Bonjour

I would love to learn French. My problem is I live in an English-speaking city (Vancouver) with no one to converse with in French. I am developing a web site that I hope Francophones can use. I have a welcome message in French that I painstakingly constructed. I wonder if someone can tell me if it sounds correct: Bienvenue à vie de Quartier Panneau d'Affichage!

Merci
Joelle

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Permalink Reply by Marc Vonhalmen on December 14, 2009 at 7:24pm

Uhh......... What exactly were you trying to say? Because what you wrote just makes no sense...

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Permalink Reply by keolo on December 17, 2009 at 8:43pm

Thanks Marc
Really? I'm worried now. Please see my longer reply below.

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Permalink Reply by Cedrick on December 14, 2009 at 9:02pm

I know what you're trying to say:

Soyez les bienvenus à notre réunion de quartier!

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Liu on December 15, 2009 at 1:16pm

Hi Cedrick,

Soyez les bienvenus à notre réunion de quartier!
Welcome to our neighborhood meeting !

Is the translation correct?

Cordialement
Stephen L

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Permalink Reply by Frank on December 15, 2009 at 6:11pm

Hi Stephen,

Your translation is correct, however I'm not convinced that it actually is what Keolo was trying to say.

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Permalink Reply by Cedrick on December 15, 2009 at 9:14pm

Bravo!

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Permalink Reply by keolo on December 17, 2009 at 8:42pm

Merci to Marc, Cedrick, Stephen and Frank for taking time to reply to my query. I wish I can reply in French but you would not understand a thing.

I did not put the English translation of what the sentence was because I wanted to see if it makes sense to you if you just read the French version.

What I meant to be translated was: "Welcome to your neighbourhood organizer". I had a friend look at it and she said it is correct - however although she was educated in Universite du Quebec a trois-Rivieres, she is not a Francophone. And I understand that a French sentence can have several different meanings depending on how you look at it.

In this case, is Cedrick's (Soyez les bienvenus à notre réunion de quartier!) translation more representative of the English equivalent?

Merci again