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To: rxsid

Good luck translating indigenes as “natural born citizen” - which is what a lousy translation did 10 years AFTER the Constitution.

Had the Founders wanted to follow Vattel, they could have required the President to be “indigenous”, but that isn’t what they wrote.

And the French equivalent of NBC, as used in other legal documents, was “sujets naturel” - NOT indigenes!

The Founders used a well known and established legal phrase. You don’t get to change it in favor of Vattel, who never ever used the phrase!


1,352 posted on 04/27/2011 9:42:39 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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To: Mr Rogers
Why haven't you translated it yet?

Go ahead, translate what Vattel did write:

"Les naturels, ou indigenes, sont ceux qui sont nes dans le pays, de parens citoyens"

As I'm sure you know, translating from a language like French, to English, isn't 1 to 1 verbatim. Your aware of that, I'm sure.

So, without further adieu...what's the translation? If you need help, just let me know and I can help you.

"Les naturels, ou indigenes, sont ceux qui sont nes dans le pays, de parens citoyens"

1,432 posted on 04/28/2011 10:37:07 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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