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1 | France: Blue Fingers and Tears of Joy as Tunisian Diaspora Vote | Frantsa: Rantsan-tànana Manga Sy Ranomasom-pifaliana Noho Ireo Toniziana Am-pielezana Afa-Mifidy |
2 | This post is part of our special coverage Tunisian Revolution 2011. | Ity dia ampahany amin'ny tatitray manokana momba ny Tolona ao Tonizia 2011. |
3 | Tunisians living in France went to the polls today, ahead of the October 23 election in their country. | Nandeha nandatsa-bato ireo Toniziana monina ao Frantsa androany (20/10/2011) alohan'ny fifidianana izay hatao any amin'ny firenen-dry zareo ny 23 Oktobra. |
4 | Voters are giddy with joy and pride to vote freely and democratically, for the first time in 50 years and just nine months after the first of the Arab revolutions. | Diboky ny hafaliana sy nirehareha tokoa ireo mpifidy fa afaka nifidy malalaka sy ara-demaoratika, voalohany tao anatin'ny 50 taona ary sivy volana monja taorian'ny revolisiona Arabo. |
5 | France is home to an estimated 600,000 Tunisians who have been exercising their right to make their voices heard in the make up of their new assembly, which will rewrite the country's constitution. | Frantsa dia mampiantrano Toniziana vinavinaina ho eo amin'ny 600.000 eo nampiasa ny zon'izy ireo mba hihainoana ny feony amin'ny fananganana ny antenimiera vaovao, izay hamerina hanoratra ny lalam-panorenan'ny firenena. |
6 | Nearly 11,000 candidates, some amongst them Tunisian bloggers, are to contest 218 seats. | Manakaiky ny 11.000 no isan'ireo mpirotsaka, ny sasany amin'izy ireo dia ireo bilaogera Toniziana mifaninana haka seza 218 |
7 | A good luck card published by Aly Ben J on Facebook to Tunisians voting abroad ahead of Tunisia | Karatra mahatsara vintana navoakan'i Aly Ben J ao amin'ny Facebook ho an'ireo Toniziana manomboka mifidy any ivelan'i Tonizia |
8 | On the night before elections started in France, Myriam (@yezzyoufay) retweeted the hashtags that made history: the names of the Tunisian towns where the uprisings started earlier this year: | Ny alina nialoha ny fanombohan'ny fifidianana tao Frantsa dia namerina nandefa bitsika ireo tenifototra handrafitra ny tantara i Myriam (@yezzyoufay) : ireo anaran-tanàna Toniziana niantombohan'ny fitroarana tamin'ity taona ity: |
9 | @yezzyoufay: Tomorrow, I'll vote. | @yezzyoufay: Rahampitso, hifidy aho. |
10 | Thank you, #SidiBouzid #Thala #Rgueb #Kasserine #Kef #Gabes #Gafsa #Sfax #Bizerte and all of #Tunisie, Tunisians united. | Isaorana i #SidiBouzid #Thala #Rgueb #Kasserine #Kef #Gabes #Gafsa #Sfax #Bizerte ary ireo rehetra ao #Tunisie, Toniziana miray hina |
11 | A total of 20,000 voters are expected to vote in the Tunisian Consulate in Paris from Thursday 20 to Saturday 22, October. | 20.000 no fitambaran'ireo mpifidy andrasana hifidy ao amin'ny Kaonsily Toniziana ao Parisy manomboka ny Talata 20 hatramin'ny Sabotsy 22 Oktobra. |
12 | Fears of a low turnout evaporated early this morning, when huge queues started forming in front of poll stations. | Vao maraina dia nisinda ny ahiahy ny amin'ny mety hahavitsy ny mpandatsa-bato rehefa nanomboka niforona ireo laharambe nanoloana ny biraom-pifidianana |
13 | The crowd in front of the Tunisian consulate in Paris this morning. | Ireo olona marobe nanoloana ny Kaonsily Toniziana tao Parisy io maraina io. |
14 | Image by @__imen on Twitter | Sary avy amin'i @__imen ao amin'ny Twitter |
15 | Rabaa Youssef [fr] commented on Facebook: | Rabaa Youssef [fr] dia nitondra fanehoan-kevitra tao amin'ny Facebook: |
16 | It's not everyday that one can says: “How magnificent is this waiting queue!” :D | Tsy isan'andro akory no hahafahana miteny hoe: “Tahaka ny inona moa izany fahafinaretana niandry an'ity fikaharana ity!” ? |
17 | Imen, a Phd candidate and herself a candidate on independent electoral list Saw Moskatel in France, had confessed in her electoral pledge [fr] a very common situation for Tunisians in the land of rigged votes: | Imen, mpianatra manomana diplaoma ‘doctorat' sady mpirotsaka ho fidiana amin'ny lisitra tsy miankina Saw Moskatel ao Frantsa, tao anatin'ny lokalokam-pifidianany [fr], dia nanazava toe-javatra iray niraisan'ireo Toniziana any an-tanindrazany mikasika fifidianana tsy madio : |
