Sep 30, 2013 19:40
10 yrs ago
French term
on n'en vient à douter de
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The context says it means "one doubts their existence," but the words say the opposite.
Which is it? Or am I missing something?
Mais où sont les Romanov ? Abscents des journaux People, invisible aux mariages du gotha et inconnus du grand public, ***on n'en vient à douter de*** leur existence. Pourtant ils existent bien bel et bien.
Which is it? Or am I missing something?
Mais où sont les Romanov ? Abscents des journaux People, invisible aux mariages du gotha et inconnus du grand public, ***on n'en vient à douter de*** leur existence. Pourtant ils existent bien bel et bien.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +8 | we end up doubting |
Victoria Britten
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| 3 | This leads to doubts about their existence |
Louis Gwiango
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Victoria Britten
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French term (edited):
on en vient à douter de
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we end up doubting
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Louis Gwiango
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This leads to doubts about their existence
i interpret the phrase to mean that the absence of Romanovs creates doubt.
Discussion
on vient à douter de leur existence
or
on en vient à douter leur existence
?