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drummerwannabe
Travel Junkie
Minister
11268 points
22/F/Near the river, Minnesota
Join Date: May 2006 | Ok. So I work for a college and I need to request a transcript from Cameroon, Africa. The website for the school is in French, so I need to write an e-mail to them. I have tried using the translating websites and using Microsoft translation, but they all come back with a different translation, some of them quite weird.
I'm hoping that someone who can speak/write French can help me. Below is the e-mail I would like to send. I know that there are some words that won't translate to French, but if I could just have someone get the general translation, I would appreciate it.
Here is what I want to say:
Dear Records Department,
I would like to request an official transcript for a student of yours. They have signed a release of records form. I would like to know how much official transcripts cost and where to send the form to, either by mail or fax? If you could let me know, I would appreciate it.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
_____________________________________________________________________
It's awesome like a possum!!
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Saegespaene
Licker of Old Wounds
TFS Monkey+
42964 points
108/M/Im Walde, Spazieren, Connectic
Join Date: Jan 2008 | x_Laura_x said:
Cher département des records,
Je voudrais demander une transcription officielle pour un élève. Il a signé une forme de libération des records. Je voudrais savoir le prix d'une transcription officielle et où je dois envoyer la forme, par e-mail ou télécopie? Si vous pourriez let me know - I had trouble translating this, maybe Saegespaene can help?!, je l'apprécierais. Merci.
Veuillez agréer,
(Your name here)
It isn't perfect but it makes sense, I think.
Si vous pourriez m'informer de cela, je l'ápprécierais.
I still say they should have no problem with English!!!
Look at their Prime Minister's web-site:
link [www.spm.gov.cm]
This school doesn't have a similar Français/English selection on their web-page? C'est incroyable!
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drummerwannabe
Travel Junkie
Minister
11268 points
22/F/Near the river, Minnesota
Join Date: May 2006 | Saegespaene said:
According to what I have read, the languages of both English and French are 'official in this relatively new republic, so what is the hang-up? Just because a web-site is presented in the French language, that doesn't constitute any reason to assume that no one there will be able to understand, or find someone to understand, correspondence in English. 
I didn't mean to assume that they couldn't speak English. I just wanted to e-mail them in French, just in case.
I forgot to say that I will be e-mailing the letter in both English and French (in the same e-mail). I just thought it would be polite to write the letter in French.
It's awesome like a possum!!
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drummerwannabe
Travel Junkie
Minister
11268 points
22/F/Near the river, Minnesota
Join Date: May 2006 | Saegespaene said:
Si vous pourriez m'informer de cela, je l'ápprécierais.
I still say they should have no problem with English!!!
Look at their Prime Minister's web-site:
link [www.spm.gov.cm]
This school doesn't have a similar Français/English selection on their web-page? C'est incroyable!
If you would like to see there website.. click me
I don't really see an english section.
It's awesome like a possum!!
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Saegespaene
Licker of Old Wounds
TFS Monkey+
42964 points
108/M/Im Walde, Spazieren, Connectic
Join Date: Jan 2008 | drummerwannabe said:
If you would like to see there website.. click me
I don't really see an english section.
I looked at you 'link' -- a page on the utdallas.edu site, but when clicked on the link to visit the school site, I got
...this error message, indicating that the site (at best) is down, or... at worst, doesn't exist.
If I can't raise this site, how can you send them e-mail????
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WildFire
Debater
6497 points
Banned
34/M/S.H.I.E.L.D headquarters,
Join Date: Dec 2008 | Saegespaene said:
I looked at you 'link' -- a page on the utdallas.edu site, but when clicked on the link to visit the school site, I got
...this error message, indicating that the site (at best) is down, or... at worst, doesn't exist.
If I can't raise this site, how can you send them e-mail????
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karljkampovsky
Über-Minister
15175 points
Deleted
68/M/undisclosed location,
Join Date: Jan 2009 | Saegespaene said:
According to what I have read, the languages of both English and French are 'official in this relatively new republic, so what is the hang-up? Just because a web-site is presented in the French language, that doesn't constitute any reason to assume that no one there will be able to understand, or find someone to understand, correspondence in English.
As much as I hate to admit it Saggypanties is right! If you really want a translation find a Quebecois tfs subscriber! There are a few!
La petite Sue is one! But she is not on line now!
"Something lingering,with boiling oil in it ,I fancy." W.S.Gilbert | | | | Edited: April 04, 2009 @ 16:49 | |
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MirLou
Über-Minister+
17575 points
43/F/Cork, Ireland
Join Date: Mar 2009 | drummerwannabe said:
Ok. So I work for a college and I need to request a transcript from Cameroon, Africa. The website for the school is in French, so I need to write an e-mail to them. I have tried using the translating websites and using Microsoft translation, but they all come back with a different translation, some of them quite weird.
I'm hoping that someone who can speak/write French can help me. Below is the e-mail I would like to send. I know that there are some words that won't translate to French, but if I could just have someone get the general translation, I would appreciate it.
Here is what I want to say:
Dear Records Department,
I would like to request an official transcript for a student of yours. They have signed a release of records form. I would like to know how much official transcripts cost and where to send the form to, either by mail or fax? If you could let me know, I would appreciate it.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
_____________________________________________________________________
Would love to help you, but am afraid my French isn't good enough for that.
Hope you can manage to get it ok.
Good luck.
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Apr 04, 2009 @ 15:34:50
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