canany one translate French?

About 30 years ago my doctor in England told me that he and his friend couldn’t work out why everyone fell about laughing when they asked for some jam with their morning toast. Possibly in Spain , can’t remember which country, they eventually found out that instead of the jam they wanted to spread on their toast, they were asking for a traffic jam.

Thanks to the little blue French dictionary, my mum once tried to buy an elastic orchestra to tie my hair back with!

Lucca

For language teachers....google translate came after the slavish use of a small dictionary by some students. I have two corkers to relate. (Question in French what do you do in your free time?)
“J’aime jouer aux intestines”

(What do you wear for footy training? Question in German)
“Ich trage mein Manchester United Schottenrock”

Prizes of an estimated A*. For those who work out what they meant and what went wrong.

My guess for the first of those: I like playing bowls (bowels)?

It's hard to make sense of an isolated expression .
But -
isn't he being asked if his profession is a businessman /salesman ?
Subtitles aren't always correct / accurate .

This reminds me of High School French class. A friend asked our teacher if she could translate this phrase...
Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous....

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No need for embarrassment Ellianne, we all have our hobbies..

ps sorry the link doesn't seem to work.

I follow the local newspaper from where we lived every day.
I like to read the comments on the articles to appreciate the language, eg the second one on this one
www.ladepeche.fr/2020/08/11/explosion-des-demandes-de-tests-pour-le-laboratoire-synlab-gascogne-9015205.ph
with which I agree 100%
Not an encouraging photo.

Hmm.

The wines from the area are nice too, silverlining.
I'm a bit embarrassed by the big red books up one end of my bookshelf!

Yes I only noticed the other books after I took the photo .......the novels are on the bottom shelf.
The Mosel is lovely certainly. Not far from the Rhein but less visited, certainly by the British, who if they go to Germany at all, seem to stick with the Rhein which is lovely too of course but there are so many other beautiful places to visit. Germans generally like the British and have always made us feel very welcome.

Interesting guide books * silverlining*. I love the Mosel.

Well I did it, tres bien.

I have a book The Franglais Lieutenants Woman by Miles Kington. My French is fairly basic which means I can read most of it and it makes me laugh. Over 40 classics in Franglais. Took a photo of it but not sure how I add it..but will try anyway.

Ellianne

Quoi?
Wie bitte?
I'm working on those Lucca!

My favourite was, "hier, j'ai à gauche la maison plus tôt."

At the end of a piece of writing about a holiday or something “Salopettes, j’ai beaucoup aimé mes vacances

Yes ellianne

Is Schottenrock a kilt?

Quoi?
Wie bitte?
I'm working on those Lucca!

My favourite was, "hier, j'ai à gauche la maison plus tôt."

For language teachers....google translate came after the slavish use of a small dictionary by some students. I have two corkers to relate. (Question in French what do you do in your free time?)
“J’aime jouer aux intestines”

(What do you wear for footy training? Question in German)
“Ich trage mein Manchester United Schottenrock”

Prizes of an estimated A*. For those who work out what they meant and what went wrong.

Ellianne

"êtes-vous couramment"
Google translation is incorrect, infoman.

The sub titles are often way off what is actually said in films too!

Thanks for an intriguing thread.

As I said....google translate is rubbbish!

As far as I remember mettre au jour was used for bring up to date.

Infoman, J'ai bien aimé ça aussi! Merci!

"êtes-vous couramment"
Google translation is incorrect, infoman.

The sub titles are often way off what is actually said in films too!

Thanks for an intriguing thread.