Any French speakers?

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Could anyone at least tell me the gist of the conversation?
I love Camus, but can't speak French worth my life... If only it were auf Deutsch oder Englisch...
I can understand "Dostoevsky" and "nihilism", as well as "que"... Anything else, though, I'm clueless.
I really hope at least someone in this subforum understands even a tad bit of French...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCtY3CAlME[/youtube]

Sorry, I can read French somewhat, but understanding conversations is a weak spot for me. I tried to listen to this but couldn't get much out of it. If you can find a transcript or a version with subtitles I might (emphasis on MIGHT) be able to help.

Thanks for being willing to try; I think finding a transcript may prove itself to be an incredibly arduous task. Do you happen do have any French-speaking friends?

If you give me a few hours to take care of other stuff and nobody is answering you until then, I'll sent you a PM about it

Thank you so much, Sallamandrina!
You can just post it in this thread if it's easier.

im decent at reading and speaking french(my family immigrated to America from Montreal, Quebec Canada) but i have a hard time understanding it when its spoken back at me

Semi-irrelevant, but I love the Twain quote in your signature.

well honestly i cant even see what you originally posted i just see a white box under your OP because im at school for the next few hours even though its been out for nearly 2 hours and i usually always when writing or talking go into deeper explanations than need be my apologies and Mark Twain is one of my favorite authors i love his work so i thought one of his quotes would be needed somewhere in my signature

I can't do it right now but I will in a few hours when I have more time if nobody else has

Thank you; nice to some willing people.

Albert Camus is talking about his adaptation in drama of a russian novel whose titles in french is "Les possédés". I don't know how to summarize it beyond that...

Ça m’apparait que nous avons plusieurs membres bilingues ici qui pourront t’aider!

Don't hesitate to PM me if you have other translation requests--I am fluently english/french bilingual.

Thanks for the willingness and offer!

Sallamandrina translated it for me, so this thread should die soon.

Ah too bad, I finally got some time to do it just now. Well I'm glad you got a good translation

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Merci, visagrunt.
Sometimes Google will translate text--not sure about videos.

I keep my French-English dictionary handy. The stuff written here at WP as dialogue is fairly easy.

Like many AS people, I read and write better than I speak, and listening to speech in any language is difficult at the best of times.

Camus can be obtuse, even when translated. Sartre can be just as opaque.

Maintenant, le thread est mort.