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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