it's not necessarily coming before the war at all.

战争之前并不一定是这样
Furthermore, just because one didn't speak French,

而且仅因为一个人不会说法语
did that condemn people to

就说明他永远
eternal backwardness?

是个落后的人么
I've studied strikes in Limoges in 1905

我曾研究过1905年利摩日的罢工
and before that in which the workers were striking

还有之前的历史其中的工人
against big companies, against Haviland, the porcelain--oh,

对抗的是像哈维兰瓷器公司这样的大公司
that's another story--the Haviland American Porcelain Company,

这又是另一回事美国哈维兰瓷器公司
they were chanting,"Long live the Social Republic,"

他们高呼着"社会共和国万岁"
Not in French but in patois, but in patois,

不是用法语而是一种方言
in a Limosin patois, and not in French.

一种利穆赞的方言而不是法语
Does this mean they don't--they're not French?

这意味着他们不是法国人么