Re: (OT) Help required with French Please

While I understand that Fester is trying to give you some quick and helpful advice, I'd be careful utilizing these automated translators. You see, when our corporate mainframe crashed just last month, my co-workers and I had quite a fun filled afternoon on just such a translator. We'd enter a statement in, select "translate from English to (spanish, french, german, whatever) then copy the response, reenter that statement in and select the appropriate reversal "translate from (spanish, french, german, whatever) to English. Of course it quickly degenerated into a hilarious hour or so of entering slank statements and laughing at the responses ... but, you get the gist of my warning. I'd try desperately to get a human who can do the translating for you. Perhaps a local school teacher could offer assistance. I do, however, wish your daughter the best of luck. The best year (well, summer actually) of my life was living in Germany as a transfer student. Haybails "Uncle Fester" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Peter Hooper wrote: > > Apologies once again for the off topicness (is that a word??) of thispost > > it's just that I would like to send this message to the family in theirown > > language rather than expect them to translate it themselves (althoughthey

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> > are probably more than capable). > > > > Many thanks for your time > > > > Peter Hooper > > > While I don't know French myself, I could suggest > http://world.altavista.com/ You can type in the message you'd like to > send & select "Translate from English to French." Hit the Translate > button, and you should be good to go. Good Luck & best wishes to you & > your daughter! > > -- > Chuck Kandler > > A man is no less a Slave just because he is > allowed to choose a new Master every four years.

In article <[email hidden]>, "Rob.Swindells" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>How about this: > >Bonjour! > >Merci Beaucoup, > >Peter Hooper

Ah, mais tu est TRES fou, Rob... :) Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +70.45 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

How about this: Bonjour! Merci Beaucoup, Peter Hooper :o) Peter Hooper wrote:

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> OK first off please accept my apologies for sending this request here... > it's just that I have had so much good advice and help on this ng in the > past that I felt it was the best place for me to try first. > > My daughter is going to France tomorrow morning on a school trip. She will > be staying with a French family during the evenings (she is going with 2 of > her friends) and I wanted to write a short note to them thanking them for > looking after her while she is there. However, I don't know much French and > was wondering if there was anywhere on the web that I could submit a short > letter and have it translated into French. > > Apologies once again for the off topicness (is that a word??) of this post > it's just that I would like to send this message to the family in their own > language rather than expect them to translate it themselves (although they > are probably more than capable). > > Many thanks for your time > > Peter Hooper

OK first off please accept my apologies for sending this request here... it's just that I have had so much good advice and help on this ng in the past that I felt it was the best place for me to try first. My daughter is going to France tomorrow morning on a school trip. She will be staying with a French family during the evenings (she is going with 2 of her friends) and I wanted to write a short note to them thanking them for looking after her while she is there. However, I don't know much French and was wondering if there was anywhere on the web that I could submit a short letter and have it translated into French. Apologies once again for the off topicness (is that a word??) of this post it's just that I would like to send this message to the family in their own language rather than expect them to translate it themselves (although they are probably more than capable). Many thanks for your time Peter Hooper

Peter Hooper wrote:

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> Apologies once again for the off topicness (is that a word??) of this post > it's just that I would like to send this message to the family in their own > language rather than expect them to translate it themselves (although they > are probably more than capable). > > Many thanks for your time > > Peter Hooper

While I don't know French myself, I could suggest http://world.altavista.com/ You can type in the message you'd like to send & select "Translate from English to French." Hit the Translate button, and you should be good to go. Good Luck & best wishes to you & your daughter! -- Chuck Kandler A man is no less a Slave just because he is allowed to choose a new Master every four years.

You gave it up in the third year as well then Rob? <G> MS "Rob.Swindells" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> How about this: > > Bonjour! > > Merci Beaucoup, > > Peter Hooper > > :o) > > Peter Hooper wrote: > > > OK first off please accept my apologies for sending this request here... > > it's just that I have had so much good advice and help on this ng in the > > past that I felt it was the best place for me to try first. > > > > My daughter is going to France tomorrow morning on a school trip. She

will > > be staying with a French family during the evenings (she is going with 2of > > her friends) and I wanted to write a short note to them thanking themfor > > looking after her while she is there. However, I don't know much Frenchand > > was wondering if there was anywhere on the web that I could submit ashort > > letter and have it translated into French. > > > > Apologies once again for the off topicness (is that a word??) of thispost > > it's just that I would like to send this message to the family in theirown > > language rather than expect them to translate it themselves (althoughthey > > are probably more than capable). > > > > Many thanks for your time > > > > Peter Hooper >

