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Good Heavens!, i think is closest translation to english, sacre = sacred and blue=sky, sacred sky which symbolizes the heaven and if i recall correctly Poirot used to be a priest.
And on topic: what heresy is this, a LeFrench game without it's french translation.
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You're right, the previous ones are more "literal" translations.Good Heavens!, i think is closest translation to english, sacre = sacred and blue=sky, sacred sky which symbolizes the heaven and if i recall correctly Poirot used to be a priest.
And on topic: what heresy is this a LeFrench game without it's french translation.
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Alternatively, bleu is a type of cheese. So, the saying could translate to Sacred Cheese! Which makes sense.Good Heavens!, i think is closest translation to english, sacre = sacred and blue=sky, sacred sky which symbolizes the heaven and if i recall correctly Poirot used to be a priest.
And on topic: what heresy is this, a LeFrench game without it's french translation.
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That makes sense too, wine and cheese, the artists delight and him being from Belgium.
In all fairness these expressions are best used in their original form.
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Pretty close. "Sacre" can't mean "sacred", it would be "sacré". "Sacrebleu" represents the old French "sacre Dieu" (modern French "[par le] sacre de Dieu"), meaning "[by] God's coronation". "Bleu" was substituted to "Dieu" to avoid a blasphemy. That's why French aristocrats are said to have blue blood ("sang Dieu", "God's blood").
But philology is off-topic
Oh! I'm french, and although I know what it means, i didn't know where it came from. So, thank you for the explanation.Pretty close. "Sacre" can't mean "sacred", it would be "sacré". "Sacrebleu" represents the old French "sacre Dieu" (modern French "[par le] sacre de Dieu"), meaning "[by] God's coronation". "Bleu" was substituted to "Dieu" to avoid a blasphemy. That's why French aristocrats are said to have blue blood ("sang Dieu", "God's blood").
But philology is off-topic
But yes, let's get back on the topic.
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C'est une sacrée explication ! Chapeau !Pretty close. "Sacre" can't mean "sacred", it would be "sacré". "Sacrebleu" represents the old French "sacre Dieu" (modern French "[par le] sacre de Dieu"), meaning "[by] God's coronation". "Bleu" was substituted to "Dieu" to avoid a blasphemy. That's why French aristocrats are said to have blue blood ("sang Dieu", "God's blood").
But philology is off-topic
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So alpha was going to release on 16 or 19 when we will see the final release? when will i get my hands on those beauties
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The guy who I replied to didn't talk about nationalities, just about a French language translation.
French is one of the two official language in Belgium too.
Poirot speaks a very refined French (in the French versions of the movies). The only weird thing about his language is that, when he's talking about himself, he says Poirot instead of "je" (I), I've never heard that.
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