Whoa, what? Sorry, apparently I missed that translation. From what source do we know that the framers translated “Naturels” to “natural born” and not simply “the natural” or “natural”? Doesn’t “ne” or “nes” translate to “born” in French?
Should be: Doesn’t “ne” or “nes” translate to “born” in English?
It has been posted several times the Founders understood the word naturels to mean natural born not natural.
There is a translation in 1781 of a letter from the French Foreign Minister on behalf of His Most Christian Majesty to the Congress in Convention.
The document and translation is in the Congressional Record.
The documents are posted on FR.
What translates today cannot compare to the 18th century meaning and understanding of words.
I sent you a post several days ago..we should make a thread on this subject regarding the meaning of naturels being natural born, with you taking the lead.
El Gato and I have the links in the CR where the Founders translated naturels to natural born. not natural.
This is the missing link.