+CnJnA Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Can anyone tell me if theres a thread for contacting cachers in another country if I need to email someone in their native language re: a stationary TB or regarding a cache? or would I be better off just going to their country page and hoping someone can help there? Thanks x Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Can anyone tell me if theres a thread for contacting cachers in another country if I need to email someone in their native language re: a stationary TB or regarding a cache? or would I be better off just going to their country page and hoping someone can help there? Thanks x Easier and funnier to try to work it out yourself using Imtranslator or Google translate. People usually get the gist of what you're trying to ask, although apparently I've signed off on the Scandinavian forum by saying 'thank yourself on the forehand' Pharisee has his own personal German / Austrian interpretor who has helped me in the distant past. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 If you are looking for someone to translate German Caches then I can help, and if you are coming to Stuttgart I would also like to take you around the city and help with Caches here. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I send reminder emails about TB by using either Babelfish or Promt. I think it helps if you keep your sentences very short and simple. I generally put "Please put my TB into a box soon. Thank you." Then I add the link to the TB page. I think that's enough to get the necessary message across and (hopefully) the on-line translator can't mangle it too much! MrsB Quote Link to comment
+Delta68 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We have contacted German, Dutch, Belgian and French cachers on numerous occasions What I normally do is send an email in English but say 'Hello' and 'Thanks' etc in their native language as it's really appreciated Make sure your English is accurate though and they can then do their own translation We've received emails in other languages as well and it's not a problem.... Mark Quote Link to comment
+Just Roger Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I send reminder emails about TB by using either Babelfish or Promt. MrsB Be carefulwith these. I used one of them to translate a foreigh cache page - can't remember , bit it could well have been German - and ended up reading about " a ticket for a turberculous dog" I suspect a better translation would have been "a TB Dog Tag" Quote Link to comment
+somloci Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) If you are looking for someone to translate German Caches then I can help, and if you are coming to Stuttgart I would also like to take you around the city and help with Caches here. I can help with Hungarian translation and happy to take you out for a pint or coffee in Budapest. Edited December 17, 2010 by somloci Quote Link to comment
+currykev Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 If you are looking for someone to translate German Caches then I can help, and if you are coming to Stuttgart I would also like to take you around the city and help with Caches here. That's one small fish in a giant haystack my friend. or.... Das ist ein kleiner Fisch in einem riesigen Heuhaufen mein Freund. or in ??? Sa a se yon ti pwason nan yon haystack jeyan zanmi m 'yo. Quote Link to comment
+CnJnA Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 Right! Thanks for all the help, now wheres my passport???? Quote Link to comment
+FantasyRaider Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 or in ??? Sa a se yon ti pwason nan yon haystack jeyan zanmi m 'yo. HAITI? Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 or in ??? Sa a se yon ti pwason nan yon haystack jeyan zanmi m 'yo. HAITI? Haitian Creole to be exact. I recognised it immediately........ Quote Link to comment
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