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[Shut Up Legs]

I may have mentioned I work for a French multinational company, and that I've been doing French beginner lessons this year. Well, yesterday I completely ran out of work to do, but had trouble getting my manager (who's French) alone for a few minutes to discuss my next task. So I spent most of the day revising my French, and then left early, but not before sending my manager an email entirely in French. Text of email is below:

J’ai révisé mon français ce matin. Je ne pouvais pas trouver de travail d'ingénierie de systèmes. Je partir tôt aujourd'hui, si cela vous convient.
Excuses pour mon mauvais français! J'espère que tout était correct.
À demain,
--- Victor.

 

[Speicher]

Is "Veuillez excuser" better than "excuses pour" @Reynard?

The "vous convient" sounds odd as well. It needs the subjunctive, I think, err S'il vous conviennent?

 

[Reynard]

Aaaargh, this is not a good thing to torment my sleep deprived and football overloaded brain tonight...

It is, however, completely understandable.

 

[Speicher]

Yes, sorry @Shut Up Legs, it is completely understandable, which is the main thing, after all.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Yes, sorry @Shut Up Legs, it is completely understandable, which is the main thing, after all.

Both your suggestions make sense to me, though I'm hardly an expert. I could also have used tâche instead of travail.

 

[Reynard]

Linking the first two sentences with car or parce que would make it scan better, and it should be je vais partir.

Pourriez-vous s'il vous plaît excuser etc etc etc would also work better.

 

[Speicher]

My corrections above were done off the top of my head.

I have goggled it, and found
https://mymemory.translated.net/en/English/French/please-excuse-my-bad-french

Veuillez excuser is probably the formal version, like what I was tort many decades ago.

 

[Speicher]

It is time I wasn't here, time for and retiring to bed.

 

[Reynard]

Yeah, time for and then bath and bed.

 

[slowmotion]

Here's the ancient, recklessly cheap compound table after I took it to bits, gave it a bit of tender loving care, and put it back together again

. Who knows if it was worth the effort? Time will tell shortly.

I couldn't resist using Finish Line Wet lube on the leadscrew and sliding surfaces.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Sitting in the garden enjoying my Pork and Kentucky Bourbon sausages & mash, a bee flew towards the Coleman’s English mustard on the sausages probably wanting to pollinate it

Old #9!

 

[alicat]

I am going to have a difficult conversation with my French manager today. I will be here later today, but not necessarily displaying as much sang froid as normal.

 

[Katherine]

I am going to have a difficult conversation with my French manager today. I will be here later today, but not necessarily displaying as much sang froid as normal.

Good luck

 

[MikeG]

Here's the ancient, recklessly cheap compound table after I took it to bits, gave it a bit of tender loving care, and put it back together again View attachment 417593 . Who knows if it was worth the effort? Time will tell shortly.

I couldn't resist using Finish Line Wet lube on the leadscrew and sliding surfaces.

Is that from a pillar drill, or maybe a milling machine? I guess it could even have come from a morticer. I've got half of one, which is just ballast without the other half!

 

[raleighnut]

I have been adopted on a part-time basis, by next door's cat. She is very old, and likes to visit my garden, wander into the kitchen and ask for food. She eats the same brand of food as Bob and Kizzy, and my neighbours are happy for me to give her small amounts of food. She used to be very much a "stay at home" cat, but in this warmer weather she is outside a lot. She follows me around the garden, and sits near me when I am in my garden lounger.

Bob does not seem bothered, but Kizzy is more nervous about another cat being in the kitchen. As Tiger is very old, she is always wanting to be near people. She is a lovely dark brown/black stripey cat, who "talks" a lot.

We've been adopted by lots of cats, 2 of which live/lived with us permanently but now we get visits from one of next doors cats, Mao, next door but ones cat, Woody, and a big fluffy black and white Tom-cat who doesn't appear to have a home but walks around like he owns ours. Mind he wasn't around much last weekend but then he's come back and just slept and eaten for the past couple of days so I suspect he's been 'Tomcatting', he certainly looks very 'pleased' with himself.