Translation please: French video of a fight

**2Many** · Posted On: 3/09/2010 7:38am

I don't know who's in the right or wrong, because I have no French skills at all. Could anyone translate what's going on here?

Someone posted this on Judoforum.com as an example of what a Judo/BJJ person could do, but I don't want to pass judgement without knowing what's actually going on in the video.

PS: There is a nice duck and morote gari (double-leg takedown) in there. ;)

**knive** · Posted On: 3/09/2010 7:54am

Already posted:

Belgium: punk with boxing experience takes on skater (with MMA experience) - No BS MMA and Martial Arts

**pauli** · Posted On: 3/09/2010 8:01am

i had a feeling most of the dialog consisted of "i am belgian, you idiot!"

**IHZ** · Posted On: 3/09/2010 8:13am

Nothing Noteworthy, I can't hear what both are saying to each others, but the kid is yelling "but he's my brother!!" Considering the tone of voice the kid's using, it's probably his brother who's taking the beating.

**Sley** · Posted On: 3/09/2010 8:19pm

Originally Posted by pauli

i had a feeling most of the dialog consisted of "i am belgian, you idiot!"

wait since when do the people in Belgium not speak french?

**Muerteds** · Posted On: 3/09/2010 11:03pm

Flemish is also spoken.

**hitandrun** · Posted On: 3/10/2010 1:19am

Originally Posted by IHZ

Nothing Noteworthy, I can't hear what both are saying to each others, but the kid is yelling "but he's my brother!!" Considering the tone of voice the kid's using, it's probably his brother who's taking the beating.

At 0:58-1:00, I think it sounded like...
"Illiane"... "Mais putin c'est ton frere ou non?"
So someone's shouting for Illiane if its his brother.

The rest of whatever I could hear, I already translated them in the previous thread: (yeah the sound really sucks)

Originally Posted by hitandrun

Yeah somewhere along the line of "don't let go of him, he is too dangerous".

At the end, I hear, "shut up"
"you clever/sneaky huh?"
"its good, lets go (or could be 'let him go')"

Then I swear I must've heard something like
"not a boxer, just an imbecile"
But I could be wrong.
It's hard to hear over the crowd and all the echos.

**Rene "Zendokan" Gysenbergs** · Posted On: 3/10/2010 3:34am

Originally Posted by Sley

wait since when do the people in Belgium not speak french?

60% of the Belgians are native Flemish speaking, luckily 90% of the Flemish speak also French.
40% of the Belgians are native French speaking, yet only 5% of them speak Flemish as a second language.

It's been a major problem in this country since it's creation in 1830 and it will stay a major problem thanks to the politicians who **** over the people and just want to stay in power (on both sides of the language barrier).

**Yoj** · Posted On: 3/10/2010 3:55am

Isn't the official language Dutch anyways?

**Rene "Zendokan" Gysenbergs** · Posted On: 3/10/2010 5:31am

Originally Posted by Yoj

Isn't the official language Dutch anyways?

From 1830 upto 1990, the only official language was French.
From 1990 the official languages are French and Dutch.

Yet we speak Flemish (an official Dutch sublanguage, not a dialect) and Walloon (an official French sublanguage, also not a dialect).

You can compaire it to "American" English and "British" English. While both languages came from the same language, they evolved enough that they could be called to different languages (example: lorry <-> truck ; trousers <-> pants ; elevator <-> lift).

Flemish evolved from Dutch to it's interaction with French and Walloon evolved from French to it's interaction with Dutch.