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Missbrittany
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help needed in a translation
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I �m helping a friend writing a poster in English on silent demonstrations for human rights that are held in France. The demonstraters form circles and remain silent for an hour. These demonstrations are called �cercle de silence � in French. Would it be circle of silence or rings of silence in English? And does this �tag � sound correct to you ? A person �s dignity shouldn �t be discussed, it must be respected!
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4 Jul 2009
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SmartD
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I think is better rings of silence and the tag sound good to me |
4 Jul 2009
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gaby_mn
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I�ve heard the term "Circles of Silence"--- not the others, though. And yeah, it sounds like a great tag!! |
4 Jul 2009
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douglas
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I haven �t actually heard the term as far as I recall but, the term "circle of silence" seems to best describe what you are doing and your goal. Circle leaves a better feel of the "human" element you are trying to achieve. Ring sounds more impersonal or material.
The tag line is good. |
4 Jul 2009
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Carla Horne
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Hi,
I have a small suggestion about the tag. I think that it would be better to say "integrity" instead of "dignity" because dignity means your self-respect, but integrity has a slightly different meaning. Here is the denotation: integrity -- (moral soundness; ``he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity � �
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I hope that I haven �t offended anyone. It is just that my mother always made this distinction.
Carla
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4 Jul 2009
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douglas
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Carla, I �m sorry but, I think dignity is the right word here. I �m not sure about their cause but, for example, if they are talking about how an elderly person is treated in a nursing home dignity would be the right word. (treated with dignity)
ALSO, I thought a little more and the tag might be a little better as:
A person �s dignity shouldn �t be discussed, it should be respected. (the parallelism of using should twice makes the statement stronger) |
4 Jul 2009
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Missbrittany
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Thanks for your help, Douglas, Carla and SamrtD! I �ll change the tag!
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4 Jul 2009
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Carla Horne
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Well, Douglas, if you have integrity, you must also have dignity. I suppose that both may be fine. Sometimes English is that way: you can really "wordsmith" a sentence to death, and there �s nothing worst than a dead sentence. I humbly beg your pardon. 
Carla
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4 Jul 2009
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