Author Topic: Any French speaking people here? (Read 448 times)

Brenjen · « **on:** January 15, 2007, 11:58:46 AM »

I need something translated & I can't quite make out what babel fish translates it as. Could anyone here translate this into English, I think the intent of the message is being lost in translation.

"bjr
je suis desole pour l'achat ne correpond pas a mes demandes en plus vous mettez la merde en irak"

This person won an auction for a CPU I was selling on E-bay & I have the feeling they bid with the full intention of not paying because of the Iraq war. It's pretty silly because, it just causes those of us who feel no ill will towards France to stop allowing them to bid on items.

Any help getting the actual language & spirit of the message translated into English would be greatly appreciated.

soda72 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:20:42 PM »

He's sorry but not going to pay and demand we stop the "****" in Iraq...

I think..

leitwolf · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:25:22 PM »

I admit, my french is bit rusty..

"I am sorry, but the auction doesnt fit my needs, and you also caused the mess in Irak"

The second part comes off a bit stronger in English ("****") if translated literally than a French speaker would mean it.

john9001 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:34:25 PM »

report to ebay that the winner of the bid refuses to close the deal. It has cost you money to put that item on ebay.

Chairboy · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:35:42 PM »

"I'm sorry that what I purchased doesn't correspond to my needs, also because you're stirring up crap in Iraq".

soda72 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:41:29 PM »

Well if it makes you feel any better, take a look at this page and have a good laugh...

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html

Debonair · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:46:43 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
report to ebay that the winner of the bid refuses to close the deal. It has cost you money to put that item on ebay.

tell then Chairboy, leitwolf & soda72 are top suspects:noid:noid:noid

J'ACCUSE!!!!1

:O:O:O

leitwolf · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:49:51 PM »

oh noes!

FBBone · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2007, 01:04:54 PM »

"If you Americans would just learn from our history and surrender, you wouldn't be in Iraq."

straffo · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2007, 01:12:50 PM »

I would have translated but thank to some cretins I'm not in the mood any more.

You're on your own.

Brenjen · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2007, 01:18:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
"I'm sorry that what I purchased doesn't correspond to my needs, also because you're stirring up crap in Iraq".

That's what I got out of it, or the closest thing to what I thought it meant with the stronger four letter word in place of crap

All of you that responded with a translation, I appreciate it.

For john9001; I really don't need an Ebay tutorial lol, I just needed to be sure I wasn't taking something out of this message that wasn't really there. I want to be fair with the person even though it's clear they had no intention of being fair with me. From now on I'll have to block foreign bidders, it's too bad really, I just sold a CPU to a very nice person in the Netherlands. I'd hate to think they would've been screwed by someone like this dolt from France. And besides, you can't open an unpaid item dispute for a certain number of days & I haven't gone past that yet; rest assured I sent the text of the message & a complaint directly to Ebay. The jerk-off will probably put a negative on my otherwise spotless feedback record as well.

Brenjen · « **Reply #11 on:** January 15, 2007, 01:20:12 PM »

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Originally posted by straffo
I would have translated but thank to some cretins I'm not in the mood any more.

You're on your own.

What the heck did I do to you? Yet another French person is mad at me for something that I have no clue about? What do they put in your water over there?

straffo · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2007, 01:27:56 PM »

What make you think you're included in the list ?

IMHO john9001 got it right,there is nothing related to the Iraq war,he's just a dork.

Btw the sentence is strangely build it's not surprising babelfish puked on it.
Depending on the intent of the original writer there is at least 3 possibles translations (missing word make translating hard

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Ripsnort · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2007, 01:28:53 PM »

Most French are arab these days, aren't they?

straffo · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2007, 01:30:46 PM »

Yes and they build the software you use daily.