来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第4集 第4集》

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  whether they can sign their name
  看他们是否会签自己的名字
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  or whether they just simply write an X,
  还是只是画了一个叉
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  that they can't sign.
  画叉说明他们不会写字
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  And of course there are other ways of knowing this too,
  当然还有别的方法得知这方面的信息
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  studying school records and this sort of thing.
  如研究学校的记录等
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  So, this is the basic kind of interpretation
  所以这种对记录的基本诠释
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  that became for many people quite compelling,
  对很多人来说是很有说服力的
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  as I said the other day.
  像我那天说的
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  So, by 1914 you have these Bretons,
  1914年时 布列塔尼人
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  and Breton is a language that has nothing to do with French at all,
  布列塔尼语是与法语完全无关的一种语言
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  being able to go off to die in 1914
  布列塔尼人在1914年能为国征战
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  or subsequent years singing the Marseillaise.
  后来会唱国歌马赛曲[指会说法语]