It was a conquer or be conquered situation

French translation: Il fallait vaincre ou se soumettre

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English term or phrase:It was a conquer or be conquered situation
French translation:Il fallait vaincre ou se soumettre
Entered by: Odile Raymond

10:56 Dec 1, 2017
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / conquere or be conquered situation
English term or phrase: It was a conquer or be conquered situation
"Bonjour comment rendriez-vous cette phrase en français ? Le contexte : un homme parme des Amérindiens et des guerres de tribus qui faisaient rage à une époque. Il explique que les prisonniers des uns devenaient les esclaves des autres et il dit ceci : "In the days of warring tribes it was a conquer or be conquered situation." Merci pour vos idées.
soperilleux
Local time: 16:24
Il fallait vaincre ou se soumettre
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Odile Raymond
France
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3Il fallait vaincre ou se soumettre
Odile Raymond
4il s'agissait d'une situation de dominant ou de dominé
alex.saviano
4il fallait vaincre ou être vaincu
Solen Fillatre
4la situation se résumait à une situation de vainqueur ou de vaincu
Maïté Mendiondo-George
4il n'existait d'autre issue que de vaincre ou d'être vaincu
Maïté Mendiondo-George
3ceux qui ne conquéraient pas étaient conquis
Isabelle Cluzel


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it was a conquer or be conquered situation
il s'agissait d'une situation de dominant ou de dominé


Explanation:
Une suggestion...

alex.saviano
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
it was a conquer or be conquered situation
ceux qui ne conquéraient pas étaient conquis


Explanation:
pour garder l'image

Isabelle Cluzel
France
Local time: 16:24
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
it was a conquer or be conquered situation
Il fallait vaincre ou se soumettre


Explanation:
Autre idée

Odile Raymond
France
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 7

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agree  Hélène ALEXIS
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agree  Francois Boye
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agree  katsy
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it was a conquer or be conquered situation
il fallait vaincre ou être vaincu


Explanation:
Two other ideas largely inspired by Odile.
- il fallait vaincre ou être vaincu
- il fallait vaincre sous peine d'être vaincu

Solen Fillatre
France
Local time: 16:24
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

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neutral  Germaine: euh... c'est pas ce qu'aurait dit La Palice? Juste avant "Le vainqueur a remporté la victoire"?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it was a conquer or be conquered situation
la situation se résumait à une situation de vainqueur ou de vaincu


Explanation:
"revenait" à une situation



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Note added at 8 heures (2017-12-01 19:54:40 GMT)
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tout se résumait ( ou (se terminait par ) une relation de vainqueur ou de vaincu

Maïté Mendiondo-George
France
Local time: 16:24
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it was a conquer or be conquered situation
il n'existait d'autre issue que de vaincre ou d'être vaincu


Explanation:
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Maïté Mendiondo-George
France
Local time: 16:24
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in GermanGerman
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