Ask M. White for help with French translation

How's that?

I assume what you mean is that the way in which a man keeps up his motorcycle is indicative of the way he treats his animals. The problem in your setence is that 'il faut' means 'it is necessary' or 'he must' and that doesn't follow necessarily. I translated very slangily as "The way a man treats his pooch is the way he treats his wheels."

How would you say, "In matters of taste, there's no dispute."

This is to impress French girls, and very important.

or

Chacun à son goût

I went with the more formal one. This is for work, after all.

Nice.

If I was a French girl I would not be impressed by a pompous declaration. I would rather be told a joke or maybe a recipe.

yea, but i don't speak a word of french, so i need something i can just shrug and smile and say no matter what the context..

French girl: Bonjour, woulez boulez voucon?
PT: (drunk) Oui?
French girl #2: L'bastillon bidet.
PT (drunk): Mon chereeze, chacun à son goût... [dreamy eyes]

none have been particularly useful.

Help?

The proper French saying is "Les goûts et les couleurs..."

"May your head be wrapped with day-old fish".

"Que ta tête soit emballée avec du poisson avarié"

Je voudre un sac de singe

J'ai perdu mon père il y a quelques mois. J'étais à Bouaké avec ma pétite Soeur. Mon père était un grand planteur de cacao et président du conseil d'administratoin d'une importante societé dans la filière café-cacao jusqu'à sa mort.Il a été assassiné janvier 2003 par les rebelles suite au soulèvement politique.

Avant sa mort il a ouvert un compte étranger ici en côte d'Ivoire d'un montant de $12.5M (douze million, cinq cent mille dollars d'Amérique)qu'il m'avait dit être destiné à l'achat d'une usine de chocolaterie pour ses vieux jours.Je veux que vous me fassiez une faveur en recevant ces fonds sur un compte en sécurité dans votre pays ou n'importe quel lieu plus sûr en tant que bénéficiaire.

J'ai des plans pour faire n'importe quel type d'investissement comme les immobiliers et la production industrielle. C'est la raison de mon inscription auprès de vous. Svp si vous êtes disposé à nous aider moi et ma pétite Soeur indiquez votre intérêt en répondant le plus vite possible.

Merci et veuillez recevoir nos salutatoins les plus sincères!
Jacque Amouzou

You said "yes," right?

How do you say, "Thank you for the book, smartass" in French? This is for a smartass who gave me Candide at a baby shower, and very important.

PT, I'm sorry. I totally skipped over this post.

How about?:

Je crois je ne pourrai jamais me lasser de te lecher, ma belle

That should be:

Je crois que je ne pourrai jamais me lasser de te lecher, ma belle

Je crois que je ne pourrais jamais me lasser de te lécher, ma belle.

Not bad.

There's always the ever-so-nice "Tu suces salope", but it's bound to get you a slap if not worse, so I wouldn't advise anyone to use it.

Apart from that, I'd like to know where your mastery of the french language comes from Mister M. White.

Au moins, donnez moi 17/20, maître, s’il vous plait. Je ne suis au bout du compte qu'un simple californien, après tout.

Entre-nous, 'tu suces, salope', n'a jamais très bien marché pour moi. Just sayin' and shit...

hôtel de passe? ;-)

Baaderonixx, t'habites où en France, toi?

Mille remerciements.

I imagine it originally meant 'lights out'.

Arselicker. ;-)

Simple Pleasures thread?

xpost

You're welcome, Cathy.

http://www.camping-le-castelas.com/images/pastis.jpeg

Can you buy pastis aux USA? g envie..

savez-vous ou g. de nerval est enterre' ?

C'est qui Gérard de Nerval? Je connais pas ce mec.

Excusez-moi, mon français est encore abominable. Mais j'espère que bientôt c'est amélioré. :-(

Et après ça je commence à étudier le japonais de nouveau. :-)

Tracer, yes.

c'est toi?

(T'ai-je dis, aujourd'hui, combien tu es jolie?) ;-)

I think I still have a dictionary somewhere that would explain these sorts of expressions, je vais effectuer une recherche. cela m'intrigue quoi.

At Le Loir dans la Théière in the Marais recently, I read a quote at the bottom of a poster promoting some theatrical production that referred to it as a "chassé-croisé des actrices" and my partner in crime could not, for the life of her, find even a suitable explanation in English for this phrase, though she knew very well what it meant to her. Can you?

