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Latin and Family Mottos
Re: TENEZ LE DROIT
Posted By: Francis
Date: Thursday, 27 January 2005, at 4:30 a.m.
In Response To: Re: TENEZ LE DROIT (Errolyn)
In french, "droit" has many meanings:
Droit can mean straight, right (opposite of left, in that case, it's "la droite" rather than "le droit"), right as in human rights, and justice (or law).Following my first message in november, I sent yet another response correcting my first attempt, replacing law by justice. But apparently, it was never published.
"Tenez", although it can be translated as "hold", would make more sense, in this case,as "uphold". Uphold the right (meaning human rights)might be acceptable, because frankly, hold the right just doesn't cut it. However, "Tenez le droit" meaning uphold justice, Has a much better ring to it.
And if you're wondering how I came about this "theory", well, french is my native tongue, so I think I'm in a good enough position to attempt a "meaninbful" translation.
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