these attempts are basically just putting small fingers in very large dykes.

这些尝试不过是蚍蜉撼树
Why did it matter so much, all of this?

为什么这些如此重要
It's because France is no longer a great power, and intellectuals and

因为法国不再是强国知识分子和
lots of other people in France, including me, are determined that

很多法国人包括我都认为是
French culture retain its place in the world.

法国的文化保住了它现在在世界的地位
And I am chronically sad to see another supermarket go up where

我也慢慢悲伤地看到在已有两家超市出现
there already have been two of them; it saddens me terribly to see the

之处又多了一家超市不时看到
golden arches almost everywhere now, and Subway,

麦当劳的商标让我很难过还有赛百味
which is a chain I actually happen to like a lot,

这个我还比较喜欢的连锁店
and those are becoming all over the place.

这些都无处不在了
So, we're fighting against the ways that cannot be halted,

所以我们是在打一场无法胜利的战争
but in a way may not be all a very bad thing,

但在某种程度上也并非全是坏事