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November 1, 2008, 22:12 | |
DTM
Earthling! 821 posts |
I'm trying to translate the buttons on Vocaroo... So far I have (with the aid of google translate): Quote: "Connecting..." => "Connexion..." "Click to Record" => "L'enregistrement" "Click to Stop" => "Halte" "Click to Play" => "Lire" "Record Again" => "Encore" "Listen" => "Écouter" Is that anywhere near correct? Bearing in mind I can't really go over about 20 characters in each phrase. ____________ :o |
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November 1, 2008, 22:27 | |
Htbaa
Perl 368 posts |
www.freetranslation.com ?
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November 1, 2008, 22:55 | |
yonni
None 420 posts |
If I remember the verb "to click" (as in, a mouse) is "cliquer", if that helps you at all.
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November 1, 2008, 23:11 | |
DTM
Earthling! 821 posts |
Ya, google translate gave me Cliquer, but that makes the phrases too long for the buttons (especially "Cliquer a enregistrement" or whatever) So I was kind of hoping for single words :-) I should have said that! (is freetranslation any more accurate than google hmm?) Ha, freetranslation, google and babelfish all give different things for "connecting". Connecter, Connexion, Se relier. [Edited on November 1, 2008 by DTM] ____________ :o |
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November 2, 2008, 10:26 | |
Rincewind
programmer 1547 posts |
http://div.france.online.fr/
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November 2, 2008, 12:23 | |
yonni
None 420 posts |
I'd suggest that you're looking for the imperfect form of one of the verbs "Connecter" or "Se relier" but without my trusty GCSE french textbook (:P) I couldn't tell you which or what the imperfect form is
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November 3, 2008, 00:15 | |
Dennis
どこかにいる 2094 posts |
Je suis désolée, mais mon français est surtout terrible. Je ne peux t'aider. Je suis d'accord avec yonni que le mot "connecter" va plus mieux que le mot "connexion" parce que "connexion" c'est lis litéralement "connection". ____________ Kwakkel |
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November 3, 2008, 14:58 | |
DTM
Earthling! 821 posts |
I have it on good authority (i.e. a frenchman) that the following is "OK". Quote: Connecting... => Connecter... Record => Enregistrer Stop => Arrêter Play => Jouer Again => Encore Listen => Écouter Merci pour le help mon bon gens! ____________ :o |
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November 4, 2008, 01:13 | |
Dennis
どこかにいる 2094 posts |
Connecting... => Connecter... Record => Enregistrer Stop => Arrêter Play => Jouer Again => Encore Listen => Écouter And here is the dutch version. Free translation, to make it sound better. I wonder how to do it in Japanese... Connecting... => Verbinden... Record => Opnemen Stop => Stop Play => Afspelen Again => Opnieuw Listen => Beluisteren And now in Belgian (we're not that clever, we need a more vivid representation) Connecting... => Record => Stop => Play => Again => Listen => [Edited on November 4, 2008 by Dennis] ____________ Kwakkel |
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November 4, 2008, 15:20 | |
DTM
Earthling! 821 posts |
You're too kind, Dennis. I should have used symbols in the first place but I can't be bothered to change it now. ____________ :o |
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