{"id":24688,"date":"2016-09-21T15:20:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=24688"},"modified":"2017-10-26T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T09:47:01","slug":"defending-my-thesis-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/defending-my-thesis-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending My Thesis In French"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week j’ai pass\u00e9 ma soutenance de m\u00e9moire<\/strong> (I defended my thesis). After working hard on mon m\u00e9moire<\/strong><\/a>, everything came down to un expos\u00e9<\/strong> (a presentation) in front of mes professeurs<\/strong> (my professors).<\/p>\n

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“no comments<\/a>” by M\u00f3nica Pinheiro<\/a> on Flickr. Licensed under BY-NC 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

La soutenance<\/strong> is the last step in completing un master<\/strong> (a master’s). Finding a concise way to present all la recherche et<\/strong> la<\/strong> probl\u00e9matiqu<\/strong>e<\/strong><\/a> can be un vrai casse-t\u00eate<\/strong> (a real headache).<\/p>\n

On top of fighting l’angoisse de la page blanche<\/strong><\/a>, there is all the usual stress leading up to l’expos\u00e9<\/strong>. De plus<\/strong> (what’s more) it’s hard to know what sounds right when you’re not un locuteur natif<\/strong> (a native speaker).<\/p>\n

When I finally walked into the room and begin talking, j’\u00e9tais tellement fatigu\u00e9<\/strong> (I was so tired) that I didn’t have any energy left to be nervous.<\/p>\n

I started mon expos\u00e9<\/strong> by excusing any mistakes<\/a> I might make:<\/p>\n

Madames, Messieurs, bonjour. Je suis conscient du fait que j’ai un accent. Si jamais<\/a> vous ne me comprenez pas, n’h\u00e9sitez pas de me le dire et je peux r\u00e9p\u00e9ter ce que j’ai dit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. I am aware of the fact that I have an accent. If you cannot understand me, don’t hesitate to let me know and I can repeat what I have said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had practiced ma soutenance<\/strong> plus de cinquante fois<\/strong> (more than fifty times). Once I started I did not stop until l’expos\u00e9<\/strong> was finished.<\/p>\n

When mes professeurs<\/strong> started asking me questions, les heures de recherche<\/strong> (the hours of research) paid off when I knew how to answer every question they asked.<\/p>\n

C’\u00e9tait termin\u00e9<\/strong>
\nIt was over<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had once last thing to say before leaving:<\/p>\n

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Thank you for your attention<\/p><\/div>\n

A few days later I was happy to learn that j’ai valid\u00e9 mon master<\/strong> (I successfully completed my master’s) !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Last week j’ai pass\u00e9 ma soutenance de m\u00e9moire (I defended my thesis). After working hard on mon m\u00e9moire, everything came down to un expos\u00e9 (a presentation) in front of mes professeurs (my professors). La soutenance is the last step in completing un master (a master’s). Finding a concise way to present all la recherche et…<\/p>\n

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