Gratefully yours,

Traceur Main

Does this mean something like "the greatest courage is to look at life as clearly as we look at death"? That seems to be counter-intuitive, since moste people don't look at death very clearly.

môme
gosse
rejeton

What am I missing?

Note that the Enlightenment was how the English translated the French expression L'Age des Lumières.

"I think we we will succeed again"

Reflexive verbs take reflexive pronoun. Look up french reflexive verb pronoun on Google if you want the full explanation.

je crois que nous nous reunirons encore = I think we'll meet again

It is reflexive. 'Réunir' is more get together than meet, I would think.

http://french.about.com/library/verb/bl-verbconjugator.htm

Well, 'réunion' is 'meeting'... both terms are good I think!

yeah, both are good. if you want to be more precise in the translation, you have to check the context of the sentence.
by the way, glad to find this little "amateurs de francais" community !
an ILX equivalent to the "salons des Lumieres" !

salutations a tous donc et plus particulierement à monsieur baaderonix que j'ai le plaisir de connaitre par ailleurs (some might say : speciale kassdédi à fabfonk de brux !).

So I get the general gist of the Camus quote. But can anyone come up with a good snappy translation "L'obstination du témoignage" that would serve as a title of a human rights report?

Witnessing, testimony, testifying

Resolute testimony, persistence of witnessing, the resove to testify, something like that?

Steve Shasta

C'est la vie, bro, c'est la fuckin' vie.

I want to say "just like" as in the sentence "They can do x, just like the others".

de meme que?

"The perfect pratfall requires a perfect prat."

A friend of mine has a short film that is slotted to be in some French film festival soon. But at the last minute they are giving him a hard time about not being able to find a translator. Would you know of anyone who could do a quick translation, should he have to find out outside of the festival organizers?

Also, is that your real e-mail address? For I suspect it is not.

Much obliged,

(it is an english pub snack)

Hmmm. Don't know anyone, off-hand, but feel free to write at mwwhitesf at y4hoo. I could help, maybe, if it's not too late.

Lieber Herr White,
Warum ist die Banane krum? Das möchte ich wissen.

Neugierig in NYC

How would one say "Your ergonomically designed garlic press has crippled my hand and I demand the satisfaction of a duel as soon as I can grasp a chef's knife again" in French?

Hey, take it over to AAD!

I am all innocence. If you don't believe me, ask this aubergine.

Warum ist die Banane krum?

You perv.

Love
Siggy Freud

Aber das war nur eine philosophische Frage!

James, je bent nog steeds een pervers kereltje.

Het spreekt vanzelf.

Herr Redd, that looks a lot like furrin talk up there and since I have no idea what Krum is to the boches, I'm afeared I can't be of much help.

Aimless, I have told you I don't know how many times now that garlic presses are for consumerist housewives and just between me and you, if you're going to insist on wearing a skirt and sweater set ensemble, make at least a small effort to see that they match and maybe shave the legs at least once in a while.

I'd expand that to consumerist housewives who enjoy tricky washing up.

(no comment on the leg shaving)

I actually DO own a garlic press but I only use it for ginger. I can't be bothered to shave my legs, though, and that's the primary reason I've given up wearing skirts.

I now use my garlic press for pest control purposes only.

And not your pepper grinder?!

The pepper grinder is not so ergonomically designed.

Are you buying all your domestic appliances and gadgetry from some kind of sadist?

I will admit to using a garlic press -- for garlic -- when I make salad dressing.

Chacun à son goût

You know, whenever I have heard a French person say that it immediately precedes a conclusive condemnation of someone else's taste. "Chacun à son goût... mais ---"

À chacun son métier

Tracer, I didn't mean it with any ambiguity. I'm not a big fan of diced garlic; it's hard to avoid burning and often gives me a bit of an uspet stomach if overused but it has its uses and a press is time saving for people likely to cut their fingertips off, which is often the case for me. I mostly crush it these days. For salad dressings, I cleave a clove in twain and rub the exposed part around the salad bowl.

Best (only?) movie depiction ever of somebody slicing garlic was Paul Sorvino in Goodfellas.

Google has favored me with the following translation:

Votre pression établie selon l'ergonomie d'ail a estropié ma main et j'exige la satisfaction dès que je pourrai une fois de plus saisir le couteau d'un chef.

While this may be anatomically correct, it seems to be affected by a certain grotesquerie that unpleasantly obtrudes itself, like Jennifer Lopez's hindermost equippage.

