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   Allodoxaphobia to Liz Tuddenham   
   Re: Francophones   
   21 Dec 24 22:32:35   
   
   From: trepidation@example.net   
      
   On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:06:36 +0000, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   > Cursitor Doom  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:32:14 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
   >> (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >Cursitor Doom  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> Do we have any French speakers on the Panel? I have a radio that's   
   >> >> badly in need of realignment and the only instructions I can find are   
   >> >> a set in French. I can't use Google translate because they've used too   
   >> >> many abbreviations in the text and they won't parse any sense.   
   >> >   
   >> >I'm not a particularly fluent French speaker, but I could probably sort   
   >> >out some technical instructions in French   If you want to send them to   
   >> >me, I'll have a go (you should be able to work out my e-mail address).   
   >>   
   >> Many thanks indeed for your kind offer. I suspect it will probably   
   >> require a native French speaker to decypher, but who knows?  :-)   
   >   
   > The French tend to prioritise flowery language over clarity.   
      
    :-)  University professors everywhere.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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