Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Union - Discipline - Travail [motto, Côte d'Ivoire]
English translation:
Unité - Discipline / Ordre - Travail
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Tony M
Aug 25, 2007 11:34
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French term
union discipline travail
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"Union-Discipline-Travail" This is the motto of the Ivory Coast, equivalent for French "Liberté-Egalité-Fraternité". Do I have to translate it on a document intended for non-Ivorian readers?
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3 +2 | Depends! | Tony M |
4 | Unity, discipline/order, work | Drmanu49 |
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Aug 25, 2007 11:35: Didier Martiny changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"
Aug 30, 2007 12:29: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/632588">RICHARD TAMY's</a> old entry - "union discipline travail"" to ""Depends!""
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Depends!
Whether or not you translate it depends on how central it is to the document in question (which you haven't told us anything about!)
If it is merely incidental (e.g. appears on an official letterhead), then I would say no, don't translate — in the same way that 'Dieu est mon droit' or 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' are not usually translated on UK documents.
HOWEVER, if for some reason this motto is more central to your document, then you would certainly do well to consider translating it, or at least adding your translation in brackets after it — e.g. if someone were quoting or referring to the meaning of the motto.
If it is merely incidental (e.g. appears on an official letterhead), then I would say no, don't translate — in the same way that 'Dieu est mon droit' or 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' are not usually translated on UK documents.
HOWEVER, if for some reason this motto is more central to your document, then you would certainly do well to consider translating it, or at least adding your translation in brackets after it — e.g. if someone were quoting or referring to the meaning of the motto.
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Comment: "This explanation seems perfect to me. I provided the translation into brackets since that was not an official document but merely the presentation of a conference to be held in CIV."
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Unity, discipline/order, work
You might put the translation in parentheses.
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