"Peter Hooper" <[email hidden]> wrote > OK first off please accept my apologies for sending this request here... Yeah now you'll get kill-filed by everybody ;) > My daughter is going to France tomorrow morning on a school trip. She will > be staying with a French family during the evenings (she is going with 2of > her friends) and I wanted to write a short note to them thanking them for > looking after her while she is there. However, I don't know much Frenchand > was wondering if there was anywhere on the web that I could submit a short > letter and have it translated into French. http://babelfish.altavista.com is probably the most popular language translator on the Internet. Very easy to use, but the results are from time to time questionable. Yet I found it very useful translating the German language in the Mercedes Truck demo! It's a "word to word" translator, so you will loose any idiom or stylised structure. If you need any other help, feel free to email me I could even help you personally. -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 17:31:23 GMT, Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote: >While I don't know French myself, I could suggest >http://world.altavista.com/ You can type in the message you'd like to >send & select "Translate from English to French." Hit the Translate >button, and you should be good to go. Good Luck & best wishes to you & >your daughter! And don't believe that kind of translations are 100% correct. Better let someone who speaks French do it. Ymenard? Andre

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:54:58 +0100, "Rob.Swindells" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>How about this: > >Bonjour! > >Merci Beaucoup, > >Peter Hooper > >:o)

As I allready told you Rob, you better stick to Dutch :) Andre

Ah Rob Swindells , the English Ambassador to France Rob.Swindells <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> How about this: > > Bonjour! > > Merci Beaucoup, > > Peter Hooper > > :o) > > Peter Hooper wrote: > > > OK first off please accept my apologies for sending this request here... > > it's just that I have had so much good advice and help on this ng in the > > past that I felt it was the best place for me to try first. > > > > My daughter is going to France tomorrow morning on a school trip. She

will > > be staying with a French family during the evenings (she is going with 2of > > her friends) and I wanted to write a short note to them thanking themfor > > looking after her while she is there. However, I don't know much Frenchand > > was wondering if there was anywhere on the web that I could submit ashort > > letter and have it translated into French. > > > > Apologies once again for the off topicness (is that a word??) of thispost > > it's just that I would like to send this message to the family in theirown > > language rather than expect them to translate it themselves (althoughthey > > are probably more than capable). > > > > Many thanks for your time > > > > Peter Hooper >

"D.B." wrote:

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> > While I understand that Fester is trying to give you some quick and helpful > advice, I'd be careful utilizing these automated translators. You see, when > our corporate mainframe crashed just last month, my co-workers and I had > quite a fun filled afternoon on just such a translator. We'd enter a > statement in, select "translate from English to (spanish, french, german, > whatever) then copy the response, reenter that statement in and select the > appropriate reversal "translate from (spanish, french, german, whatever) to > English. Of course it quickly degenerated into a hilarious hour or so of > entering slank statements and laughing at the responses ... but, you get the > gist of my warning. I'd try desperately to get a human who can do the > translating for you. Perhaps a local school teacher could offer assistance.

Oops!! Seeing how I know no other language than English (except sign language, but that in English too <g>), I had no idea. I think you guys may have a point. <Slinks off red-faced for a fun-filled night at the foreign language translators. I need a life...> -- Chuck Kandler A man is no less a Slave just because he is allowed to choose a new Master every four years.

Many thanks for all the help guys, I have checked out the Alta-Vista siet and it seems to do a pretty good job as far as I can tell. Regards Peter Hooper Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:lMGb5.3283$[email hidden]... > OK first off please accept my apologies for sending this request here... > it's just that I have had so much good advice and help on this ng in the > past that I felt it was the best place for me to try first. > > My daughter is going to France tomorrow morning on a school trip. She will > be staying with a French family during the evenings (she is going with 2of > her friends) and I wanted to write a short note to them thanking them for > looking after her while she is there. However, I don't know much Frenchand > was wondering if there was anywhere on the web that I could submit a short > letter and have it translated into French. > > Apologies once again for the off topicness (is that a word??) of this post > it's just that I would like to send this message to the family in theirown

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> language rather than expect them to translate it themselves (although they > are probably more than capable). > > Many thanks for your time > > Peter Hooper > > > > >

Thanks once again for all your help people. I did do a couple of checks on how the Alta-Vista site translated things and some of it was quite funny but not bad overall. However, many thanks to Ymenard who translated my short note for me straight away. I knew I could rely on this group to help me out. Regards Peter Hooper Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qHUb5.762$[email hidden]... > Many thanks for all the help guys, > I have checked out the Alta-Vista siet and it seems to do a pretty goodjob

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> as far as I can tell. > > Regards > > Peter Hooper > > Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:lMGb5.3283$[email hidden]... > > OK first off please accept my apologies for sending this request here... > > it's just that I have had so much good advice and help on this ng in the > > past that I felt it was the best place for me to try first. > > > > My daughter is going to France tomorrow morning on a school trip. She

will > > be staying with a French family during the evenings (she is going with 2 > of > > her friends) and I wanted to write a short note to them thanking themfor > > looking after her while she is there. However, I don't know much French > and > > was wondering if there was anywhere on the web that I could submit ashort > > letter and have it translated into French. > > > > Apologies once again for the off topicness (is that a word??) of thispost > > it's just that I would like to send this message to the family in their > own > > language rather than expect them to translate it themselves (althoughthey

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> > are probably more than capable). > > > > Many thanks for your time > > > > Peter Hooper > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >