Questions for French Fans about Code Lyoko

[McTrooper]

Question . .

In the French version of the episode Code Earth . . .
What lyrics did Odd sing for his video?

In English it was "Break Break Break Dance".

[Clem]

well in France, his song calls "Break Dance avec les relous"

relous= lourds (heavy I think)

[LeDixième]

cool, i always was wondering what he said in the breakdance movie in French.

McTrooper - i'm from England originally, but i've moved here and have lived here for a few years now

i have one question - in the French episode, when Mrs. Hertz confiscates their cellphones, is it true that they chant "libérez nos portables" ?

[MacIntoc]

Yes, it's true. Why ?

[McTrooper]

Thank you Clem

The English-speaking voice actor gave me the impression that he made the whole song up, but apparently he had some help with it.

Google translated "Break Dance avec les relous" as "Dance Station-wagon with the relous". That can't be right.

What does "relous" mean?


LeDixieme you might enjoy the fan fic I was telling you about.


Iron Lyoko - (A Code Lyoko Fan Fiction Story)

[LeDixième]

that story was brilliant!
truely hillarious.

I loved these lines, they made me laugh out loud:

"Today, class, we are going to learn about Avocados as part of our science of food lesson. The avocado looks like a vegetable; the avocado actually a fruit. It usually has rough, green skin and a large, hard pit. One of the common uses of the avocado is as the main ingredient in guacamole. Guacamole usually used as dip for chips. . . ."

The lecture continued. Mrs. Hertz even shared her favorite recipe for guacamole.

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"No, it can't be!" Odd exclaimed. "It's . . . it's . . . it's Kitchen Stadium!" Odd said. . . .
. . . "This is Iron Chef Lyoko," the Chairman said.

[Chauve-Souris]

Google translated "Break Dance avec les relous" as "Dance Station-wagon with the relous". That can't be right.
What does "relous" mean?

My marvelous Oxford-Hachette rejected "relous" too.
As for "station-wagon", Brits call them "breaks", I believe....
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[McTrooper]

I'm glad you liked it LeDixieme

And thank you for sharing what you particularly liked.
Not everyone does, but I think it's important to learn that kind of stuff.

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Chauve-Souris Thank you for explaining how station wagon ended up in the translation.

I didn't even know that Brits had Station Wagons.

Maybe "relous" is some kind of slang word?
Can you thesaurus it?
Or figure it out from a Google Search results?

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These are maps of the college that Kadic is based on.
http://lyoko.nexyte.net/image/Plan_du_College_Kadic.jpg
http://lyoko.nexyte.net/image/College_clip_image004.jpg

Based on the maps, where are the Dorms rooms for the real college?

Where are the dorm rooms located for Code Lyoko?

Is there any obvious map differences between the cartoon Kadic and the real college?

[Olivier]

You certainly won't find "relou" in any dictionary ;-) It's a word from spoken language. It comes from "lourd" (literally "heavy", but used here in another meaning (something like "annoying", but I don't know the exact translation)).

The method to transform "lourd" to "relou" is called "verlan", and is mainly used by young people. It consists in swapping the sounds of a word (the word "verlan" is itself the reversed version of "l'envers").

More details here:

http://french.about.com/library/vocab/bl-verlan.htm

Thank you Olivier

That's really interesting.

I'm guessing that heavy might be the song's use, but maybe it's a cleaver way of saying the song is annoying.

The English version was funny, but understandably annoying at the same time.

[Olivier]

Where are the dorm rooms located for Code Lyoko

According to the text from the upper right corner:

"Chambres au 2ème" (rooms on second floor)

Is there any obvious map differences between the cartoon Kadic and the real college?

The map of the real Lakanal school is here:

http://www.ac-versailles.fr/etabliss/lyc-lakanal-sceaux/images/plan.gif

The main difference is that Lakanal has students for collège, lycée and CPGE (classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles), whereas Kadik is only a collège. The dorm rooms are reserved for students of CPGE, not the others.

[Chauve-Souris]

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Golly, Olivier, you are just full of great info!
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Thanks for all your helpfulness!!! :sm39:
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[McTrooper]

Where are the dorm rooms located for Code Lyoko

According to the text from the upper right corner:

"Chambres au 2ème" (rooms on second floor)

Is there any obvious map differences between the cartoon Kadic and the real college?

