From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jean-S=E9bastien?= <figaro@pandore.qc.ca>
To: "Inflated Impressions, llc" <inflatedimpressions@prodigy.net>,
Subject: Re: languages (French translations)
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:59:55 -0400


 I don't think translator like babelfish On altavista r great because
 sometime there are two meaning of a word a will give just one of the 2
 meanings so... Here r all translation from english to Francais(french).
 And does anyone knows how 2 make a dog, a turtle or a rabbit? It would
 really help me a lot, if u know,


Do you want a balloon? -> Veux tu une balloune?
What color? -> Quel couleur, (We make reference to the balloon so in common
use, we say "De quel couleur")
light (as in light red) -> Pâle
dark (as in dark red) -> Foncé (we say the é as heterosexual (I didn't find
any other exemple...)
red          -> Rouge                                       cat     ->Chat
orange     ->Orange                                      dog->Chien
yellow     ->Jaune                                         pig->Cochon
green       ->Vert                                          frog->Grenouille
blue        ->Bleu                                           monkey->Singe
purple     ->Mauve                                       cow->Vache
pink        ->Rose
elephant->Éléphant
black      ->Noir                                           motorcycle->Moto
white      ->Blanc (do not pronounce de c)    train->Train
brown     ->Brun              airplane->Avion
clear        ->transparent       helicopter->Hélicopter
gray        ->Gris (Do not pronounce de s)     hippopotamus->Hippopotame
silver       ->Argent                                       lizard->Lézard
gold        ->Dorée, couleur or                      dinosaur->Dinosaure
dragon    ->Dragon                                     duck->Canard
swan       ->Signe                                        turtle->Tortue
camel      ->Chameau                                  kangaroo->Same thing
armadillo ->tatou (almost no one know this animal)
rabbit->Lapin (does any-one knows how 2 do a rabbit???)
teddy bear->ourson
bear          ->Ours
fish->Poisson
dolphin      ->Dauphin
shark->Requin
rhinoceros ->same thing
butterfly->Papillon
ladybug (ladybird)->Coccinelle (the cc like ks)       scorpion->Scorpion
lobster          ->Homard
crab->Crabe
horse            ->Cheval
unicorn->licorne
bumblebee    ->Bourdon
hummingbird->Colibri
flower           ->Fleur
heart->Coeur
thank you      ->Merci                                           you're
welcome->Vous êtes le (les if there is more than 1)
yes                ->Oui
no->Non
tips                ->Conseil, truc                                gimme
your money!!!->Donne-moi ton argent!!! (Hands-upThis is a hold-up lolll)
one                ->un (like huns)
hat->Chapeau
two                ->deux
giraffe->Giraffe
three               ->trois
snake->Serpent
four                 ->Quatre
hello->Allo, or Bonjour, or Salut, or sometime we can say ilo...
five                  ->cinq                                          good
bye->Aurevoir

J-Sébastien