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As part of our work, we often use the translation site Linguee whose motto is: the Web as a dictionary. This multilingual site indeed gives access to millions of web texts translated by other people, often by professionals as in the case of official publication translations. Simply enter a phrase to get several translations of it in context, with the sentence that contains it appearing both in the source language as well as in the translation.

http://www.linguee.fr/

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The multilingual translation dictionary Interglot can translate a lot more than one word at a time! Enter your text in the space provided for this purpose and click the “search” button. You’ll get the translation of each word of your text with all their possible meanings, so you can improve, if need be, the overall machine translations from Google and Microsoft that appear at the bottom of the page.

http://www.interglot.com/

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In the past and as recently as our last post, we have included links to pages of the site Lyrics Translate so that you may know and appreciate the meaning of the lyrics of songs appearing on this blog. Today we present this multilingual website, which, as its name suggests, aims to provide translations of songs, and in 63 different languages. You can become a translator yourself, request the translation of a specific song ors earch for songs by title, artist or language.

http://lyricstranslate.com/

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In the post published on BonFrançais blog yesterday, we alluded to the famous song “La Bohème“  by Charles Aznavour who describes with poignant nostalgia the youth of a man and his aspirations to become a painter. Here is a video from YouTube showing views of Montmartre, which serves as the backdrop for the song. The lyrics, of such breathtaking beauty, appear on the image and are also available below the video.

The following link takes you to a translation of lyrics in English:

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/La-boheme-La-boheme.html

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To enrich your French Easter vocabulary, Quia offers a collection of fun activities: eighteen flashcards available in Java and HTML, a matching game, a concentration game where you must match each card to its translation, and finally a word search where you have to find all of the words listed in the grid. Requires Internet Explorer.

http://www.quia.com/jg/626670.html

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The Quizlet website offers a list of 21 French vocabulary words associated with Easter and which can be printed as flashcards. The page also includes four different types of activities to help you memorize these new words: apprendre (learning), tester (testing), dispersion, and course dans l’espace (race in space).

http://quizlet.com/856796/paques-flash-cards/

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The excellent site FrançaisFacile offers as exercise a postcard that contains 17 spelling and grammar mistakes for you to correct. You have to type the right answers in the boxes located below the text and to click on a link at the bottom of the page to obtain the automatic correction. For your convenience, French special characters are also included on the page. http://www.francaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-francais-2/exercice-francais-7451.php

Good luck!

A collection of more than 20 Easter e-cards is offered at ChezMaya, some are in English. Many include animations and sound files such as the laughter of a baby, and several have a religious theme. A slide show entitled “Un chemin de croix” (The Way of the Cross) is also available with the music of the Ave Maria by Schubert.

http://www.chezmaya.com/easter/cv.htm

Happy Easter !

Founded in 1608, Quebec is the cradle of New France as well as the oldest city in North America. It is also the only walled city of this continent and the national capital of the province of Quebec. Its historic center, le Vieux-Québec, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1985. The following link will allow you to get acquainted with this bastion of La Francophonie:

http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/ap/accueil_ville.php?id_ville=17

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Switzerland’s second largest city by population and United Nations European headquarters, Geneva is home to no fewer than 22 international organizations including the International Committee of the Red Cross and the World Health Organisation. The following link will allow you to explore this city, which, with Zurich, offers the best quality of life in the world: http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/ap/accueil_ville.php?id_ville=34

Tomorrow: A French speaking city in North America