Any fluent French speakers

[steveindenmark]

I am using Bing translate to translate:

Arrive as strangers
Leave as friends

It is coming out as:

Arriver comme des étrangers
Partier comme des amis

If we have any fluent french speakers in here. Is it accurate?

Steve

 

[steveindenmark]

Mort, can you have another look at it please. It is for a sign.

Arriver comme des étrangers
Partier comme des amis


Steve

 

[Sara_H]

Ou est la gambon

Assez et boy Madame, silly boy plais

This is the only French I know. Hope this helps.

 

[stephec]

This bloke might be able to help you.

 

[Brandane]

Mort, can you have another look at it please. It is for a sign.

Arriver comme des étrangers
Partier comme des amis


Steve

No "e" in partir.

 

[Markymark]

Mange tout

 

[jefmcg]

Google translate is usually better than bing, but it makes a hash of this one

Arrivée comme des étrangers
Donner comme des amis

Donner means give.

Have you tried putting your French version in and translating it back? That is usually a good test.

Ah yes, the famous hydraulic ram <=> water sheep

 

[Profpointy]

how about the motto of the French Navy...

"a l'eau, c'est l'heure"

... I thank you

 

[Tin Pot]

In my experience it's worth looking for the relevant phrase in the other language rather than translating directly.

 

[Haitch]

@gavroche

 

[Fnaar]

Miss Goodbody is often heard exclaiming "J'arrive! Oh, J'arrive!"

 

[stephec]

Miss Goodbody is often heard exclaiming "J'arrive! Oh, J'arrive!"

Who told you that?

 

[Globalti]

[QUOTE 3797656, member: 259"]it would be:

Arriver comme des étrangers, partir comme des amis (not Partier!)

But my French colleague has also just suggested:

Arriver tels des étrangers, repartir tels des amis[/QUOTE]

This sounds like the best traslation if the French don't have an equivalent saying. "Arriver comme...." would mean "in the manner of" so "tels" is more idiomatic.

 

[andyfraser]

Le singe est dans la chambre.

 

[swee'pea99]

Google translate is usually better than bing, but it makes a hash of this one

Donner means give.



Ah yes, the famous hydraulic ram <=> water sheep

Or the famous translation of the Burns night ode to the haggis into German and back again, with

"Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, great chieftain o' the puddin-race!' coming back as: "Mighty Führer of the sausage people!"