront of every struggle, including Explanation: As Marco says, there are many ways to translate "de tous les combats". You could certainly do it more literally: "fought in every battle", for example. But "être de tous les combats" is a set phrase, expressing the idea they could always be counted on to get stuck in and fight the good fight, as it were; at least, that's how I understand it. So I think a more hyperbolic, non-literal version like "in the forefront" is legitimate. But you could say something like "were involved in every fight". And I think "fight" would be perfectly OK instead of "struggle"; it's a matter of taste. What I do think is important is the verb tense. "Seront" and "mèneront", in the future, follow from a historic present narration of past events. This is common in French but nearly always creates an unnatural effect in English, in my opinion. If you use past tense narration, as English naturally does, "will be" will logically become "would be" or "were to be". But even that seems awkward and unnatural to me. I think the idiomatic way to express this is English is with a simple past tense. "Dont" means "including": every struggle/fight, including those that led to... ''In every nation of the western world, even in the nations behind the Iron Curtain, miners have been in the forefront of every struggle for social justice" https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WDNF_9eYszgC&pg=PA78&lpg... |
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