...If it seemed like I was just being picky, that isn't the case. It's just really obvious that this person had no clue how to speak proper French. The word "récever," for example, does not, never has and never will exist. I'm not complaining about a misplaced comma or a misunderstood nuance. I'm complaining about freaking imaginary words. I think they meant "recevoir."



Hmm, then again, francophones either butcher the language or act really anal about it, so I guess I fall into the latter category. Sorry. As much as I appreciate the effort, I believe that all translations should be performed by someone at least remotely competent, and with a solid knowledge of the language that the text is being translated into. If it comforts you, though, I think the same about translations toward English and any other language. Not just French. ^_^

Edited, because this was posted while I was responding:



That would be me being anal, but despite this, some of her sentences really are awkward. Most of them are alright, and it's obvious that she speaks French, but some of them sound weird--I think what's causing that is all the Sims terms. They make her sentences sound bad sometimes. The sentence structure is the only issue, though. Her French is otherwise very good, so I don't doubt that she speaks it as a first language--I mean, very honestly, I'm pretty sure Sims terms would screw me over, too. I've just never tried.

Also, she uses French terms from France, so they might have seemed unnatural to me and biased my opinion. I am from Quebec, after all, so French from France will always seem weird and awkward to me.  :wink: Much in the way that (and this is one of the major issues that I had with the French on Around the Sims 2) I would never say "donation" in French. It should be "don." A "donation" is a legal term in French, and no one ever uses it in every day speak, so Sandy must have been pretty heavily influenced by English paysites to use it.

I love you.  

Seriously, thank you. That's exactly what I mean. It's great to want to translate something into another language, but you need a translator to do that. (Not even just someone who speaks the language, because that can give off results, too. Take Around the Sims 2, for example: from their translations, I can guess that they actually got someone who speaks French to write them, but not a professional translator, as their French sentences cling too closely to the English grammatical structure and sometimes sound awkward and unnatural. Sort of like some of my sentences in English, but the other way around. Hopefully not too many of them, though.) As for words, it's true that it can be okay to use a translator, if you don't have anything else. If, however, you own a dictionary (English/French, or whatever language), use it. Those online translators can give some pretty screwy results.

I'm not being fair, though. I don't think that the text on this site was translated online; it isn't that bad. I just think it was translated by someone with extremely basic knowledge of French, who should never have attempted to write anything that would later be read by francophones. 'Tis all.

*headdesk* Why, oh why must sites like that insist on using automatic translators to translate their text into languages that they don't speak?! Namely French?!?! Repeat after me, boys and girls: the Internet is not a qualified translator and should therefore not be trusted with language.
I'm almost tempted to offer them my services (translating services, get your mind out of the gutter!), if it'll spare anyone else their atrociously poor French.

Well, I tried creating eyes for the first time the other day, so if anyone has any suggestions on how to improve, let me know!  :wink:




I hadn't realised how many creators there were here either, though, before reading this thread. ^_^ (If that didn't make any sense, sorry... I swear it's more grammatically correct in French--and for those who haven't figured it out from my saying that, yes, French is my mother tongue.)

I'd rip off the best free CC creators in the community and sell their content on my paysite for 50$ apiece, ignoring the AA and all the hate e-mails I'd get. After all, my imaginary chilluns need feeding!

...And the illegally downloaded booty would cost three times as much. 8U7 71X3 1 707377Y M403 1T MY537F!!!11!one 5T0P S4Y1N6 1 570730 17 U M34N13 P1R4735.. (And if you don't understand most of that, you're normal, lol)

LOL, I always find that funny when paysites call them "donations." You bloody buy their content, you don't "donate" to their site and get a "gift" in return. A "donation" would imply that you're not getting anything.

Ha ha, I'd like to see a paysite owner assure us what he/she's doing is legal after reading that!  

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  I can't believe EA actually wrote that! I mean, come on, for the time it's been going on, you'd think they'd know about paysites... they make it sound like they had no clue.
This is awesome, though! Ha ha ha, there has to be something wrong in the world when the file-sharing pirates are the ones doing the right thing...  :wink: Down with paysites!

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