>> Further, the bad translation of Vattel has “indigenes” translated NBC, when it OBVIOUSLY is the same as “indigenous”. <<
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You’ve never studied the French language at all, have you?
“You’ve never studied the French language at all, have you?”
Actually I did, for two miserable years in Jr High. However...
The French word used by Vattel was “indigènes”. There is an English word:
“indigene”
Look familiar? Let me put them side by side:
indigènes / indigene
The English word means: “a person or thing that is indigenous or native; native”, and it comes from...drum roll please...
“Origin:
1590–1600; < Middle French < Latin indigena a native. See indigenous”
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/indigene
Now...you want to comment more about how the French word “indigènes” should be translated “natural born citizen” rather than “indigene” or “indigenous”?