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Subject:Re: Language differences in FRENCH From:"Falk, Tony" <TFalk -at- CORPMAIL -dot- FOLLETT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 13 Aug 1997 09:29:00 PDT
Fabien Vais wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> As the saying goes, I come out of "lurking" to ask for your help with
something.
>
> I have been asked to translate a manual from English into French, and
my
> client would like me to produce TWO manuals - one for the Quebec market
and
> the other for the France market. He has heard (and I agree...) that
there
> are several differences not only in the terms but even in idiomatic
> expressions, etc. between the two "languages".
Fabien:
Find a Borders Bookstore near you, and ask for a Quebecois French
Dictionary. The French spoken in Quebec makes provincial French seem
tame =). Franglais is spoken on the streets, but for technical
documentation, Quebecois French will work well.
Tony Falk
TSS
Follett Campus Resources
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