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The bird/fish quote in French


I need a favour. I'm doing a paper on vegetarianism for my French class, and the quote
"We weep for the cry of a bird, but not for the blood of a fish. Blessed are those with a voice."
would fit so perfectly to sum up all my arguments (we need a quote in the introduction/closing). I saw this movie the first time with in Japanese with French subtitles, and I can't get it quite right trying to translate it. So could someone with a French edition check the DVD subtitles for me? Would be a great help.

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I guess something like this:
"Nous pleurons pour le cri d'un oiseau, mais pas pour le sang d'un poisson. Béni est ceux-là avec une voix."

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Nearly there. Just a few corrections.

It should be translated as "Nous sommes émus par le cri d'oiseau, mais pas par le sang d'un poisson. Bénis soient ceux dont la voix se fait entendre."

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