Unfortunately, I am far from being a techie! What I did was paste section by section on Deepl, then copy& paste the translation here. Then, I dragged the images from the article, or the links to tweets. It took a while.So, I think you ended up doing pretty much the same or better.
Thanks Chu for your answer, then it was not that "easy" and took time I had no more at the moment I wanted to share the translation...
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I'm curious about something ... this photo still haunts me? When this photo was taken on the Cathedral grounds, the firemen were still in the process of getting the fire under control. Yet, Macron stands there "perfectly calm and reserved" no signs of distress, which can be observed on the faces of those in attendance? In a perfectly orchestrated delivery, he announces, "We'll rebuild Notre Dame together." Very scripted.
French President Macron: 'We'll rebuild Notre-Dame together' April 16, 2019
French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral on Monday after a blaze devastated large parts of the gothic gem on Monday.
Day after the fire, Macron announces "he will rebuild Notre Dame in 5 years"? No one in the media or the press has questioned - how he arrived at that figure, although people question how that will be accomplished in such a short time? Even before a full investigation was under way, arson had already been ruled out - it had to be an accident or electrical or something else? The timeline Macron has given brings us to the year 2024, which also happens to be the year of the Paris Olympics. So, that could be a good reason for a 5 year estimate?
Another spin on numbers ... Macron has been in Office for two years and is up for re-election in 2022, after a 5 year term. He's allowed to run for a second - 5 year term. How does the 2024 restoration of the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Paris Olympics fit in? Is Macron of the mind-set, he already has the election "in the bag" or did it take "an accidental fire" to cement it?Macron vows to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral in five years ... April 17, 2019
Emanuel Macron has set an ambitious timeline for rebuilding Notre Dame, vowing to complete the work within fiveyears. Benefactors have already pledged hundreds of millions of euros to help with the rebuild. "We will rebuild…and make it even better than before"
The man behind the Macron's left shoulder is Richard Ferrand - whom is also concerned by cases and controversies (Only on French Wikipédia as the English one does not show these informations) - is:
And also hasa French politician serving as President of the National Assembly since 2018. He has been the member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency since 2012.[1] A longtime member of the Socialist Party, he was the General Secretary of La République En Marche! from October 2016 and became leader of the La République En Marche! group of the National Assembly in June 2017.
By watching this Macron's announce in Live, I was mostly seeking any gesture from the main people there (politics one), and while Hidalgo (Major of Paris, the woman behind Macron) and Édouard Philippe (1st Minister with a beard) didn't seem to let much appear on their faces or in their gesture (maybe they have more training in this exercise), this Ferrand guy seemed (to me) have more difficulties controlling his gesture and facial expressions and although it is still difficult to imagine what was going on in his head at the time, he sometimes seemed surprised by what Macron said or how he said what he said. Not to mention Macron himself, who could not help but let his disgusting smile comes to the surface.
Mabar shared an interesting (whose reading is worth a visit) point of view about N-D fire in the Do some French people see what's going on? Yellow Vest Protests thread comment which also show a previous picture of Macron and Philippe going to N-D in order for the speech above:
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Communiqué of the French Nationalist Circles of 19 April 2019
COMMUNIQUÉ FROM FRENCH NATIONALIST CIRCLES
April 19, 2019
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In any case, it may be for Emmanuel Macron and Édouard Philippe, who we see giggling when we arrive at the scene of the fire, before taking a sad look in front of the official cameras...
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Their giggling is full of meaning when we learn that there were two starting points for the fire, which, together with the other elements we know, confirms the criminal origin of the tragedy.
Especially since we have just learned that the Ministry of Culture has "banned architects of historic monuments from answering interviews about Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral".
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Edit: Added datas about Ferrand