Translation

[Gardengirl]

Could some kind soul tell us what 'l'offre sous forme d'un avenant au marche' (with acute accent - I don't know how to do that on my computer!)

We are trying to arrange for a particular shower to be installed, and this appeared in a very long email from the manufacturers, with messages from the plumber who would be installing it.

Many thanks, Jo

[Ford Anglia]

My Cassell's dictionary only listed "avenant" as an adjective, whereas in your sentence, it appears to be a noun.

My sister's large Larousse says "avenant" can be a specialised noun, meaning "codicil" or "rider to a contract", and marche, with the accent, can apparently mean a "sale", so would it translate as:

"The offer is in the form of a rider/codicil to the sale"?

[RogerW]

He is saying that the work would be done as an addition to your existing contract rather than as a new job in its own right. You will only have to sign a single sheet specifying the additional cost, and possibly the timescale. All the other conditions, guarantee, etc. will be as in the main contract. This is often used when you are having a house built and decide half way through to change some aspect of the design or the specification.

Hope this helps,

Roger.

[Ysatis]

Gardengirl, I can't help with translation but here's how to type accents.

I printed a copy off and tack'd it beside my computer. On my keyboard, I have to have the 'number lock' on, if not, some don't work, but this may not be the case with yours. My old computer was fine without number lock on.

Typing French Accents

To type French accents, hold down the ALT key, then type the three or four digits listed here. When you release the ALT key, the character will appear. You must type the numbers with the numeric keypad, not with the row of numbers across the top of your keyboard (which means that this is not the best way to type accents on a laptop - try another method for typing French accents).

Accent or Special Character		ALT +			ALT +
a with grave accent	à	133		À	0192
a with circumflex	â	131		Â	0194
a with tréma	ä	132		Ä	142
a e ligature	æ	145		Æ	146
c with cedilla	ç	135		Ç	128
e with acute accent	é	130		É	144
e with grave accent	è	138		È	0200
e with circumflex	ê	136		Ê	0202
e with tréma	ë	137		Ë	0203
i with circumflex	î	140		Î	0206
i with tréma	ï	139		Ï	0207
o with circumflex	ô	147		Ô	0212
o e ligature	œ	0156		Œ	0140
u with grave accent	ù	151		Ù	0217
u with circumflex	û	150		Û	0219
u with tréma	ü	129		Ü	154
French quotation marks	«	174		»	175
Euro symbol	€	0128

[Gardengirl]

It never ceases to amaze me how kind and helpful people are on this forum; I've not been part of it for long, but have looked in and learned for a long time.

Many thanks to Roger & Ford Anglia for help with the translation, and to EMH for help with typing accents.

Jo

[ernie]

Try this site :  http://www.avisoft.co.uk/FrenchChars/TypeFrenchCharacters.htm

 

- it's excellent.

 

ernie