Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 24

[cahn]

Every post I can't believe this is still going on, and yet, here we are :D

Comments

Re: G1 state visit as per Wilhelmine

[mildred_of_midgard]

Yeah, this passage is fine, since there's neither sex nor is it in the interminable second volume.

He embraced me, and, turning to the queen, he observed : “Your daughter is very tall for her age.”

(In Der Thronfolger, he says "plump for her age". I would like to know the French original word here.)

Per Gutenberg:

votre fille est bien grande pour son âge.

Re: G1 state visit as per Wilhelmine

[selenak]

Hm, on the one hand, I'd translate it as "tall", too, at first thought, but on second, my half forgotten school French seems to tell me it can indeed be meant as a reference to her weight rather than her height. Either way, the context makes it clear it's a dissing.