Greeting card and personal note translation wanted - French Language2024-03-29T06:07:26Zhttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/forum/topics/greeting-card-and-personal?commentId=3179028%3AComment%3A32494&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe picture on the card is a…tag:www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk,2011-06-07:3179028:Comment:325102011-06-07T13:07:02.549ZChttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/profile/C
The picture on the card is a cathedral, I assume the one in Abbeville where Mother and her friend lived. Not useful for Merovingian info! But here it is if you want to see it. Perhaps you could verify which cathedral it is.
The picture on the card is a cathedral, I assume the one in Abbeville where Mother and her friend lived. Not useful for Merovingian info! But here it is if you want to see it. Perhaps you could verify which cathedral it is. Some help about this card :
…tag:www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk,2011-06-07:3179028:Comment:324942011-06-07T07:50:28.967Zlaurishttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/profile/lauris
<p>Some help about this card :</p>
<p> </p>
<p>You correctly get the first sentence : "best wishes and sincere blessings". Although, I'm not sure about the translation of "souhaits" which means basically the same thing than "voeux".</p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Je fais toujours des fouilles mérovingiennes" : I am still doing merovingian excavations. The merovingians were a dynasty that the french territory (way before it was called France I guess) between the 6th and the 8th century. I assume your mother's…</p>
<p>Some help about this card :</p>
<p> </p>
<p>You correctly get the first sentence : "best wishes and sincere blessings". Although, I'm not sure about the translation of "souhaits" which means basically the same thing than "voeux".</p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Je fais toujours des fouilles mérovingiennes" : I am still doing merovingian excavations. The merovingians were a dynasty that the french territory (way before it was called France I guess) between the 6th and the 8th century. I assume your mother's friend works in archeology, and was digging up some merovingians artifacts.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I suppose Luours might refer to a town or a region. But I can't find it.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>"J'ai trouvé de très belles choses cet été" : I've found very beautiful things this summer.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I can look at the picture of the card right now, so there might be some information I am missing.</p>