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French to English History Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
c'est un veritable projet de rapatriement		it is a veritable repatriation plan / bill (depending on context)	Steven Capsuto
Entered by: Steven Capsuto
cahiers de doléances		lists of grievances
caisson		driver's box/dickey box
car les tailles et les droits nous écrasent		for we are crushed by taxes and duties
carrassier		raftsman
carreau d'arbalète		crossbow bolt
Céramique sigillée		terra sigillata/samian ware	Laura Robertson
Entered by: Laura Robertson
ce qu'ils n'ont peu manger, cesse tout à faict		what they hadn't taken after the first time around was soon completely exhausted
ce qui fait l'humain		(with the best of) what a human being can be,	Silvia Brandon-Pérez
Entered by: Silvia Brandon-Pérez
changer d’attelage		change horses
charge de secrétaire		position of secretary (or post of secretary)
charliet		bedstead
chasseurs de rennes		Reindeer Hunters
château de terre		earthworks or earthwork fortifications
châtellenie		castellany
châtellenie/châtellerie		domain of a castellan or castellan domain
citadelles ouvrières		the workers\' stronghold
clerc tonsuré		tonsured cleric
cloître gothique rayonnant		a cloister in the gothic "Rayonnant" style
cobaye		(human) guinea pig	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
comité mémoire B'nai B'rith		B'nai B'rith memorial committee
comme dit est		as stated (t)herein (prev. ref.)	Gabriella Bertelmann
Entered by: Gabriella Bertelmann
Commission provisoire		Provisional/ Interim Commission
Compagnon		Friend!
connaître les honneurs de		highly favoured by
Conseil des Prud'hommes		"Conseil des Prud'hommes"(Work/Employment Tribunal)
corvée de soupe		soup fatigue
coup dans l'eau		fruitless effort
coupe reglee		systematically exploit the region
coups de plumes		thrusts of the pen
Couronne de lumière		Polycandelon or Pendant Lamp
coutumier		common law
couverte de berceau pour nippes		baby blanket to use as rags
couvre-braises		curfew
croix pattée		cross pattee
d'après lecture		based on research
d'autre ordre		of a different kind; in a different league; of a different order
d'une trempe		calibre
dame de cour		lady of the court
dans sa cohérence et sa permanence		all that it contains in the way of logic and immutability

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