Jan 9, 2010 10:28
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We are working on a project where a character is visiting many different countries in the world. We're introducing the countries with a short line of copy starting with an official greeting of the country - i.e. for France, he'll say "Bonjour I'm in France..."
We are trying to find a generic greeting for France, Republic of Congo, Seychelles / Mauritius, Switzerland, Caribbean – St Lucia & Brussels that is authentic but this seems to be quite open to debate. So we would like the below greeting we've found confirmed accurate or if there is a better suggestions.
France = Bonjour
Republic of Congo = Bonjour
Seychelles / Mauritius = Bonzour
Switzerland = Ciao, bonjour, gutentag
Caribbean – St Lucia = Iree
Brussels = Goeiedag
Madagascar = Salama
Thank you
We are trying to find a generic greeting for France, Republic of Congo, Seychelles / Mauritius, Switzerland, Caribbean – St Lucia & Brussels that is authentic but this seems to be quite open to debate. So we would like the below greeting we've found confirmed accurate or if there is a better suggestions.
France = Bonjour
Republic of Congo = Bonjour
Seychelles / Mauritius = Bonzour
Switzerland = Ciao, bonjour, gutentag
Caribbean – St Lucia = Iree
Brussels = Goeiedag
Madagascar = Salama
Thank you
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Jan 9, 2010 10:59: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French"
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Bénédicte Decharneux
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French
Rigueur et perséverance
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Italian to French, French, and 1 more.
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Bonjour
Bonjour is enough I guess. In a country where you have more than 1 official language , it could be misunderstood if you say "Bonjour à tous les francophones". it sounds like you exclude the others.
In your list, all the examples are countries except Brussels. Brussels is the capital of a country that counts 60 % of dutch speakers for 40 % of french speakers. But in Brussels live more or less 90% french speakers for 10% dutch . So it's up to you but the best would be to say "Bonjour" and "Goeiedag".
Sorry for being long but you can't ignore this particularity of this city.
In your list, all the examples are countries except Brussels. Brussels is the capital of a country that counts 60 % of dutch speakers for 40 % of french speakers. But in Brussels live more or less 90% french speakers for 10% dutch . So it's up to you but the best would be to say "Bonjour" and "Goeiedag".
Sorry for being long but you can't ignore this particularity of this city.
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Patrick (pbtraductions)
: Bonjour! me paraît en effet plus que suffisant.
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Laurence BREYSSE-ROSENFELD
France
France
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French
Specializes in field
France
L’expression juste de la pensée !
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, German to French
Bonjour à tous les francophones !
Je propose cette phrase comme introduction pour tous les pays où l'on parle français, même si d'autres langues sont employés comme en Suisse ou certains pays d'Afrique, par exemple.
Ce n'est qu'une simple et première idée...
Laurence
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Merci pour votre approbation !
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Merci !
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Je pense qu'en ajoutant "à tous les francophones", le message est plus clair et aussi un peu "chaleureux", dirons-nous, que de dire simplement Bonjour.
Ce n'est que mon avis... et je le partage !
Je plaisante,
Laurence
Ce n'est qu'une simple et première idée...
Laurence
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-01-09 14:30:17 GMT)
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Merci pour votre approbation !
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-01-09 14:30:34 GMT)
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Merci !
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Note added at 5 hrs (2010-01-09 15:40:51 GMT)
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Je pense qu'en ajoutant "à tous les francophones", le message est plus clair et aussi un peu "chaleureux", dirons-nous, que de dire simplement Bonjour.
Ce n'est que mon avis... et je le partage !
Je plaisante,
Laurence
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Beba Maranz
: Oui, Bonjour à tous les francophones (ainsi qu'à ceux qui ne le sont pas)
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Merci !
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Jean-Christophe Vieillard
: Si je dis "Bonjour !" tous les francophones comprennent que je m'adresse à eux !
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Merci !
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Angie Garbarino
: oui!
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Merci !
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Boris Tsikel (X)
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Merci !
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Beila Goldberg
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Merci, Beila.
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Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Canada
Native in French
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French
Canada
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Native in: French
Works in: French to English, English to French, French, and 1 more.
Bonjour les ami(e)s ...
Bonzour?
En passant, "Bonjour les ami(e)s" c'est le titre de mon info-lettre.
Many receive my newsletter whose name is "Bonjour les ami(e)s" and they're not even francophones.
En passant, "Bonjour les ami(e)s" c'est le titre de mon info-lettre.
Many receive my newsletter whose name is "Bonjour les ami(e)s" and they're not even francophones.
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