How is Vimy Ridge translated into French?

Question

I've looked on translation websites, but found nothing.  I am trying to translate "He was wounded at Vimy Ridge in April of 1918".

Galipette · Accepted Answer

It HAS to be translated, because it is located in France in the Pas De Calais! It was a famous battle during WWI.
You can check the following link, it's in French but if you scroll down you can have the English version. That way you can see for yourself.
So the translation of your sentence is :
Il a été blessé à la crête de Vimy en avril 1918
Vimy is the name of a French city and crête = ridge


http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_de_la_cr%C3%AAte_de_Vimy

Bren · Answer

This is the correct way to say it, without a doubt:

Il a été blessé à la Crète de Vimy en avril /de/ 1918.

You can remove the /de/ and it would still make sense.

Of course, there's many ways to invert the phrase.

nel · Answer

Of course it must be translated !!! Do you really think that we use "ridge" for a place located in France? In fact, it even is the other way aroud, the name is "la Crète de Vimy" and it was translated in English "Vimy Ridge".

Anonym · Answer

il etait blessé à VIMI RIDGE en AVRIL 1918

How is Vimy Ridge translated into French?

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