nectarine Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Mr. Nectarine told me that in yesterday's language class (where English and French work together to learn each other's language), his teacher turned to a French chap and asked him to translate, into English, "je suis malade". Her pronunciation must have been a bit suspect as the French trnaslated it as "I am a duck!".Some work obviously needed on her accent ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 mallard? [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 French to English translationill nouninvalid sick person patient sufferer madman madwoman inmate mentaladjective sick ill sickly poorly stricken unhealthy peaky unwell invalid poor unfitThere is still quite a difference between a noun and an ajective, 5 or 6 could see you sectioned [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanb Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I don't know where that came from, but somebody or something is confused. The only meaning of "ill" that I can think of in which it can be a noun is "bad things", as in "don't speak ill of the dead." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegwini Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 http://www.noob.us/humor/lost-in-translation-seriously/I know this was filmed a while back, but it does show the risks of translating via Babelfish (English-French-German-English) and an amusing video too.Tegwini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 There's a play by Molière called Le Malade Imaginaire (I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I thought all French people were hypochondriacs?[;-)] It's often seemed that way to me, talking to friends, acquaintances and neighbours [:D]If I'm allowed to sort of link 2 threads together, can I bring back the Carol Concert thread for a minute? Norman, are you about? And do you know that Charpentier wrote some of the music for LMI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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