14 posts tagged with French and translation (View popular tags)

Is there any database or online fan community focused on translating European comics? [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2008 - 2 answers

I need help translating something into French! I need to find out if someone received a fax with payment information and whether we were charged for our purchases. [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2008 - 7 answers

When I was younger I was told that Kraftwerk's Man-Machine/Mensch-Maschine album had a French-language version (L'homme-machine, presumably) that was never released. Does anyone know whether this is true or not? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 4 answers

Francofilter (part 2) (part 1): What's my best option for a science/technical French-English/English-French dictionary? [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 5 answers

If the Incredible Hulk were French, how would he say his famous "Hulk Smash!"?? [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 23 answers

"He's a dirty jade!" "Go ahead and sleep with him you dirty jade!" This insult was used repeatedly in the Zola book I was reading last night. When I searched for it this morning, Google returned results for other uses in at least three other Zola novels. What does it refer to? (As the more inside explains, I think it's actually an English-language insult, as the original contains something else.) [more inside]
posted on Jan 15, 2008 - 17 answers

I'm looking for popular books, novels, magazines, comic books...in European French (not Canadian French). I'd also like to be able to easily order/purchase them from home (preferably from places like Amazon.com). [more inside]
posted on Dec 4, 2007 - 8 answers

French speakers: nuances in translating this phrase? [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2007 - 8 answers

Ok, so my french isn't just bad -- it's nonexistant. Can anyone identify the singer and/or title of the song of which there is a snippet inside? If not the singer, can you give me the proper title, or spelling of some of the lyrics so I can google them and perhaps find the singer that way? I love the smooth sound of this clip and would love to find more. It's a great rumba! :) [more inside]
posted on Sep 1, 2007 - 3 answers

Parlez-Vous Français? I need a french to english translation. I love this short film and find it fun to watch but I think it would be even funnier for me if I knew what was going on. [more inside]
posted on Aug 11, 2006 - 8 answers

Quick little French question - how would you say "reprint" in French, as in, "click here to reprint your receipt". [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2005 - 9 answers

Can anyone supply me with a link to, or scan of, an English translation of a poem by Paul Eluard? Specifically, "Le Dur Desire de Durer" ("The Dour Desire to Endure")? Merci/Thanks.
posted on Dec 8, 2004 - 5 answers

ForeignLanguageFilter: What tools (if any?) are available on the Internet for translating materials that are not prose into English? Specfically, I need an English translation for a song lyric I have only in French. Neither my pathetic high school slacker French nor the usual suspects are producing anything useful... Any suggestions?
posted on Apr 26, 2004 - 9 answers

I have a Google API app that's getting a lot of traffic from a French site. Can someone give me a quick idiomatic translation into French of a two-sentence "API key overloaded for today" message? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2004 - 8 answers