Pression = pressure, so I think, though I'm not sure, that you'd want to say pressoir à ail except you wouldn't 'cause it sounds abjectly unwieldly in French. I'm not sure what you mean by a chef's knife, though. Perhaps you could clarify for me.

Je pense que M. Aimless boit de la bière pression.

C'est presque certain, Jacques.

Je mande un Kebab

Voilà le kebab.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Conchords_101_Sally.jpg/250px-Conchords_101_Sally.jpg

You're sending kebabs, ken c?

errrr

je mange un kebab!

(i had my first ever french class last night so you have to forgive me!)

Je pensait qu'il avait dit "je demande un kebab.

No worries, ken c. Mander isn't a verb you see much, it means 'to summon' or 'send for'.

I think you see Spanish speakers using their equivalent, mandar, a lot more.

Garlic press = presse-ail

Thanks, Zelda.

Good day = Bonjour

Thanks, Ken.

mangouste, nf = mongoose

Thanks, M. White, I didn't know that.

Someone once told me a French verb which means "to say Mass twice in one day", but I've forgotten what it is.

M. there are a bunch of quotes of Sade in John Fowles' the Magus that I've always wanted to know. Mind if I post them? I remember running them by this French TA in college (an unbelievable Algerian girl from Nantes... wow haven't thought about her in a while) and she was totally stumped!

Who's teaching that French course of yours, Ken? Steve Martin? Eddie Izzard?

Moi j'utilise régulièrement un presse-ail, mais c'est vrai que c'est pratique aussi pour le gingembre.

Someone once told me a French verb which means "to say Mass twice in one day", but I've forgotten what it is.

I pray that it's not a verb you need to use often.

gff, why not?

KC, have you learned about Système D yet?

Part One

Un débauché de profession est rarement un homme pitoyable.

DE SADE, Les Infortunes de la Vertu

A professional debauchee is rarely a pitiful man

Maintenant ma vie n'est que metro, boulot, dodot.

Part Two
Irrités de ce premier crime, les monstres ne s'en tinrent pas là; ils l'étendirent ensuite nue, à plat ventre sur une grande table, ils allumèrent des cierges, ils placèrent l'image de notre sauveur à sa tête et osèrent consommer sur les reins de cette malheureuse le plus redoutable de nos mystères.

et peut-être "typo" aussi

This is gonna be fun

donc: boulot, métro, typo, dodo

OK, a bit of messing around on the Internet and I've discovered the word for saying Mass twice in one day: biner (also binar in Spanish). I'll try slipping that one into the conversation sometime soon.

Irritated by this first crime, the monsters don't stop there; they lay her out naked on a large table, they light tapers, they place pictures of Our Savior at its head and dare to consumate in the loins of this poor girl, the most redoutable of our mysteries.

xp hahaha awesome!!

Part Three
La triomphe de la philosophie serait de jeter du jour sur l'obscurité des voies dont la providence se sert pour parvenir aux fins qu'elle se propose sur l'homme, et de tracer d'après cela quelque plan de conduite qui pût faire connaitre à ce malheureux individu bipède, perpétuellement ballotté par les caprices de cet être qui dit-on le dirige aussi despotiquement, la manière dont il faut qu'il interprète les décrets de cette providence sur lui.

hahahhaahha it's suddenly occurring to me that the TA maybe didn't want to tell me what she was reading...

à plat ventre + consommer sur les reins = anal sex, I'm pretty sure...

boy is my face red

You changed the tense there, Michael.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/6/6d/200px-Birkin_Je_t

Exactement: "entre tes reins"

what is Système D??

is it an eddie izzard thing?

The triumph of philosophy would be to cast the light of day on the obscurity of the ways Providence uses to achieve the ends it proposes for man, and to trace therefrom a map that could make this unfortunate bipedal individual, perpetually shaken by the caprices of this being which, they say, directs him so despotically, the way in which he must interpret the decrees of Providence on him.

(Jesus, Donatien, can you write a more terse bit of nonsense?)

You changed the tense there, Michael.

You're right. Sorry, gff, it's all in the past tense.

baaderonix, is it true that 'entre les reins' implies anal?

Not necessarily, but in the context of the paragraph I'd say yes.

