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Our first night of translating French tweets from #ggi, #manifencours, #casserolesencours, and other hash tags about the protests in Québéc was an overwhelming success! Here’s a selection of our translated tweets from last night and this morning. Be sure to follow our ongoing coverage at @TTRCanada:
TT @QuebecLeaks Lawyers stand up against law 78. Protesting in front of Montreal Courthouse. twitter.com/OlivierHuard/s… #ggi #polqc #loi78
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 28, 2012
TT @tonnyyy: #manifencours declared illegal in Quebec. Riot cops deployed. Dispersol order given. This could blow up. #ggi
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
ggi or Grève Générale Illimité means Unlimited General Strike.
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
“manifencours” is shortened version of “manifestation en cours” which means “Demonstration in Progress” ^OL
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @chouinardt: Negotiations are over for today, will resume tomorrow. Protestors are outside, awaiting the exit of student leaders. #ggi
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
Negotiations between the GOVT and that Students will resume tomorrow at 1 PM ^OL
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @tonnyyy: There have been mass arrests in Quebec. This took place in a mousetrap (kettle)! #GGI #manifencours
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
The 3rd #manifencours is moving to Villeray towards west from St-Denis #ggi (via @SPVM) ^OL
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
Hundreds of people in #longueil #ggi #manifencours twitter.com/valleedavid/st… (via @valleedavid) ^OL
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @steevecarvel: Apparently kettles are illegal in Ontario. Not here, evidently. Surely we will legalize something worse.#manifencours
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
LCN stopped their coverage of the peaceful demonstrators that were circled by the SPVQ (Quebec City’s Police)
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
Quebec City demonstrators were taken in a moustrap by SPVQ at the corner of Turnbull and Rene-Levesque
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
Leo Bureau-Blouin asks Quebec City’s demonstrators to scatter to avoid getting arrested.
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @marc899: #ggi Protesters in Quebec did not respond well to the call (for calm) by Léo Bureau Blouin, and arrests follow
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
First wave of arrests are starting in front of the National Bank’s offices in Quebec City. ^OL
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
RT @juliacarriew: TT @pascalrobidas: Protesters jeer at @leobblouin of @FECQ who called for protesters in Quebec to be calm #ggi #manife …
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
RT @juliacarriew: TT @ant_robitaille: “Free the banana”, cry the protesters. twitter.com/Ant_Robitaille… #ggi #manifencoursQC
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
#manifsencours number 3 is over according to @SPVM (Montreal’s Police).
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
Crowd is completely hyped on St-Catherine #manifsencours #montreal^OL
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @philtrem: A second march is starting up in Quebec. Slogan: “We are more than 50!” #ggi #manifencours
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
RT @juliacarriew: TT @ant_robitaille: Philippe Lapointe, negotiator forCLASSE just got arrested! #manifencours #ggi #negos
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
A new #manifencours is starting on Rene-Levesque East - Quebec City (via @NicolasLachance)^OL
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
Philippe Lapointe, one of the negotiators from #CLASSE was supposedly arrested. #manifencours^OL
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @lfgrenier: It is now clear that it is better to be a panda in Montreal than a banana in Quebec. #ggi #loi78
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @danielthibault: Another negotiator of CLASSE, Justin Arcand, has been arrested as well. o_O #ggi
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT “@PatBoud: Quebec City’s police arrested the banana. They say it contains enough potassium to make a bomb”
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @assesolidarite: We demand the immediate release of Philippe Lapointe, the negotiator of CLASSE. #ggi #polqc #manifsencours #assnat #SPVQ
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @assesolidarite: Philippe Lapointe has been released. #GGI #manifencours
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @assesolidarite: ERRATUM: Justin Arcand has not been freed. #ggi #manifencours #polqc #assnat
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @SPVM: The #manifencours is moving north on Cartier, arriving at Ste-Catherine. #GGI
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @assesolidarite: Situation is surreal. They want to find a way out of the crisis, but arrest one of our negotiators.. #GGI #polQC #assnat
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT “@SPVM: the #manifencours is over, people scattered. There were no arrests tonight #ggi“(This only concerns Montreal)
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @LP_LaPresse: The pans are in Montreal, but it’s in Quebec City that it’s heating up. We count more than 80 arrests.
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @michel__binette: Super photo. The law against the law. twitter.com/kounjiha/statu… #manifencours
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @frogsarelovely: #ggi When there are mass arrests in Montreal, the next day the crowd is even larger. Same thing will happen in Quebec.
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @phil_dumesnil: THE question: Who gave the order for arrests tonight in Quebec, outside of negotiations and in front of cameras? #ggi
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
TT @sebbovetsrc: Jean Charest spent an hour at the negotiating table yesterday with the student associations #ggi #assnat
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012
RT @sebbovetsrc: New source: Jean Charest only spent 15 min at table to explain his govt’s measures for access to studies #ggi #assnat
— TTR Canada (@TTRCanada) May 29, 2012