[quote user="siddalee"] Bonjour tous. I have been trying to speak better French all my life and feel it is never too late to get really serious about it. My family and I are going on holiday to the Vendee in June and I would really like to be able to converse with some degree of confidence. I wondered if any native or fluent French speaker out there would be willing to converse - just by e-mail - and put up with my mistakes whilst I try hard to get better? I would love to be able to speak with you on a variety of subjects. When I say I am sensible, I'm not so sure about that, but I assure you I am genuine. J'ai 46 ans, je suis mariƩe et tres heureuse, j'ai une etape-fille et j'aime les promenades, lire et je suis en recherche et etudes pour PhD. Merci pour votre temps. [:D] [/quote] There was a site that i have used in the past called freetranslation.com. You have a selection French,Spanish etc,just type in the English sentence, click french and then after a few seconds the sentence will be translated in french. Just a thought which may help you. Regards lesman