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French speakers?
I used to work in Europe with reps from 43 nations. One of the people who still keeps in touch with me is a French Air Force Major, but despite the capability of speaking fluent English, he always sends me emails in French. Usually, babelfish translates well enough that I can answer him, but this one, I don't know about. I don't know what he's asking and babelfish doesn't really clear it up. I don't know if he's confirming my address or asking me to join some networking thing. Any help?
"Mike, Inscription de votre adresse mail dans ma liste de contacts et mise à jour éventuelle. Merci et bonne année"
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-Mike- "There either is or there isn't life out there. Both possibilites are frightening." (someone help me out - who said this?) |
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BTW, the email subject is "Invitation to connect on LinkedIn" and there's a link to create a profile on LinkedIn.com.
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-Mike- "There either is or there isn't life out there. Both possibilites are frightening." (someone help me out - who said this?) |
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"Mike,
Register your e-mail address in my list of contacts and possible updating. Thank you and Happy New Year " http://translate.google.com/translate_t google translate gives me this, any help?
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as scary as it may be, bart and i are very similar in our opinions of this topic ~jpfelix HEY! I lost it first ~CRP There is no "Brain" in "Brian." ~Beerguy |
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-Mike- "There either is or there isn't life out there. Both possibilites are frightening." (someone help me out - who said this?) |
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or these?
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as scary as it may be, bart and i are very similar in our opinions of this topic ~jpfelix HEY! I lost it first ~CRP There is no "Brain" in "Brian." ~Beerguy |
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My wife talks dirty in french.
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as scary as it may be, bart and i are very similar in our opinions of this topic ~jpfelix HEY! I lost it first ~CRP There is no "Brain" in "Brian." ~Beerguy |
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It says,
"Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!" Silly English k-nigit! |
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A direct translation would be:
"Inscription de votre adresse mail" Inscription of your mailing address = Subscribe your mailing address.... "dans ma liste de contacts" In my list of contacts = ...in my Contact List... "et mise à jour éventuelle." and replace eventually. = ...and I will update it eventually. "Merci et bonne année"" Mercy and Good Year = Thank you and Happy New Year Because he is using a slightly informal tone, it isn't said that he will be doing this, but it is implied, thus the translation is: Mike, Subscribe to my mailing list, and I will update it eventually. Thank you and Happy New Year. Gosh I LOVE foreign language and translating
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I think I should start replying to him in French using the mangled babelfish translator. We all know how how anal they are about thier language.
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-Mike- "There either is or there isn't life out there. Both possibilites are frightening." (someone help me out - who said this?) |
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Reminded me of some Jokes:
A Pan Am 727 flight waiting for start clearance in Munich overheard the following: Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?" Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English." Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?" Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war." ************************************************** The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206. Speedbird 206: " Frankfurt , Speedbird 206 clear of active runway." Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven." The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop. Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?" Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now." Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?" Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, -- and I didn't land." |
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Re: French speakers?
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"Inscription de votre adresse mail dans ma liste de contacts EST mise à jour EVENTUEL. I'd translate it as: "Your email address will be registered in my contact list as soon as possible." Not a literal word by word translation, but close enough.
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Allright, I clicked his link and set up a profile. It's a professional networking site. It's kind of cool to see profiles for some of the people I worked with over there.
Thanks for the translations!
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-Mike- "There either is or there isn't life out there. Both possibilites are frightening." (someone help me out - who said this?) |
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What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?
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Who here enjoys "pamplemousses"? I had a couple yesterday for "mon petit dejeuner".
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