Our first translated red delicious! Tip of the chapeau to Nicole, an email recipient living in two worlds, both a shade of rouge. What's up with the Obama=Muslim fear mongering? This email harkens back to this pithy masterwork of vague Obama talking points.
Again, merci beaucoup Nicole for the translation effort. What an excellent opportunity to peer into the red minds of zealous family across the pond.
"Does anyone else feel my pain? I not only get right-wing e-mails from
my parents, I get them in TWO LANGUAGES. This one landed in my in box
courtesy of my mom, who got it from her relatives in France. This
*sounds* bizarre unless you know that many French people harbor
serious anti-Arab/Muslim views. Submitted for your approval, here is
the Obama/madrassa story... in French! My translation is in
[brackets]. It's a fairly literal translation; in particular, the
pointless repetitions, the inane stupidity, and the easily-refuted
falsehoods are left intact."
--nicole
my parents, I get them in TWO LANGUAGES. This one landed in my in box
courtesy of my mom, who got it from her relatives in France. This
*sounds* bizarre unless you know that many French people harbor
serious anti-Arab/Muslim views. Submitted for your approval, here is
the Obama/madrassa story... in French! My translation is in
[brackets]. It's a fairly literal translation; in particular, the
pointless repetitions, the inane stupidity, and the easily-refuted
falsehoods are left intact."
--nicole
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Feb 25, 2008 11:59 AM
Subject: FW: Pour ceux qui s'intéressent aux élections américaines
[For those of you who are interested in the American elections]
Drole qu'on n'en parle pas ici…..
[Strange that we're not talking about this over here...]
Maman
[Mom]
______________________________
Quand OBAMA rime avec ALLAH.
[When OBAMA rhymes with ALLAH]
En Indonésie, on le tenait pour un musulman. Abandonnée de son mari, Barack Uhussein Obama, la maman se lie avec un étudiant étranger, l'Indonésien Lolo Sotéro avec lequel elle se marie. Quand Subarto, le dictateur indonésien exige en 1967, de tous ses compatriotes à l'étranger, de rentrer dans la mère-patrie, Lolo, son épouse et le jeune Barack, alors âgé de six ans, obtempèrent et partent pour l'Indonésie.
[In Indonesia, they thought he was Muslim. Abandoned by her husband Barack Uhussein Obama, his mother establishes ties to a foreign student, the Indonesian Lolo Sotero, whom she later married. When, in 1967, the Indonesian dictator Subarto, ordered expatriate Indonesians home, Lolo, with his wife and stepson Barack--now aged six--obeyed, and moved to Indonesia.]
Le beau-père de Barack est musulman. Le jeune Barack se retrouve donc en Indonésie, flanqué d'un beau-père musulman et d'un père toujours vivant mais inconnu, qui est aussi musulman. Barack entre en sa sixième et sa dixième année, il est élève d'une "madrasa" ( école religieuse musulmane ). Un des camarades de classe de Barack, en ces années-là, Zulfin Adi, a affirmé que Barack << était un musulman et qu'il allait à la mosquée >>. L'année suivante, Barack intègre l'enseignement public, où il est encore considéré comme musulman. Dans cette école, chaque semaine, il y a un cours sur l'Islam et d'ailleurs, dans son autobiographie, "Dreams from my father", Obama reconnaît le caractère musulman de cette école, dans laquelle il dit avoir étudié le Coran.
[Barack's stepfather is Muslim. Young Barack, therefore, has a Muslim stepfather and an absent--but still alive--father who is also Muslim. Between his sixth and tenth years, he is a student of a "madrassa" (religious Muslim school). Zulfin Adi, who was a classmate of Barack's, affirms that Barack "was a Muslim and went to the mosque". The following year, Barack attends a public school, where he is also considered a Muslim. In this school, every week there is a class on Islam. In his autobiography, "Dreams from my father", Obama even admits the Muslim character of this school, in which he says he studied the Koran.]
Baptisé dans la foi chrétienne...en octobre 2006, la "blogosphère"
vrombit tout au long du premier trimestre 2007, de la rumeur d'un
Barack Obama, musulman. A tel point que son porte-parole, Robert Gibbs
se croit obligé de produire en mars 2007, un communiqué précisant :
"que le sénateur Obama, n'a jamais été un musulman *pratiquant*". Ce
"pratiquant" pose plus d'interrogation, qu'il n'y répond, d'autant que
ce même porte-parole avait précédemment affirmé qu'Obama <<>> ( sans le "pratiquant" ! ), qu'il n'a jamais été
éduqué en musulman et qu'il est un chrétien engagé !
Engagé...peut-être, mais surtout devant les objectifs des caméras
convoquées régulièrement à son service. Alors, pour ceux qui croient
en lui - dont nous ne sommes pas - que "God bless Obama, ou qu'Allah
le protège !" - Signé, Daniel Hamiche.
[Baptised in the Christian faith... in October 2006, the "blogosphere"
trembles all through the end of the first third of 2007, over the
rumor of a Muslim Barack Obama. To the point that his spokesman
Robert Gibbs feels obligated to produce, in March 2007, a memo stating
"that Senator Obama was never a *practicing* Muslim". (emphasis in
original) The wording of the statement, particularly the word
"practicing", aroused further suspicion, especially since the
spokesman had previously said that Obama "was never a Muslim" (note
lack of "practicing"!), that he had never been educated as a Muslim,
and that he is a committed Christian!. Committed, perhaps, but only
when the camera's eyes are on him! So, for those who believe in
him--to which group we do not belong--may "God bless Obama, or may
Allah protect him!"]
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Mon Dieu! Who knew this garbage was multilingual!
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