dobalganero6116

[chilly ginkgo]

Please be patient

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[torpid atlas]

also finding it difficult to find a natural-sounding translation but something like "... (so?) that we wouldn't do it any other way"

to me s'y prendre is something like to go about it, or to do something (about it).. perhaps even to address it/tackle it. for this context i think finally : we would like to exterminate/annihilate this people/population, that we wouldn't do it otherwise

phrases like this are already difficult to translate into english because starting with the que tends to imply a wish and that's quite an archaic structure in english 😔 perhaps more context would help ?

[fringe shoal]

thanks, basalt, super!

[tame verge]

On voudrait X qu'on ne s'y prendrait pas autrement is an idiomatic structure that means that if you want to do the given action, you wouldn't proceed any differently, that's how you do it, there's no better option/alternative.

[fringe shoal]

there's no other way to go about that .. .seems to fit in like a glove.

[torpid atlas]

excellent way to put it thank you nameless one

i find it really difficult to translate either way 😭

[fringe shoal]

perfect too. I love it

[torpid atlas]

where's this text from, some sort of academic source ?

[fringe shoal]

oui, de Philippe Morvan, l'ecrivan français.

[torpid atlas]

ah d'accord ! chouette

sa vie semble intéressante, je viens de lire sa page wikipedia xD

courage 🫡