In French, the singular of eye is "oiel" and the plural is "yeux." Are there any nouns in English that have completely different spellings of the singular and plural like this?
posted on Sep 26, 2008 - 27 answers

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

I'm making a list of Cognate words within the Indo-European/Romance Languages and am looking for words to add to it. [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2007 - 13 answers

Mac OS X 10.4 has a wonderful little feature associated with Dictionary.app : if press crtl + apple + D, it gives you the definition of the word under the cursor. Clearly this is only of limited use to a native english speaker, but I can imagine it being very helpful to non-native speakers, and I've very much love to have dictionaries in other languages (firsly French). However, it appears Apple never bothered to make any. Any idea what the file format is? Or how to make your own dictionary? [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2006 - 9 answers

LanguageArts: to the bilingual (or more) people in the hive... [more inside]
posted on Sep 5, 2006 - 24 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

I'd like to improve my english (french is my mother language). [more inside]
posted on Dec 8, 2005 - 27 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