Further proof is the following paragraph

Je
m'évanouis à ce spectacle horrible, il me fut impossible de le soutenir.
Raphaël, voyant cela, dit que pour m'y apprivoiser il fallait que je
servisse d'autel à mon tour. On me saisit, on me place au même lieu que
Florette et l'infâme Italien, avec des épisodes bien plus atroces et bien
autrement sacrilèges, consomme sur moi la même horreur qui venait de
s'exercer sur ma compagne. On me retira de là sans mouvement, il fallut
me porter dans ma chambre où je pleurai trois jours de suite en larmes
bien amères le crime horrible où j'avais servi malgré moi...

great! thanks M.!

what is Système D??

Système débrouille. I believe it dates back to the war. Debrouiller means to manage or to figure out somehow. Système débrouille is part Macgyver, part jerry rig, part winging it.

It also means self reliance, ken c.

that could make this unfortunate bipedal individual

that could make known to this unfortunate bipedal individual

Ooops

I had also heard the 'D' was for démerde. Google showed me a few people using this amusing construction: Planète débrouille,Système D.

It has nothing to do with Eddie Izzard. He just has a routine about trying to use his schoolboy French to communicate.

Yeah, also démerde.

Izzard's shtick is pretty funny, though.

It's great. I think the premise is different from the usual, it's not just "Oh, these crazy Frenchmen."

Yeah, the whole francophobic English shtick is so played out. His is more about the funny limitations of trying to communicate in another and only partially mastered tongue - that can be comedy gold. I had a friend who got pissed in Paris that even little kids spoke better French than he did.

Fwiw:

Foreign language screw-ups

Yeah, exactly. He's not pretending to be dumb- he can speak French!- he is just talking about the inevitable missteps and underpreparedness and whatnot, especially at the beginning.

I had a friend who got pissed in Paris that even little kids spoke better French than he did.
I got pissed that the bums spoked better than I did when I saw two guys arguing and one said to the other Désolé, Monsieur, je suis désolé.

(Your link is blocked)

It is? It worked for me.

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/foreign-language-screwups.php

It's blocked for me. I'm still in the boulot phase of my day. I'll check it when I'm on to typo, before dodo.

I'm still in the boulot phase of my day

J'en suis profondément désolé.

Et moi, je suis navré.

Tu m'étonnes. ;)

Where did you pick up your francique, btw?

Dans le coin.

Frankreich?

Je pense que j'ai déjà raconté ma triste histoire autre part.

Je ne m'em souviens pas, hélas.

M WHITE: I'm writing a letter to someone in Francophone Africa. I ran my English version through Google translate, but my skills aren't really up to figuring out whether or not it ~really~ makes sense. HALP
---------------
(I have included a French translation below---J'ai inclus une traduction en français ci-dessousz)

Hi there,

My name is ________, and I'm a medical student at the University of __________). A filmmaker friend of mine directed me to your project's website, and suggested I get in touch with you.

Another student and I are hoping to make a film about healthcare in Congo this summer. We had originally hoped to go to Goma, but I understand that travel to and from can be very difficult, and possibly dangerous. We've got other business in Uganda (working and filming with _________), and would be traveling from there.

Do you know the best way to travel from Uganda to Congo? We've heard that the best and safest way is through Rwanda, and into Bukavu, but I also understand that it takes quite a long time, possibly days.

I've been very impressed with what the Goma Film Project has accomplished, and would love to hear more about your experiences. I hope this finds you well, and I wish you all the best.

Sincerely,

___________

Salut,

Mon nom est _____, et je suis un étudiant en médecine à l'Université de _________. Un ami cinéaste m'a dirigé vers votre site web du projet, et m'a suggéré de prendre contact avec vous.

Un autre élève et moi-même sommes l'espoir de faire un film sur les soins de santé au Congo cet été. Nous avions espéré se rendre à Goma, mais je crois comprendre que Voyage à destination et en provenance peut être très difficile, et peut-être dangereux. Nous avons d'autres entreprises en Ouganda (de travail et de tournage avec le _________), et de voyager à partir de là.

Connaissez-vous la meilleure façon de Voyage à partir de l'Ouganda au Congo? Nous avons entendu dire que le meilleur et le plus sûr moyen est par le Rwanda, et dans Bukavu, mais je comprends aussi qu'il faut un certain temps, peut-être jour.

J'ai été très impressionné par ce que le projet du film de Goma a accompli, et aimerait en savoir davantage sur vos expériences. J'espère que cela vous trouve bien, et je vous souhaite tout le meilleur.

