INDOCHINE
GLOSSAIRE DU FILM
GLOSSAIRE DU FILM
un autochtone: a native of a country
autoritaire: authoritarian
une aventure: a love affair (in this context)
bilingue: bilingual
le bouddhisme: buddhism
un colon: a colonist
une colonie: a colony
un communiste: a communist
une congaï: from the Annamite language, con gaï, an Annamite girxl (girl from Annam); used pejoratively by the French
un coolie: an offensive term for an unskilled laborer in India or China.
dur·e: hard, harsh
une élite: an elite
une émeute: a riot
être expulsé·e: to be deported
un fils adoptif / une fille adoptive: an adopted son or daughter
froid·e: cold
Le Front Populaire: communist/nationalist party led by Ho-Chi Minh, who became the first president of Viêtnam after its independence from France in 1954.
la grâce: a pardon (e.g. to pardon a prisoner)
impitoyable: merciless, pitiless, ruthless
un·e Indochinois·e: a person from Indochina
irrésistible: irresistable
la main d’oeuvre: laborers
un mandarin: a public official of the Chinese Empire.
un marin: a sailor
la Marine: the navy
un masque: a mask
une mutation: a transfer
un officier: an officer
l’opium (m.): opium
un·e ouvrier·ère: a manual worker
un procès: a trial
un rendez-vous: a meeting
un·e rouge: a communist
le sort: destiny
un·e terroriste: a terrorist
un traficant: a drug (or other illegal substance) runner/dealer
une troupe: a troupe (of actors)
un uniforme: a uniform
Annam: one of the three provinces of the ancient empire of Viêt-nam: le Tonkin (north), l’Annam (middle), la Cochinchine (south).
un bagne: a penal colony (prison camp where prisoners are forced to do hard labor)
une colonie: a colony
un domaine: an estate, property
un empire: an empire
un hévéa: a rubber tree
une jonque: a junk, boat of traditional Chinese design with square sails
un marché aux esclaves: a slave market
une piste: a lead, a trail
une plantation: a plantation
un sampan: a small boat with a roof and propelled by one oar
une usine à caoutchouc: a rubber-producing factory
une vente aux enchères: an auction
accoucher: to give birth
adopter: to adopt
allaiter: to breastfeed, nurse
assassiner: to murder
bouleverser: to disrupt, to overwhelm (emotionally), distress
commettre un crime: to commit a crime
commettre un meurtre: commit (a) murder
confronter: to confront
contrôler: to control
se déguiser en: to disguise oneself as…
déserter: to desert
errer: to wander
étouffer: to suffocate
être muté·e: to be transferred
exécuter: to execute
faire couler un bateau: to sink a boat
fuir: to flee
s’intégrer: to integrate oneself
mettre le feu: to set fire to, commit arson
obéir aux règlements: to obey the rules, regulations
protéger: to protect
sauver la vie à quelqu’un: to save someone’s life
jalouser: to be jealous of
manipuler: to manipulate
prendre une décision: to make a decision
prier: to pray
réprimer: to supress (as in emotion)
saigner: to bleed (e.g. Il saigne du nez)
tirer sur: to shoot at
tuer: to kill
se venger: to take revenge
Laissez-vous aller: Let yourself go.
Ne bougez pas! Don’t move.
Vous avez des ennuis? Are you upset?
Elle ne manque pas de culot: She’s got a lot of nerve!
Elle t’aime à la folie. She is madly in love with you.
Tu n’as aucune nouvelle? Do you have any news?