Talk:Franc-Garde

Review of whole article - july 2020

Dear wiki-page-watchers, When I visited and read this page a few weeks ago, I was struck by the poor quality of the (English) language used and I concluded that this was due to a translation problem which had never been corrected [does nobody ever bother to check or read this article?].

I have therefore reviewed the whole article:

1. corrected some errors in original translation from French,
2. rewrote/corrected poorly-phrased Franglais and poorly-phrased English,
3. (relatively minor) moved text (Franc-Garde numbers moved to organization paragraph)
4. included and corrected one or two relevant links to wikipedia pages

This article can be further improved! In particular, you could give some attention to re-order/re-write history and organisation sections.
-- jw (talk) 22:26, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Translation of terms

The units listed under 'Organization' have been translated literally, which I think creates a bit of an obstacle to understanding. I think it would be helpful and more consistent to include the equivalent names that appear in the table of ranks in the Milice article. Thus Main would be listed as 'Team' ('lit. hand'), Dizaine as 'Squad' ('lit. ten') and so on. I'm also not sure Franc-Garde is best translated as 'Free Guard'; I have seen it rendered as 'Volunteer Guard' which I think sounds better in English. What do other users think? 217.155.59.206 (talk) 14:39, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

• I support your suggestion regarding ranks - as long as the literal translations appear, as they help understand for readers who may not be familiar with French.
  It might also be useful to add the literal meanings to the Milice article. jw (talk) 16:55, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
• I am less sure about 'Volunteer Guard' as I'm not sure this properly translates the spirit of Franc-Garde.
  I'll give this more thought. jw (talk) 16:55, 7 November 2022 (UTC)