Cordialement,

__________

Hey gbx - went through that translation quickly. It's not the greatest but here is a better version (I'm a native french speaker)

Bonjour,

Je m'appelle _____, et je suis un étudiant en médecine à l'Université de _________. Un ami cinéaste m'a dirigé vers le site web de votre projet, et m'a suggéré de prendre contact avec vous.

Un autre élève et moi-même essayons de faire un film sur le système de santé au Congo cet été. Nous avions prévu de nous rendre à Goma, mais je crois comprendre qqu'un tel voyage peut être très difficile, et peut-être dangereux. Nous avons d'autres affaires à régler en Ouganda (tournage avec le _________), et nous pourrions partir de là.

Connaissez-vous le meilleur moyen de se re,dre d'Ouganda au Congo? Nous avons entendu dire que le meilleur et le plus sûr moyen est par le Rwanda, même si cela peut prendre un certain temps, voire des jours.

J'ai été très impressionné par ce que le projet du film de Goma a accompli, et aimerait en savoir davantage sur votre expérience.

Meilleures salutations,

Thank you so much! I forgot about all the native french speakers on ilx, sorry!

Sorry, gbx. I was detained elsewhere and just saw this.

c'est pas grave

I meant to revive this a while back to ask about how to pronounce "quatuor" but I think I figured it out.

Qwa-tyu-or

Yeah, that was it, thanks. The interesting part is that the "qu" is not pronounced as it is in most words in the French language because this is a borrowing from Latin, I guess.

TS mots fléchés contre mots croisés

they are a little different

http://media.teleprogrammes.fr/corporate/article/Gace47750beed1eb6b379de8a2805cb15.jpg

vs.

http://www.jouets-sajou.com/jeux/mots-croises/mots-croises-1.gif

oh if you already knew and just wanted an opinion...fleches

Why?

I dunno, the france novelty factor?

I know what you mean.

Hm, Wiki page says fléchés may be a little easier because not as much room for lengthy clues.

Yes that's the most important difference between mots fléchés and mots croisés. Also the only one I can actually think of, as a once avid mots fléchés addict.

Dear M. White,
Why do French speakers think turkeys come from India while English speakers think they come from, well, Turkey?

And why do Spanish speakers think it is a commoner's peacock?

As a French speaker, I find what you're saying surprising. I've always thought turkeys came from America. This because of a comic book, oompapah which took place in America and where surprised French people discovered turkeys. But whatever. I should ask my friends where they think turkeys come from, but I'm not really sure many of them would say India. So yeah, I was not really of any help to you there I guess.

B-b-but then why do you call them dindes?

Ha! Maybe because upon reaching America they thought they were in India. I'll go and see if I can find a better googlexplanation than that. But I would also be really sad if Oompapah lied to me!

Ad as usual google delivers. On a very credible blog written in comic sans ms ( http://myhome27.over-blog.fr/article-24752734.html ) the following explanation is given : early navigators reaching America thought they were in India, called turkeys "poules d'inde" (indian poultry). that was rather long to say, so it was shortened to "dinde". (Yeah I guess wiki could have answered my query, but who doesn't love random blogs giving you answers to random questions?)

Monsieur Blanc,

Magasin qui sert le meilleur café dans notre quartier?

Bonnes fêtes,

Stefan Shastois

Big fan of Five Star across Divis from the gas station. Santos is rad and you get a truffle w/your coffee. The Earl Grey is excellent as is the spicy one (forget the name).

Of course, taste is subjective. I'll just point out that I loathe over-roasted west-coast coffee, i.e., Pete's.

early navigators reaching America thought they were in India, called turkeys "poules d'inde" (indian poultry). that was rather long to say, so it was shortened to "dinde".

omg mind blown

michael, how would you say:

I love you my darling but I have chosen Black Metal

Et bonnes fêtes à toi, aussi, Etienne!

Nice! I am totally down with 5-star, I love his mocha (post-bike ride) because he uses the gourmet chocolate that is so rich and delicious.

Good to know dude! I always forget about that place, he keeps telling me he makes a killer sandwich too. He's such a bro.

Michael B,

Je t'adore, mon/ma chéri(e), mais j'ai opté pour le métal noir.

thanks!

