Translation talk:J'Accuse...!

Hmm there's quite a bit of literal french translation that don't sound right. Anyone up for cleaning it up? I'll help out with parts of it. Litoxe2718281828 (talk)
 * Yes, please do. Yann (talk) 11:36, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Made a number of changes, most notably making the language more natural in the last paragraph. I haven't gone through the text from beginning to end yet. "Etat-major" translated as "High Command" (not Chief of Command since there seem to be several). Litoxe2718281828 (talk)

I had some questions and comments on this page, I didn't get around to posting them before it was promoted. Move them to a better place if there is one, I don't have any major objections to this welcome translation.
 * Is there an accompanying page to the cover image?
 * There is a second page, but I was not able to get a readable scan. The BNF (French National Library) is interested to have a partnershop with WS, so this scan is one of the first thing we will ask them. Yann (talk) 21:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Is it the source of the translation?
 * Yes. Yann (talk) 21:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Should we have these external links in the text?
 * The name of the President in the header's note, perhaps other links could be.
 * I can see why people might be linked, but I would shorten or note the piped link "the solemn triumph of our World Fair".
 * The line in the translation "First, the truth about the lawsuit ..." then links Trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, an unreferenced article.

I generally only link wikisource documents and authors cited in the text, I think it risks duplication or editorialising to do otherwise. It can also be disorientating to the user to find links in a 'source', unless the document uses that reference. Cygnis insignis (talk) 17:02, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Is the article J'accuse linked from this page?
 * Yes. Yann (talk) 21:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Touché. Is the article J'accuse linked from the page? Cygnis insignis (talk) 02:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

two-page scan
An account made, which I reverted; it was adding the two-up image, at right. This is a good version, but the right half is unrelated content, and it is not the image that the translation was based on. It could be useful for any further typo hunting ;) Cheers, Jack Merridew 19:40, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I've self-reverted after cygnis insignis's explanation on my talk: User talk:Jack Merridew. I hide now ;) (after visiting) user's talk, too). Cheers, Jack Merridew 21:55, 19 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the confusion, I should have written a clearer edit summary for that diff :-) Just to summarize here for others: the left half of the scan holds the first 3/4 of the letter and the right half has the last quarter (starting from "...in defeat of law and simple probity"), and then, also, unrelated content. The prior image was a Featured image in two wikipedias, but only had one half; while this one I added is a Valued image in Commons because it has both halves and better resolution (x10 pixels). Thanks for the quick reversion, Jack, and I apologise again. --Cmontero (talk) 03:25, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

"therefore" vs. asterism
The text currently makes use of the mathematical "therefore" symbol (&#x2234;) to represent the use the asterisms used as separators in the original. While superficially similar, it's not the same; so given that Unicode actually has an asterism character (&#x2042;), I'd suggest that that be used instead.

Would anybody object to this change? -- Schneelocke (talk) 12:53, 15 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Consider it done, then. :) -- Schneelocke (talk) 12:39, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Most complete?
Its not slander, its a libel, etc, etc, etc.