So let it be written — So let it be done! Qu’on l’écrive ainsi — et qu’on le fasse pareillement! Rameses (Yul Brynner) in The Ten Commandments (1956)
Mad Beppo says August 10, 2023 at 2:48 pm This formula used by Yul Brynner’s Pharaoh impels me to translate using (twice!) the subjunctive construction I call the “third-person imperative” (on which topic see here). Would any French stylists like to weigh in on my use of pareillement? Reply
Mad Beppo says
This formula used by Yul Brynner’s Pharaoh impels me to translate using (twice!) the subjunctive construction I call the “third-person imperative” (on which topic see here).
Would any French stylists like to weigh in on my use of pareillement?