translation of aids quote the original quote about aids is les sida ques en respirant du virus par tous les pores mettent en cause l' quilibre de la nation le sida que si vous voulez j'emploie ce mot l c'est un n ologisme il est pas tr s beau mais je n'en connais pas d'autre celui l il faut bien le dire est contagieux par sa transpiration ses larmes sa salive son contact c'est une esp ce de l preux si vous voulez as a bilingual speaker my translation would be more like the aids ers by breathing virus from every pore put in question the balance of the nation the aids er if you like i use that word it's a neologism coining solecism it's not very pretty but i don't know any other that person it must be said is contagious through his sweat his tears his saliva his touch he's somewhat like a leper if you like he does not claim that it's a type of leprosy 'c'est une esp ce de l preux' does literally mean ' he she it is a type of leper' but is in fact a colloquial way of making an imprecise comparative so to summarise he makes inaccurate statements about the means of transmission of hiv and he compares people living with hiv to lepers leper colonies as part of his advocacy for their forced internment