Can anyone tell me what this means...

Mais ce volontarisme étatique a des effets pervers et contribue au repli sur ses bases de la culture française.

It's the part in italics I'm not sure about. Sounds a bit idiomatic to me...

...I thought it might mean it contributes to the collapse of French culture but I'm not too sure...

This is what Babelfish translates it as:

"But this official voluntarism has perverse effects and contributes to the fold on its bases of the French culture."

Not sure if this helps!

It's more the meaning I was after than a literal translation but thanks for trying!

Can anyone tell me what this means...

Mais ce volontarisme étatique a des effets pervers et contribue au repli sur ses bases de la culture française.

It's the part in italics I'm not sure about. Sounds a bit idiomatic to me...

Luckily for you, I am French but have lived in Sheffield for some years so my French can sometimes be a bit out of date. This phrase means:-

"Maisy ecstatically volunteered some effete perverts to contribute replies in basic french".

That of course is a literal translation. We would probably put it slightly differently in English.

I hope this helps, I am also available for German translations.

Wow! Thanks Ken.

Looks like I need to get myself a new dictionary. Mine's clearly not up to scratch...

I'll get back to you re the German translations.

Luckily for you, I am French but have lived in Sheffield for some years so my French can sometimes be a bit out of date. This phrase means:-

"Maisy ecstatically volunteered some effete perverts to contribute replies in basic french".

That of course is a literal translation. We would probably put it slightly differently in English.

I hope this helps, I am also available for German translations.

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Can anyone tell me what this means...

Mais ce volontarisme étatique a des effets pervers et contribue au repli sur ses bases de la culture française.

It's the part in italics I'm not sure about. Sounds a bit idiomatic to me...


'But this voluntary etatique of the perverse effects and contributes to the withdrawal on the basis of the French culture'

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Hi Tartempion, I'm a French native and my guess is that the bit in italics means French culture is shutting itself off, becoming a bit of a recluse/outcast if it makes any sense. But I might be wrong. I sometimes find my own language hard to understand or explain!
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with the return to its bases

yes but repli is from the verb se replier, which means to shut yourself off from the rest of the world/people.

Thanks for all your help! I think I've got the gist now.