NormanH

Here is another which is a real challenge as the original has a tight rhyme-scheme and syllabic structure The original is here: https://www.poetica.fr/poeme-794/guillaume-apollinaire-le-pont-mirabeau/ Him reading it: https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Apollinaire/Apollinaire-Guillaume_01_Le-Pont-Mirabeau_1913.mp3 My Translation Beneath the Pont Mirabeau flows the Seine So do our loves Must I tell myself again Joy always came after Pain Clocks may strike, night may come Days go by, I live on Hand in hand, lets stay eye to eye Under the bridge Of our arms waves glide by Weary of eternal scrutiny Clocks may strike, night may come Days go by, I live on Love goes away as the water flows Love goes away Just as life slows And Hope deals us violent blows Clocks may strike, night may come Days go by, I live on Days and weeks pass in vain Nor time past Nor past loves come back again Beneath the Pont Mirabeau flows the Seine Clocks may strike, night may come Days go by, I live on video.mp4

Thanks for that information Lehaut I will try that.

Wasn't raining here yesterday...

A French friend of mine told me that when I heard my translation and said it had put him off the poem for life. He is 98!

I had previously signed up to a precursor of this system which never really took off. I still have the paper Icon on my CV I am all in favour and have been trying to sign up for a while but there is a moment in the process where you have to enter the numbers which are in a vertical line on the top right hand corner of the Carte, and 3 of mine are now illegible. I asked for a replacement Carte but was told that as it functions for the usual things they see no need to replace it. I will visit France Services (as mentioned in a previous post) since they are usually very helpful, but other wise I will have to wait for moment when I might not need it for a couple of weeks then "lose" it and declare the loss..

I have just had mine. The Pharmacist said that the Covid one was for the latest variant. No noticeable side effects this time.

You see... you try to hijack this thread in yet another direction.

What is noticeable is how a thread where the OP asked a reasonable question, and was getting sensible and helpful replies was Hi-jacked by another poster with nothing helpful to say on the topic. I think the moderators should remove such posts from the original thread and invite the person concerned to post in another topic e.g. "Moaning about everything French" or some such title so the rest of us can go on offering whatever help or information we can about the original topic.

I think that this post proves my point😄

Don't worry about ALBF. He makes a speciality of offering unhelpful and un-asked-for opinions instead of any real information. Puerile attention seeking.

https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/climat/en-direct-tempete-ciaran-records-de-vent-interdiction-de-circulation-electricite-coupee-suivez-toute-lactualite-de-ce-jeudi-2-novembre-20231102_LNVBNIFV5JD7TOGNBXN4YTRHVE/

As relevant as ever :

Lori has a point. Use the Messangerie sécurisée button top right of my picture and it goes through directly and quickly

Seconded. A programme about this type of danger: https://www.france.tv/france-5/direct.html

When I log into my account I have a yellow button 'payer en ligne mes impôts'

I think that it is probably untranslatable given that much of the effect is in the onomatopoeia and assonance, but I had a go Verlaine.mp4

This wonderful Indian summer may be about to end, but it created a nice setting for this Halloween event here: https://www.facebook.com/ville.debeziers/posts/pfbid02NJXBcT5uMmLYJ7VY6sVc7WitQeSztKr76jjFg8a4WYyd35Q4oPeHdvixSNpf3e2Pl

Sometimes people organise a "Vide Grenier" but that takes a lot of organisation and fluency in French: https://vide-greniers.org/24-Dordogne

Their trick is to present a bill for the year and ask you to reply if you wish to cancel, which of course one may be tempted to do especially if like me you always try to avoid Prime, but think that you may have unwittingly ticked a box when you bought something. If you do reply I imagine it may give them access to you Amazon account as you would be asked to log in. I smelled a rat and checked the sender's address which was in South Africa, so I looked the scam up on that site. What is alarming is that they had the correct email for my Amazon account.

I was just been sloppy 🥸, but I would never have expected the Wooly one to quote from the Graunuad😈

Thanks for those kind words. I feel it catches the mood of the times.

No... even if my 'intelligence' IS "Artificial"

Be aware of a fake email with a bill for renewing Amazon Prime video. It is a scam :https://www.arnaques-internet.info/renouvellement.../ Like Comment Share

The proof of the pudding...my FINGers ain't wot they used ter be nor are my eyes🤓

https://www.pour-les-personnes-agees.gouv.fr deals with most aspects of aging and where to get help