Hello Chris, Thank you for answering. I welcome any help, and your ... I'm French-Canadian, but think mostly in English (the result of assimilation, probably.)...
Hi Myriam, Are you a French native (from France?), and the style seems awkward to you? No, I'm British and I translate from French into English. The trouble...
Hello Myriam, As a French native speaker, I thought your translation was pretty good overall, with only a few things to correct or improve. I have no time to...
Thank you Nicolas, I will gladly wait till you are free to offer me some advice. Chris, this is an interesting point. There is significant difference between...
chers amis vous pouvez m'écrire de courts textes, pour toute correction de traduction anglais vers le français (je suis français de France...) On Apr 1,...
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Thank you to you as well, Jean François. I will post my attempts at translations in a few days time (I have to finish something else first,) and will be...
Guys, 1. What is the meaning of "to run late" in the phrase: "The girl was running late and she was found unconscious." 2. What makes someone say (not write): ...
Some answers, partial, at least... Andre Whittick Nasser <andre_nasser@...> wrote: Guys, 1. What is the meaning of "to run late" in the phrase: "The...
... Agree. With the possible implication that she was in such a hurry that she did something dangerous. ... Agree. I'd probably say "I won't." or "Not me." "I...
Hi André, ... she did something dangerous. It's a slightly misleading sentence. The ''and'' doesn't make a direct link between the 2 phrases. Another way of...
... I don't know if it comes from Chinese or not, but it is definitely the same structure as the phrase used in Chinese to say that. And when I first heard...
Hi Alain, While we're discussing ''foreign English'', I was looking for French equivalents, but I couldn't think of any. Can you give any examples? Chris ... ...
... But you see, for me 'no can do'' is something that people like my father used quite often when I was a child (in the 50's, 60's). For me it is a phrase...
Some answers, partial, at least... Andre Whittick Nasser <andre_nasser@...> wrote: Guys, 1. What is the meaning of "to run late" in the phrase: "The...
Hey... thank you all for the answers (or brainstorming). Some comments: 1. The "running late" was in of an episode concerning a girl who was upstairs while her...
Hi David, Maybe it's a point of view difference. Ok, it's not as noticeable in the US, which has obviously been a melting pot of different languages. Where I...
Hi André, ... Some time ago, Patrice wrote a very clear message explaining stress in French. But I can't find it. I must have overdone the spring cleaning on...
Oups, je savais que quelque chose clochait dans la phrase, mais je portais mon chapeau anglais....So much for my ear!!! Chris ... From: "Nicolas Jean"...
Oups, je savais que quelque chose clochait dans la phrase, mais je portais mon chapeau anglais....So much for my ear!!! Chris ... From: "Nicolas Jean"...
quelques réponses (il manque le contexte.......) ... subject index= index matières? on dit "table des matières" ... [Les parties de ce message comportant...
Thank-you, Jean François. For many of these I simply need the assurance that I have them correctly translated. Just so you know, a "table des ... French...
on parle bien d'index, mais l'expression "table des index" doesnt' exist, ne ne dit pas. et "table des matières" est au singulier (sans s ) la table des...
Je n'ai pas utilisé l'expression "table des index." J'expliquais qu'il y a une différence entre une table des matières et un index. Mais c'est bien dit...
... Or a "table of contents" in English, even if they usually put it at the beginning of the book, while traditional French use was often to put it at the end...
Bonjour à tous, What word should be used to translate "shower or bath screen"? It's not a curtain, but more like a sliding door. Paravent doesn't make sense,...