Plus, Steve, there's a cafe across Oak, one up the street across from Falletti's, Pete's, the place up Divis where all your bicyclist bros hang, etc., and when a little Latino dude wants to open up a one-man, hole in the wall place AND serves me an excellent espresso and truffle, he gets my money every time.

my ex LOVED his truffles (she was raised in Paris and Brussels) and she couldn't believe how good they were.

I also secretly love that he's all artisinal about it but says 'handmade', instead.

My second favorite place for coffee is prob International, not because Zaara's coffee is memorable, or anything, but because it has that old time hippy/boho vibe, has live music on Saturday nights, and a back patio where I can smoke and read.

okay, my friend who just moved here wants to know where the famous SF "gourmet" coffee is in the hood and it all seems to be in the mission/hayes/soma (ritual, blue bottle, 4 barrel, philz, sightglass). i don't drink enough to be an authority but i know you are.

(sorry this has nothing to do with French translations)

No worries. If he wants real SF, send him to Blue Bottle over off of Octavia or Pete's or whatever. I used to work at Trieste as a teen (in Sausalito) and I have nothing against that old school vibe or the new environmentally and politically correct one, either, but the coffee is just too bitter for me.

Trieste is now Cafe Rome (?) now right? AlexInSF's wife LOVES the place across the street from there with a funny name, I still need to try it though.

The best part of Cafe Trieste (and whatever it's called now) was/is that iced coffee has FREE REFILLS which is awesome after riding 100 miles on a hot day and you still have to contend with that hill back up to the GGB and your legs are saying "oh hell naw".

Caffe Divino? You're talking Sausalito, right?

the one Mrs. In SF likes is called Cibo which isn't such a funny name after all:

http://cibosausalito.com/

Oh, right. I haven't been. I'll have to check it out the next time I'm grannysitting.

Cibo's basically 'chow' in Italian, I think.

yeah, remember that NYC band from the mid-90s that was named Cibo Matto which had the double meaning of "crazy food" in italian or "total ingenuity" in japanese.

I never thought about their name much. That's pretty cool, though. I remember Japanese dudes in Japan always wanting me to say 'eighty-five' in Italian 'cause it's pretty close to 'grandpa's got a boner' or something.

interweb language translators cant be trusted, can they? i'm pretty sure these translators make you look retarded to the reader of the language like "i type this in translator now English good I speak" kinda thing...........

They tend to transliterate which isn't translation and they translate idioms literally which sounds very odd. If a French guy says of someone that he has a body hair in his palm, in French it means he's lazy. In English, it sounds like you're fuckin' weird.

My dad sometimes sends me greetings he's run through babelfish. They usually just sound like the ravings of a sweet but highly demented person.

ok, are "confetti" (not fr., i know) and "confit" based on the same root?

i woke up this morning with the phrase "duck confetti" in my head, god knows why.

Apparently.

Anatra confetta sounds delizioso.

or rather deliziosa

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=confetti

lol related to "confection" even

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=confection

stuff like this is so interesting to me

really no idea where "duck confetti" came from

One heck of a weird parade?

duck with candied almonds might be pretty good

Let's face it, duck is awesome. Smoked, confit, roast, etc...

so is the french meaning that it is "prepared" duck or that it is little bits of duck?

it's a v similar process to making pulled pork BBQ actually - i.e. it marinates in a dry rub and then is slow-roasted for a long time, then often put in a frying pan with the juices and a pinch of brown sugar

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/confit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_confit

We're making pommes de terre à la sarladaise over Labor Day weekend

Hello! I have a request for help with French translation! Might someone be able to help?

I recently ordered a reproduction of a book from the BNF - they sent me the following form: http://www.qfpost.com/download.do?get=7570c3b21044615a2eb0770db1d38108

I think I mostly understand it, except what are "le règlement au département de la reproduction" that I must send alongside the tear-off bit?

Gravel, I can't open that for some reason. Can you c&p?

it means enclose the payment with that slip and send it to the address above

"Partie détachable à retourner obligatoirement avec le règlement au département de la reproduction à l'adresse de facturation ci-dessus"

sorry 2 hijack your thread, MW

règlement being payment (settlement most literally).

sorry 2 hijack your thread, MW

Faites comme chez vous, Tracer!

ca me ferait plaisir, MW

i always have to remind myself that it doesn't mean "regulation" or "rule"

I remember from 'règlement de comptes' when they're talking about gang wars. It's kind of annoying when there's 'paiement' but maybe it's a legal thing.

Thanks guys! That makes perfect sense.

Il n'y a pas de quoi

esti de cave