French To English

[gavmeister13]

I'm having trouble with these French sentences can anyone help? thanks in advance.


"... comme il faut s'attendre d'un moment à l'autre à entrer en contact,
les voltigeurs tankistes s'avancent le mieux possible contre le feu des bolcheviks ..."


"Dès que les localités menacées par l'approche des troupes allemandes
ont été évacuées, les Soviets incendient les maisons des "camarades"


"Attaque d'un point d'appui.Tels des navires en haute mer,
les chars sillonnent la plaine. Cette photo aérienne permet de se rendre compte
de la tactique d'attaque adoptée par les chars"


"Lance-flammes, en avant ! D'un blockhaus, l'ennemi tente désespérément
une dernière fois d'arrêter l'avance allemande. Mais voici que le lance-flammes se faufile ..."


"L'artillerie d'assaut allemande vient de passer à gué le Bug et escalade le versant ennemi ... les rondins de bois placé derrière la tourelle sont utilisés comme tapis de bois ..."


"L'obus de la pièce lourde de campagne est apporté sur un affût"


"Les obus sifflent dès l'aube : ... De la ligne extérieure des fortifications soviétiques de Tauraggen s'échappent la première lueur qui trahit l'effet des projectiles mis au but"

[Howard]

Hi Gavmeister,

hope this is of some use:

"... expecting to come into contact at any moment, the panzergrenadiers advance as best they can against the Bolshevik fire... "


As soon as the areas threatened by the the approaching German troops had been evacuated, the Soviets burned their "comrades'" houses


"Attack on a strong point. The tanks cross the plain like ships on the high seas. This arial photo lets you see the attacking tactics used by the tanks"


"Flamethrowers, advance ! From a blockhouse, the enemy tried desparately for a last time to halt the German advance. But this is how the flamethrowers wormed their way in... "


"The German assualt artillery has just forded the Bug and attacked the enemy slope ... the wooden huts behind the turret are used as tapis de bois ..."


"The shell for the heavy campaign piece is brought up on a gun carriage"


"The shells whistle in the dawn: ... from the outer line of Soviet fortifications in Tauroggen come ther first glimmers betraying the effect of the missiles landing"

[gavmeister13]

thank you

[Dackel Staffel]

Hi Howard,

Strange french It seems to me that this text had already been translated from a foreign language But the strangest it's the word "tankiste voltigeur"
The style is strange too

So long

[gavmeister13]

i got it from http://www.chez.com/barbarossa/pht.htm

i think they translated it from the original German from Signal into French

[Dackel Staffel]

Hi,

It could be an explanation about the style. Anyway in french "tankiste voltigeur" is as strange as "submariner flyer" in english.

So long.

[Howard]

Hi Dackel,

I think Gavmeister's explanation could be right. The French certainly reads like a translation.

[wasp]

What on earth is wrong with the french except the last sentence?

[Dackel Staffel]

Hi,

"Tankistes voltigeurs" by example.

So long.

[webmastersignal]

i got it from http://www.chez.com/barbarossa/pht.htm

i think they translated it from the original German from Signal into French

It's from the original French Signal edition. I know very well the webmaster of this site and lot of this pics are from my Signal collection.
Tankiste voltigeur is the translation for Panzergrenadier cause in french army in '40 armored infantery was called Voltigeur or Dragon porté
"..tapis de bois.." : wood carpet litteraly but it's mean : additional wood protection

[Pierre]

Hello,

Voltigeur is a word used in the army. For example in the infantry : grenadier-voltigeur, it means soldier (lowest rank).

Best Regards
Pierre

[Richard Hargreaves]

What on earth is wrong with the french except the last sentence?

Well they gave the world Sasha Distel.

It's funny, I did five years of French at school, six months of German, yet I find German a much easier to translate of the two. Must be the seven years of Latin I did.

Thanks for the link Gavmeister... merrily downloading it as we speak.