Translation Process: "Le Rat de Ville et le Rat des Champs" (Intro) To help with my French I recently decided to translate some short French children's stories and fables, the first one being "Le Rat de Ville et le Rat des Champs". I'll be sharing my process: 1) scanning over the story and translating the words and phrases I already have some knowledge of (like "que" and "mais"). 2) repeating #1 but taking guesses at words that look like they might have a cognate in English ("honnete" is "honest" in English) 3) start translating the rest of it with Google Translate, word by word if I can and the whole line as a last resort 4) reread the semi-translated story and try to correct any odd phrasings into a more natural English. 5) final version for corrections and commentary. Since there's a character limit on these entries, some of them might need to be split into two, especially steps 3 and 4. All I ask is that since I will be self-correcting throughout the process, please wait to actually add corrections and commentary on my final version. Hopefully my process will help me and others learn French a bit more easily. Merci et adieu!