The map of the real Lakanal school is here:

http://www.ac-versailles.fr/etabliss/lyc-lakanal-sceaux/images/plan.gif

The main difference is that Lakanal has students for collège, lycée and CPGE (classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles), whereas Kadik is only a collège. The dorm rooms are reserved for students of CPGE, not the others.

Cool.

I guess I thought the dorm rooms were on the 1st floor.
I guess I was wrong.

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I know the old Renault factory is gone, but did anyone ever visit it back before it was destroyed?

[LeDixième]

cool map of lycée Lakanal. they reproduced it's layout pretty accurately in Code Lyoko.

McTrooper - nice to have you as a registered member

[Clem]

I know the old Renault factory is gone, but did anyone ever visit it back before it was destroyed?

Kizuna I think but I'm not sure. but it's her who have taken photos

[kagetsu]

- Le montage du premier épisode (qui s'intitule "Nouvelle donne") est presque terminé
- "Révélation 1 & 2" sont les deux DERNIERS épisodes de la saison 2 (double épisode de fin)
- La saison 2 est semi-feuilletonnante. C'est à dire qu'il y a une évolution narrative entre le début et la fin de la saison! Du coup, les épisodes seront numérotés.

This is a little confusing. Does this mean the french voice acting is also happening now? "Nouvelle donne" "New Gives" doesn't really work as an English title. "semi-feuilletonnante" has me completely lost. And what do you think they mean by "Narrative evolution", that they are going to narrate through the show?

[Clem]

well I don't know the english title for the episode which call "Nouvelle donne" in french.

But I can explain to you what "narrative evolution" mean. I think "semi-feuilletonnante" mean the same thing but I'm not sure. It means that you coudn't watch the episode in any order like in the saison 1.
You'll have to watch the episodes in a particular order because like TV series, the story evolute... (for example: after the future kiss between Yumi and ulrich, there were no news in the future episodes in the first season. Now, in season 2, you'll know what happen just after)

it wasn't easy to explain. Have you understand because I can explain with a dictionnary the next time

[Olivier]

The original meaning of "donne" comes from playing cards. It means the cards that you distribute to players (don't know how you say it in English).
In the common language, "nouvelle donne" means "new conditions".

For "évolution narrative" and "semi-feuilletonnate", I think Clem gave the correct explanation.

[Chauve-Souris]

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"Deal". It sounds like the English equivalent is "New Deal", which can mean new cards, a new contract, or just new conditions -- undoubtedly the latter.
You've done it again, Olivier....
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[kagetsu]

Ah yes thanks all, that does make sense. "New Deal" would fit the changes to XANA's tactics. Sort of like "it is a new game with new rules"
And as "Evolving Narrative" would be a continuing story. That also explains the meaning of "numbered episodes", when Yumi is mad at Ulrich in one show, she's most likely still mad at him in the next.

[Clem]

yes you've understand

[LeDixième]

that's so cool!
thank-yous to Olivier & Clem for the info

[McTrooper]

"New Deal" . . . it works, but it's funny because that phrase describes a historical US plan by the government.

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So has anyone visited Lakanal college?

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Does it snow in France?
How much?
Do snow plows go around to clear the roads?

[Clem]

Well, McTrooper: A young man calls "Nicoluve" in this forum is in school in Lakanal. And he sleeps also inside!!
Sometimes, schools in France make "open door" we say so everybody can go inside: it's in september. Maybe, somebody will go inside next year.

But last year, when some of us meat, we tried to enter but they didn't want! So, it's very limitated. We can't visit the schools as we want.

In lakanal, so in the near of Paris, it doesn't snow very often or, it's juste for one day and tomorrow, everything has disappeared.
But, in moutains, in France, in "the Alpes", it snows all winter!!

[Chauve-Souris]

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Holy mackerel, Clem! I knew Nico knows a lot about Lakanal, but I didn't know he actually resides inside. That must be weird!
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I wonder if the dormitory interiors are anything like the way they picture them in CL?
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