Applauded should be the answer.
Answer:
Subject to the sentence
Explanation:
The subject is a person or thing that is being discussed or dealt with and the subject of this sentence is obviously WE as the verb implies as well "weren't we talking".
"Et al" would be the Latin phrase that is used with the primary author's name when a book has more than three authors, the reason why this Latin phrase is used is because this means "and others" that refers to the other authors that wrote the book.
Chinese mandarin is the correct translation