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December 21, 2006

French Blogs

by AltHippo @ 11:38 am. Filed under Uncategorized

Somehow it feels like spying on an another country, but every so often I like to check out the blogs at Le Monde. The site includes blogs both from Le Monde correspondents, as well as readers.

Corine Lesnes, Le Monde’s DC correspond, keeps a blog called Big Picture. Here’s from a recent post on Time’s Person of the Year: (babelfish translated, thus phrases such as “I will turn video with my cat”)

In English:

The Time magazine did not succeed in deciding. The man-woman of the year, is neither Ahmadinejad, neither Al Gore, nor a person in particular. It is everyone and nobody. You. - “You” Yes, you, author-commentator of blog. You who make Wikipedia, YouTube, MySpace - the “digital democracy” You who you say, hold, instead of looking at Fort Boyard, I will turn video with my cat. victory200px.gif All old media that it is, Time pays homage to the citizens of Web 2.0 - “For seizing the kidneys of the total media, digital For founding and framing the new democracy, For working for nothing, and beating the pros At to their own game, TIME’ S Person of the Year for 2006 is you”. Friends readers, still cheer. You show again some the “pro” and you do all that free… Time is with you.

Original:

Le magazine Time n’a pas réussi à décider. L’homme-femme de l’année, n’est ni Ahmadinejad, ni Al Gore, ni une personne en particulier. C’est tout le monde et personne. Vous. - “You” Oui, vous, auteur-commentateur de blog. Vous qui faites Wikipedia, YouTube, MySpace - La “digital democracy“ Vous qui vous dites, tiens, au lieu de regarder Fort Boyard, je vais tourner une video avec mon chat. victory200px.gif Tout old media qu’il soit, Time rend hommage aux citoyens du Web 2.0 - “For seizing the reins of the global media, For founding and framing the new digital democracy, For working for nothing, and beating the pros at their own game, TIME’s Person of the Year for 2006 is you”. Amis lecteurs, encore bravo. Vous en remontrez aux “pro” et vous faites tout cela gratuitement… Time est avec vous.

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One Response to “French Blogs”

  1. KCinDC Says:
    December 22nd, 2006 at 9:44 am

    Our goal for the new year should be to seize the kidneys of the total media. (It’s not surprising that Babelfish gets confused when there’s an English sentence in what it’s told is French.)

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