2 Nobels Fail to Quiet Talk of France’s Malaise

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Dan Bilefsky and Aurelien Breeden, 诺贝尔奖能说明法国并未衰落吗？ 纽约时报中文网, Oct 15, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/europe/20141015/c15france/

, which is translated from

Dan Bilefsky and Aurelien Breeden, 2 Nobels Fail to Quiet Talk of France’s Malaise. New York Times, Oct 14, 2014.

Note: “while France was great at culture, it remained economically and politically prostrate”

prostrate (adj): “completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise <was prostrate from the heat>”
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prostrate