A debrief about the French in Page 1705 (Patreon)

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who shared their thoughts and opinions about what the French translation could be! There were... many, many suggestions 😂 which, as a person with extremely basic Duolingo-based French skills, is a bit tricky for me to choose between!

I thought I'd move the conversation to its own post.

My aim is to have a translation that is as close/accurate to the English as possible, as well as conveying Stephane's annoyed tone and of course sounding like something a native French speaker would say.

I'll go with Allez, arrête de pleurer, Nicholas for the first line!

As for the second line, my general thoughts are:

• Any use of 'revenir' doesn't feel quite right to me as that translates to 'come back' or 'return', which isn't exactly what Stephane says. (Also might imply Stephane will never come back, which isn't what he says and would be very evil!)

• I think it should still use vouloir (je ne veux pas) because that's what Stephane says in the English, rather than just skipping to the venir.

• We could change the line to make him sound more annoyed or whatever else, but then we just get into a whole world of possibilities, so it's probably best to just stick to a fairly straight translation in this instance! I was interested to learn the word 'pleurnicher', I'd never heard that before - it would work if Stephane had used the word 'whining' or 'whinging' or 'snivelling' perhaps, but he didn't, so I won't use it here.

So, with that being said, I think these options feel closest to me:

• OPTION 1: Je ne veux pas venir ici si c’est pour que tu pleures

• OPTION 2: Je ne veux pas venir ici si tu ne fais que pleurer

• OPTION 3: Je ne veux pas venir ici si tu pleures tout le temps

[Just to remind you of the original line, it's: I don't want to come here if you're just going to cry!]

Do any of these options sound right to you guys? Does one sound more natural than the others? If you have a strong preference, please shout! Google tells me option 2 is the most accurate direct translation.

Let me know your thoughts (this will probably still be a very confusing choice at the end of the day 😂 but thank you for your help!!) I hugely appreciate your help - I had no idea we had so many French readers in the Patreon community!!