Translating contractor-speak
katob Z6ish, NE Pa
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Comments (7)"we don't know anybody who could read summary translations made by an online translator." Laurent, I would be happy to proofread pages from an online French-English translator. Moi, je n'e/cris pas la Franc,ais des anne/es, mais je peux la lire sans difficulte/. I'm an English-language editor and writing teacher, and I was fluent in French at one time (not too long ago), so I could certainly compare an English translation with the French text of your web pages. You are welcome to send me an email from my member page if you would like to talk more about this. (Write in French or English, as you prefer.) Votre site est merveilleux - riche en enseignements et si, si beau. Amanda...See MoreTranslating French knitting patterns
Comments (3)Here are a couple sites for this exact thing, I am not sure if French is in this group or not, if not, contact me, I have a few more places to send you. http://babelfish.yahoo.com/?fr=avbbf-us http://www.crochetmemories.com/language.html http://www.freetranslation.com/ Good luck!...See MoreCan you translate German? Please help.
Comments (2)This is how Babelfish translated your email : "Very honoured sender, thanks for your email. I will work on this immediately, unfortunately cannot not exclude I if necessary delays. If you have thus questions or suggestions to SCHWEGLER products, turn please to the following address: info@Schwegler-Natur.de There you get competent advice bezgl. our Produktportfolio. Yours sincerely, Their Web master" I have found that it is not as "polished' a translation - but it does help you to figure out what is written. Hope this helps! Pat Here is a link that might be useful: Babelfish Translator...See MoreLatin translation, anyone?
Comments (11)Interesting, Netla, that you mention authors of a certain class. This was very true and not only of book writers. My grandparents were put off going to a Noel Coward musical show in the 1930s because they heard there were French words used which they wouldn't have understood. I read the script when I was studying drama in the 1950s and found there was only a small amount of French in the text but the rumour would have put off a lot of theatre goers. Such a pity! They were keen theatre patrons and would have enjoyed it....See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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