Comments on: Can I take a builder to court in France http://www.twiku.com/2007/05/02/can-i-take-a-builder-to-court-in-france/ From a day, to a lifetime - A personal view from a Mediterranean village in France Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ScarlettMcQueen http://www.twiku.com/2007/05/02/can-i-take-a-builder-to-court-in-france/#comment-1001 ScarlettMcQueen Wed, 28 May 2008 15:32:18 +0000 http://twiku.com/2007/05/02/can-i-take-a-builder-to-court-in-france/#comment-1001 "It will have to be sent via royal mail international recorded mail as the house is our second home, writing it in French isn’t a problem as we have a translation package." Try taking just any text in French and putting it through your translation package to translate into English; examine the results and consider how effective it is. You will make a laughing stock of yourself if you try to machine translate English into French, particularly if you're trying to make a credible case for legal action. Bite the bullet and pay for a decent translator. It will save you time and effort in the long run. A good specialised French property translator should know the system and will be able to advise you. “It will have to be sent via royal mail international recorded mail as the house is our second home, writing it in French isn’t a problem as we have a translation package.”

Try taking just any text in French and putting it through your translation package to translate into English; examine the results and consider how effective it is. You will make a laughing stock of yourself if you try to machine translate English into French, particularly if you’re trying to make a credible case for legal action. Bite the bullet and pay for a decent translator. It will save you time and effort in the long run. A good specialised French property translator should know the system and will be able to advise you.

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