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From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair
Subject: Re: Francophones
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:06:36 +0000
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Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:32:14 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
> (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
> 
> >Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Do we have any French speakers on the Panel? I have a radio that's
> >> badly in need of realignment and the only instructions I can find are
> >> a set in French. I can't use Google translate because they've used too
> >> many abbreviations in the text and they won't parse any sense.
> >
> >I'm not a particularly fluent French speaker, but I could probably sort
> >out some technical instructions in French   If you want to send them to
> >me, I'll have a go (you should be able to work out my e-mail address).
> 
> Many thanks indeed for your kind offer. I suspect it will probably
> require a native French speaker to decypher, but who knows?  :-)

The French tend to prioritise flowery language over clarity.


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