Saturday, January 15, 2011

Re: OT: Anyone here fluent in French?

Do I get a credit in the film titles?
I can use that on my SAG resume.

On 1/15/11, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
> You are welcome.
> Now please stop being so "Cold" to me.
>
> -Tommy
>
> On 1/15/11, Cold Water <coldwater000@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Tommy thank you soooooooo much. I can now finally complete this
>> project!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Hugs,
>>
>> CW
>>
>>
>>
>> From: politicalforum@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:politicalforum@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tommy News
>> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 10:27
>> To: politicalforum@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: OT: Anyone here fluent in French?
>>
>>
>>
>> I gave it a shot, and I did not find it difficult at all, but I hope
>> Keithie Keith will not call me a Socailist again simply because I
>> studied French. I chose French because it is a beautiful language and
>> an eloquent culture. J'aime mieux des pommes frites, mais pas des
>> "freedom fries"! Le truaduiser, c'est finis. Voila.
>>
>> Melancholy
>>
>> -by Leo Ferre
>>
>> Melancholy is a dead end street, that nothing it can say,
>> It's ten years of mush in a memory
>> this is what we want without having to choose
>> Melancholy is a lost cat one believes one has found
>> It's a big dog in the world we know
>> It's the name of a street where you will never go
>> Melancholy, it is only found in Opera Square
>> When the cop yells orders and he does not know
>> Whether you throw up (puke) on the way back home
>> It's relaxing, turn on the television,
>> Look distracted with a Zitrone juice (a citrus drink brand)
>> Speak in the third person to one who does not play (respond), melancholy
>>
>> Melancholy is seeing a beggar in the tax bureau,
>> It Is seeing two lovers who read the newspaper
>> It Is to see one's mother every time one gets hurt
>> Melancholy is watching (Greta) Garbo in Queen Christina again
>> It's goodbye Charlie in the age of Chaplin
>>
>>
>>
>> Leo Ferre - La Mélancolie
>>
>>
>>
>> La mélancolie, c'est une rue barrée, c'est c'qu'on peut pas dire
>> C'est dix ans d'purée dans un souvenir
>> C'est ce qu'on voudrait sans devoir choisir
>> La mélancolie, c'est un chat perdu qu'on croit retrouvé
>> C'est un chien de plus dans le monde qu'on sait
>> C'est un nom de rue où l'on va jamais
>> La mélancolie, c'est se r'trouver seul place de l'Opéra
>> Quand le flic t'engueule et qu'il ne sait pas
>> Que tu le dégueules en rentrant chez toi
>> C'est décontracté, ouvrir la télé
>> Et r'garder distrait un Zitrone pressé
>> T'parler du tiercé que tu n'a pas joué, la mélancolie
>>
>> La mélancolie, c'est voir un mendiant chez l'conseil fiscal
>> C'est voir deux amants qui lisent le journal
>> C'est voir sa maman chaque fois qu'on s'voit mal
>> La mélancolie, c'est revoir Garbo dans la reine Christine
>> C'est revoir Charlot à l'âge de Chaplin
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/15/11, Cold Water <coldwater000@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Do you want to give it a shot Tommy? I have been advised that the
>>> reason
>>> machine translations can't cope is because: "It's Quebecois French, not
>>> International French."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Leo Ferre - La Mélancolie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> La mélancolie, c'est une rue barrée, c'est c'qu'on peut pas dire
>>> C'est dix ans d'purée dans un souvenir
>>> C'est ce qu'on voudrait sans devoir choisir
>>> La mélancolie, c'est un chat perdu qu'on croit retrouvé
>>> C'est un chien de plus dans le monde qu'on sait
>>> C'est un nom de rue où l'on va jamais
>>> La mélancolie, c'est se r'trouver seul place de l'Opéra
>>> Quand le flic t'engueule et qu'il ne sait pas
>>> Que tu le dégueules en rentrant chez toi
>>> C'est décontracté, ouvrir la télé
>>> Et r'garder distrait un Zitrone pressé
>>> T'parler du tiercé que tu n'a pas joué, la mélancolie
>>>
>>> La mélancolie, c'est voir un mendiant chez l'conseil fiscal
>>> C'est voir deux amants qui lisent le journal
>>> C'est voir sa maman chaque fois qu'on s'voit mal
>>> La mélancolie, c'est revoir Garbo dans la reine Christine
>>> C'est revoir Charlot à l'âge de Chaplin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: politicalforum@googlegroups.com
>>> [mailto:politicalforum@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tommy News
>>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 08:48
>>> To: politicalforum@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: OT: Anyone here fluent in French?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Je parle Francais.
>>>
>>> In French song, the pronunciation is quite different from the spoken
>>> word.
>>> For example, the word Chose (Thing) is pronounced shows but it is sung
>>> "show-zuh"
>>>
>>> On 1/14/11, Cold Water <coldwater000@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Do you know anyone, with an artistic disposition, who's fluent in both
>>>> French and English?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm working on producing English subs for a French film, and there's a
>>>> sequence that's driving me crazy. It's a portion of a French song from
>> the
>>>> 60's... the writer was kind of legend poet figure of the time. The
>> machine
>>>> translation services just can't cope at all with his level of language
>>>> usage.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you can help please contact me at:
>>>> <mailto:jill.jilliancollins@gmail.com> jill.jilliancollins@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> CW
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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