Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

plaider la jurisprudence et l’honneur allemand

English translation:

appeal to legal tradition and Germanic honor

Added to glossary by Barbara Cochran, MFA
Oct 24, 2021 18:35
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French term

plaider la jurisprudence et l’honneur allemand

French to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters From An Art History Book
Contexte :

Devant ces appétits déchaînés, les services du Kunstschutz furent débordés. Goering et Rosenberg en profitèrent pour mener le bal. Fidèle à lui-même, le comte Metternich essaya de plaider la jurisprudence et l’honneur allemand, en pure perte… Il dut quitter la France. Face à cette nouvelle organisation méthodique de pillage, à tous les Sonderkommandos de la rapine qui s’y rattachaient, l’OKW et son service de protection des œuvres d’art durent momentané ment s’effacer.

Merci Beaucoup,

Barbara
Change log

Oct 29, 2021 15:42: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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appeal to legal tradition and Germanic hono/u/r

allemand is in the singular so must refer back to German or 'Teutonic' hono/u/r only.

jurisprudence is a judicial precedent, line of cases or case law e.g. settled if 'constante'.
Example sentence:

Honor, for Germanic man, meant "getting even"; only by "getting even" could he conquer the forces of darkness that surrounded his life

Peer comment(s):

agree AllegroTrans : "Legal tradition" does not in any way imply common law, so unjustified comment below.
12 mins
Indeed and thanks.
neutral Francois Boye : France isn't a common law country. It is better to translate 'jurisprudence' with the expression 'laws of the country'. https://www.dictionnaire-juridique.com/definition/jurisprude...
6 hrs
Illogical criitcism ad legal tradition does not imply any Anglo-Am. Common Law link. Jurisprudence is also referring to case law, non-binding in many Roman civil-law countries.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
8 hrs

appeal to legal precedent and Germanic honor

or maybe pride instead of honor.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Barbara Carrara : Why, oh why you keep (nearly) duplicating existing suggestions is beyond me. And it's becoming increasingly annoying.
1 hr
neutral AllegroTrans : Good question by Barbara Carrara. Would you care to answer?
10 hrs
neutral Francois Boye : France isn't a common law country. See my objection to Adrian
1 day 18 hrs
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