help with translation

How do you best translate the expression "Bring them on" into french? I don't want to lose the cocky and tough ring of it.

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Permalink Reply by Frank on October 1, 2009 at 5:10pm

Faites-les entrer.

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on October 1, 2009 at 6:20pm

Frank -- I think the meaning is more Qu'ils essaient alors!, J'aimerais bien les voir essayer!. Does faites-les entrer really have this meaning?

(N.B. Corrected typo in my original version of this post.)

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Permalink Reply by Frank on October 1, 2009 at 6:23pm

Hi Neil,

Thanks for clarifying this. I misunderstood what Captain Lune was asking for.

Indeed if the meaning is more "Let's put them to the test", Qu'ils essaient alors would be the right translation.
A shorter way to say this would be À eux ! ("de jouer" is implicit, but can be added, even if it's not about a game - À eux de jouer !).

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Permalink Reply by Captain Lune on October 2, 2009 at 9:15pm

Thank you very much!

The reason I´m asking is that we´re setting up a play based on Apocalypse now. The tagline in that movie is "apocalypse now" which we would like to paraphrase with the english expression "I stand alone, bring, 'em on" but in french. Would an accurate translation of this (approximately) be "Seul contre tous, à eux"?