Calling all French speakers: How do you say "Long Live Socialized Medicine"

[RagingInMiami]

In the most informal way?

[Selatius]

1. "vive la médecine socialisée"

Try that.

[Recursion]

5. or 'social', or 'commun'

Though 'commun' would sound very dated and fin-de-ciecle

[rwenos]

8. "Vive la Medicine Nationale"

Peu t'etre?

[RagingInMiami]

9. Would that be preferable to use in an article where I'm basically just

going to say it in a very informal and yankish way? But not too yankish.

[rwenos]

13. Either Translation Would Make Your Point

and also make you sound like an insider.

Post us all a link to the article. Might be fun.

[ProgressiveAmPatriot]

2. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to give you a translation

The idea of translating that into French makes me cringe. If you literally translated "socialized medicine" it would sound bizarre because the very idea that the state would not pick up virtually all the bill for health care is absurd to anyone, socialist or conservative. In France, virtually free health care is part of what they call social security.

[RagingInMiami]

3. Jeezus, can a guy ask a simple question around here?

[Kagemusha]

4. Well he is technically correct.

But all language is only as good as the context in which you use it.

[RagingInMiami]

6. Well, I'm just a yank who would like to use it in an article I am writing

It is a first-person review of Sicko. I think it would be understandable if I write it like that because it's almost for comic effect.

[EFerrari]

12. PM SwampRat. He's supposed to be on a break but

maybe you can raise him for something so simple.

[EFerrari]

11. No.

:rofl:

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Pardon my French, but isn't something like

Fuck Big Pharma?

Like I said, pardon my French.

[ConsAreLiars]

10. Liberté, égalité, fraternité

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberte_egalite_fraternite
Well, I passed first year French, failed the second, but learned a few phrases. Not enough to try to order champaign and get served champigons.

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