Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck
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Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck
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#2Interesting. If I wanted to translate my webpage in a bunch of languages, would you do that too?
Re: Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck
#3Interesting. If I wanted to translate my webpage in a bunch of languages, would you do that too?
If you gave us a webpage in one of our supported languages (currently only French and English, more soon) we would.
Re: Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck
#4bit pricey
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#5bit pricey
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Re: Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck
#6Just sent you an email guys, because when your motto is "Translations that don't suck." with the Eiffel tour in background, having such an awful French translation on your homepage is really not the best way to sell it imho.
The email, just in case you'd miss it:
Hello,
I'm French and a French teacher and I would like to warn you that the first part of your translation is good, but the end is totally awful, I can't find any other word, sorry.
I mean, if you're willing to charge $1 per translated word, you really cannot put this kind of translation as an example on your homepage...
I'm talking about the end of the sentence: "let's do it again" translated as "il faut recommencer".
If you say "il faut recommencer", it means "we have to do this again because it was bad". In French when you "recommence", it's because you've failed to do something properly, the exact opposite of what you're trying to say here.
A better translation would be "quand est-ce qu'on remet ça ?" or any kind of French idiom to convey the right meaning.
That's it, have a good one,
Re: Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck
#7Just sent you an email guys, because when your motto is "Translations that don't suck." with the Eiffel tour in background, having such an awful French translation on your homepage is really not the best way to sell it imho. The email, just in case you'd miss it: Hello, I'm French and a French teacher and I would like to warn you that the first part of your translation is good, but the end is totally awful, I can't f…
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Re: Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck
#8Just to clarify, pricing is as follows:
$10 - 50 words or less
$50 - 200 words or less
$100 - 400 words or less
Re: Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck
#9Just sent you an email guys, because when your motto is "Translations that don't suck." with the Eiffel tour in background, having such an awful French translation on your homepage is really not the best way to sell it imho. The email, just in case you'd miss it: Hello, I'm French and a French teacher and I would like to warn you that the first part of your translation is good, but the end is totally awful, I can't f…
French Canadian here. I wholeheartedly agree that "il faut recommencer" was a jarring error.
Re: Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck
#10Just sent you an email guys, because when your motto is "Translations that don't suck." with the Eiffel tour in background, having such an awful French translation on your homepage is really not the best way to sell it imho. The email, just in case you'd miss it: Hello, I'm French and a French teacher and I would like to warn you that the first part of your translation is good, but the end is totally awful, I can't f…
French Canadian here. I wholeheartedly agree that "il faut recommencer" was a jarring error.
French from France here. Thanks, I was starting to think it was okay for Canadians to translate it like that.