18 | Until a few months ago, I could introduce myself by those words : ‘Hello, my name is Imen, I am 28 and I have never voted in Tunisia”. | Hatramin'ny volana vitsy talohan'izao, afaka nampahafantatra ny tenako aho amin'ny filazana ireto teny ireto : ‘Akory, Imen no anarako, 28 taona aho ary tsy mbola nifidy mihitsy tao Tonizia”. |
19 | Hard to believe, but it's a fact. | Sarotra inoana nefa dia izay no marina. |
20 | Today, as many first-time Tunisian voters, she posted a souvenir picture of herself and her ink-stained finger, the procedure chosen by the Tunisian electoral commission to avoid multiple votes and frauds. | Androany, tahaka ireo Toniziana maro sambany vao mba nifidy, dia nampakatra sary fahatsiarovana ahitàna azy sy ny rantsan-tànany misy ranomainty izy, fomba nofinidin'ny Komitim-pifidianana Toniziana hisorohana ny hosoka sy ny fifidianana im-betsaka |
21 | "I've voted! | "Nifidy aho! |
22 | I've voted!" | Nifidy aho!" |
23 | Image by @imen_ on Twitter | Sary avy amin'i @imen_ ao amin'ny Twitter |
24 | Tunisian Twitter timelines in France are now dotted with many more blue fingers. | Miravaka rantsan-tànana maro miloko manga ankehitriny ireo kaonty twitter Toniziana ao Frantsa. |
25 | "I've voted!" | "Nifidy aho!" |
26 | Image by @selim_ on on Twitter | Sary avy amin'i @selim_ ao amin'ny Twitter |
27 | Maher (@mahertekaya) a union-trade delegate in France, just cannot wait: | Tsy mahandry intsony i Maher (@mahertekaya) solotena sendikaly ao Frantsa: |
28 | I want to have my blue finger and I want it now :-( #tnelec | Te-handoko ny tànako ho manga aho, ary izao dieny izao #tnelec |
29 | In Toulouse, scientist @mimouna [fr] is close to tears: | Tao Toulouse, ilay mpahay siansa, @mimouna [fr] dia saiky latsa-dranomaso mihitsy: |
30 | Never have we been so happy and proud to see inked-stained blue fingers :) | Tonga amin'ny fara-tampony ny hafalianay ary tena mirehareha tokoa mahita ireo rantsan-tànana miloko manga |
31 | Emotions are running even higher in poll stations. | Tafakatra avo tokoa ny fihetsehampo tany amin'ny biraom-pifidianana tany. |
32 | Ness (@nessryne) [fr] confessed on Twitter, after casting her ballot: | Ness (@nessryne) [fr] dia nivaky tao amin'ny Twitter, taorian'ny nandahatsahany ny vatony: |
33 | I started to cry, and the president of the poll station, who is a regional manager for a UN agency, started to cry as well! | Nanomboka nitomany aho, ary dia nanomboka nitomany koa ilay filohan'ny biraom-pifidianana, izay talem-paritry ny masoivohon'ny Firenena Mikambana! |
34 | #TneElec | #TneElec |
35 | Amal (@AmalHaouet) a volunteer manning a polling station, has seen many more tears as voting proceeds: | Amal (@AmalHaouet) mpirotsaka an-tsitrapo iray ho mpandrindra ny biraom-pifidianana, dia vavolombelon'ny ranomaso maro nirotsaka nandritra ny fizoran'ny fifidianana |
36 | We'll have to provide boxes of tissues on the way out of the polling stations:) #tnelec | Tokony hanomana lamba famaohana isika eo am-pivoahana ireo birao fandatsaham-bato:) #tnelec |
37 | Tunisian tweeps watching from Tunisia are enthralled: | Zendana ireo Toniziana mpandefa bitsika manaraka avy any Tonizia: |
38 | @zeineb_ak: Pics taken in front of the Tunisian consulate in Paris give me goosebumps!!! | @zeineb_ak: Mampamarin-koditra ahy ny mijery ireo sary nalaina teo anoloan'ny kaonsily Toniziana ao Parisy!!! |
39 | Can't wait for #23Octobre :))#TnElec | Tsy andriko ny #23Octobre :))#TnElec |
40 | @HFadhel, a computer engineer fresh out of the polling station, paid hommage: | @HFadhel, injeniera iray amin'ny resaka solosaina dia nankalaza tao amin'ny Twitter, vantany vao tafavoaka ny biraom-pifidianana: |
41 | A mémorable day…and a huge thought for those who gave their lives so that we could live this historical moment #tnelec #tunisie | Andro iray fitadidy…ary nomena tanteraka ho an'ireo namoy ny ainy mba hahafahantsika miaina ity fotoana manan-tantara ity ny eritreritra manontolo #tnelec #tunisie |
42 | Tunisians voters in France and abroad will continue to vote until Saturday, October 22. | Ireo Toniziana mpifidy tao Frantsa sy tany ivelany dia hanohy izany hatramin'ny Sabotry 22 Oktobra. |