Talk:les Anglais débarquent

"departing" translation

I feel like "arriving" might be a more idiomatic translation here, even if counterintuitive —the image is one of red-coated English soldiers leaving their ships in an invading/occupying flood. The closest translation is "disembarking", not "departing", anyway. It's definitely a "coming" not "going" sense. Gabrielbodard (talk) 07:30, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

I agree with the remark above. To put it more clearly, the red coats (the English soldiers) are the menstrual blood, and their arrival means menstruation is here (with all the annoyances and restrictions that may apply). Given the historical animosities between French and English, the arrival of English soldiers is meant to be taken as a negative event, albeit somewhat humorously in this case. I have never heard the ship being equated to the woman's body, as an earlier editor has suggested.

Moreover, the literal translation for débarquer is disembark, since that's what the etymology is describing. In this case, however, débarquer often has the meaning of "to turn up", "arrive suddenly", which could indicate an early period, or to notify someone's oblivious partner or friend. Dr. G. von D. (talk) 18:29, 30 June 2023 (UTC)