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- Translation Process: "Le Rat de Ville et le Rat des Champs" (Step 1: pot shots) At this stage, I'm just taking shots at the words/small phrases I remember quickly without looking them up. Some of these I've discovered to be wrong/have a different meaning in the context used here, but this is what I "know" so far. Autrefois le Rat de ville __________ the rat of Invita le Rat des champs, ______ the rat of D'une façon fort civile, (of a?) ___ strong À des reliefs d'Ortolans. Sur un Tapis de Turquie ____ a ___ of ___ Le couvert se trouva mis. ___________________ mine. Je laisse à penser la vie I ________________ the life Que firent ces deux amis. Why/that ___ two friends Le régal fut fort honnête, the _______ strong honest Rien ne manquait au festin ; nothing ___________________ Mais quelqu'un troubla la fête But _________ a ________ the ___ Pendant qu'ils étaient en train. while they ____________________ À la porte de la salle at the door of the ___ Ils entendirent du bruit : they _________________ Le Rat de ville détale ; the city rat ___________ Son camarade le suit. Le bruit cesse, on se retire : Rats en campagne aussitôt ; Et le citadin de dire : and the __________ Achevons tout notre rôt. _______________ our ___ — C'est assez, dit le rustique ; it's ________________________ Demain vous viendrez chez moi : tomorow you ______________ me Ce n'est pas que je me pique it's not that i ______________ De tous vos festins de Roi ; Mais rien ne vient m'interrompre : but nothing _______________ Je mange tout à loisir. i eat _____________ Adieu donc ; fi du plaisir farewell ____________ Que la crainte peut corrompre. Why/that the ____ can _____October 9, 201600
- 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!October 8, 201610
- Procrastination J'ai un podcast je s'appeler "IndieView" (c'est en anglais). Je publier chaque semaine et je rebutés édition car je tergiverser. Si je ne l'ai pas, je pourrais publier 2. LOL (I did use Google translate a little bit but I tried to keep the phrasing simple so that I was really only looking up a word, not translating the whole sentence.)September 23, 201610
This was my day
Today I got up at 7 a.m and I had my breakfast too, after so ,I went to church to pray for one moment , I came back to my house ,and I helped to my mother , You know ,some household like: leaking pipe, no electricity , yeah after I watched some videos about music , I took a shower , and I worked in my computer all afternoon , because now I dont go to the university , i have vacations now for 2 months , but I like to study some things , some topics , that I see more interesting now , well .my day is that.thank you....Today I got up at 7 a.m. and I had my breakfast [could also say "ate my breakfast"]. After that, I went to church to pray for a moment ["one" here isn't technically wrong but it's more common to hear "a" in this sense]. I came back to my house and I helped my mother, you know, like some household [things/chores]: [a] leaking pipe, no electricity. Yeah. After that I watched some videos about music, took a shower ["I" not needed here since you've already asserted that you're speaking about yourself but, again, not incorrect], and [I] working on my computer all afternoon because now that I don't go to university ["college" is more common here in the states, "university" pretty much everywhere else as far as I'm aware], I have vacations for 2 months but I still like to study some things that I find interesting. Well, that's ["that is"] my day. Thank you.
You're English is quite good. I hope I kept enough of your voice (the way you speak) in my correction and that my notes make sense. The only big [important] note that I have is your comma (",") placement; it comes directly after the last letter in a word rather than before the first letter of the next one or with spaces on either side. It seems like at your level your biggest work is getting used to colloquialisms (how certain concepts are phrased in certain regions) and expressions. Keep it up!
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