Francis,
There are a lot of french in the list!
Y am not fluent in English, and if I need to translate a sentence from
French to English, I'll ask to the list.
And Ill very happy if you help me.
Jacques Clavel
2012/3/23 Bob Sneidar
> In the words of Google, "Telle est la langue."
>
> Bob
>
>
In the words of Google, "Telle est la langue."
Bob
On Mar 23, 2012, at 6:24 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:
> Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
>
> Klaus, I would hate to be pedantic, but I can't miss
> adding my 2 cents.
>
> Dictionnaries exist to clearly define the meaning
> of a word or phrase
Looking back at the original request, it was to translate the phrase "Copy
file XXX to your Applications folder", no mention of "into".
Pete
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:
> Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
>
> Klaus, I would hate to be pedantic, but I can't miss
> adding
Yes, I understand, but for this case it was about French translation and the
"à" (à la place du "a" is a very important difference. I think...
:-)
Le 23 mars 2012 à 14:54, René Micout a écrit :
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> Le 23 mars 2012 à 14:52, René Micout a écrit :
>
>>
>> Le 23 mars 2012 à 14:24, Francis Nugent
Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
Rene (without an accent)
I never put French accents in my mails ;
1 - Accents are a pane (almost as much as Windows !)
For I have an English International keyboard
2 - French accents usually give us strange results
when interpreted in forum lists (usual
Le 23 mars 2012 à 14:52, René Micout a écrit :
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> Le 23 mars 2012 à 14:24, Francis Nugent Dixon a écrit :
>
>> The French "a" denotes location only, but gives little
>> information concerning the direction, and even less
>> about the subtleties of "inside" or "outside".
>> I find it to be the
Le 23 mars 2012 à 14:24, Francis Nugent Dixon a écrit :
> The French "a" denotes location only, but gives little
> information concerning the direction, and even less
> about the subtleties of "inside" or "outside".
> I find it to be the worst possible translation.
Yes Francis ! But it is not "a
Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
Klaus, I would hate to be pedantic, but I can't miss
adding my 2 cents.
Dictionnaries exist to clearly define the meaning
of a word or phrase in another language. But the
translations, based upon the etymology of the terms
in these languages are often betrayed by the
