French Final Help Translation needed.
 

Hi its the french Dummy again.

I was hoping a french person, could help me translate this in future proche. Thanks


When I finish my test, I will be going home to Tulsa. This Christmas break I will be working. I hope to make lots of money. I will visit my family, and visit my friends. I hope to have a good Christmas, and receive lots of gifts. I plan to give lots of gifts.

Lorsque j'aurai fini mon test, je vais rentrer à la maison, à Tulsa. Cet année, durant les vacances de Noel, je vais travailler. J'espère faire beaucoup d'argent. Ensuite, je vais visiter ma famille et mes amis. J'espère passer un joyeux Noel et recevoir beaucoup de cadeaux. Je prévois donner beaucoup de cadeaux.

Quand je finis mon essai, j'irai à la maison à Tulsa. Cette coupure de Noël que je travaillerai. J'espère faire des sorts de l'argent. Je rendrai visite à ma famille, et rends visite à mes amis. J'espère avoir bon Noël, et reçois un bon nombre de cadeaux. Je projette donner un bon nombre de cadeaux.

Not to be accusing, but that looks suspiciously like a babelfish translation. I'm don't have time to check right now, but it doesn't sound right, althought it could be due to my limited knowledge of French.

Babelfish can do words, not essays.

I don't know if this sentence translates quite like this. This sentence is a literal translation of "I hope to make lots of money," and a French speaker may interpret this as to literally create the money. I would use, "J'espère gagner beaucoup d'argent" or "J'espère obtenir beaucoup d'argent." Again, I am NOT a native French speaker so I may be wrong.

wow and I took 4 years of french in highschool back in the day and I thought I could help... I need to get back in the books.. what they've posted allready is outta my league... I can communicate simple french phrases and things :p

gotta get used to everyone on this board being college students and better...

yeah I'm still a newb :rolleyes:

Agreed... "earn" (i.e gagner) a lot of money would be a better choice. Also, "beaucoup de cadeaux" is better than "un bon nombre" (obviously, "a good number").

Great question, though... nice to make use of french in everyday ways.

One other thought, and it's probably too late, but the second translation in this thread is done with futur simple, not futur proche... the futur proche is formed by conjugating the verb aller, and adding the infinitive of the verb after.

e.g. I will eat an apple. = Je vais manger une pomme.

It's a simpler (read: less complicated) way to speak of something in the future that is likely to happen, even though it's used less frequently in French (to my knowledge).

It is used for things like "I am going to the toilet." Something that is going to happen in a few hours tops. "That's going to explode..."