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Nathalie Elson 
France
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Hello,
As a parent with kids in the village school, I teach English a couple of times a week to the children in my village (ages 7-8) and the teacher has asked me to help them prepare a father's day card for next Sunday. I thought it would be nice to make it a bit more international and have "Happy father's day" on the card written in various languages :
Bonne fête Papa
Happy father's day...
that's more or less as far as I can go, unfortunately
Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic would be firm favourites.
I have looked it up on the net, but found bizarre French translations, so couldn't really trust the languages I didn't understand!!! So I thought Proz would be my safest bet. If you could also give me an idea of how to pronounce the sentence, that would be great (vague enough, but they are bound to ask!).
Thanks in advance for your help!
Nath
[Edited at 2008-06-08 12:52]
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Nesrin
Local time: 14:37
English to Arabic
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كل عيد أب وأنت بخير
would be one way of putting it
(in Latin characters: Kullu eid abb wa anta bi-khayr)
[Edited at 2008-06-08 12:57]
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Ana Castorena
Local time: 09:37
English to Spanish
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¡Felíz día del padre!
[Edited at 2008-06-08 13:02]
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Angelica Kjellström
Sweden
Local time: 15:37
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German to Swedish
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| | Happy father's day | Jun 8, 2008 |
Swedish:
Grattis på farsdagen!
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Monika Rozwarzewska
Poland
Local time: 15:37
Member (2006)
English to Polish
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Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji dnia ojca!
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Heinrich Pesch
Local time: 16:37
Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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| | How many fathers do you have really? | Jun 8, 2008 |
If your father is from Finland, you can send him a postcard for the second sunday in November with "Hyvää Isänpäivää!". Don't miss out the dotted a's.
[Bearbeitet am 2008-06-08 14:33]
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P Forgas
Brazil
Local time: 10:37
Member (2006)
Portuguese to Spanish
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| | Brazilian Portuguese | Jun 8, 2008 |
Feliz dia dos pais!
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CristinaPereira
Local time: 14:37
Member (2005)
English to Portuguese
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| | European Portuguese | Jun 8, 2008 |
Feliz dia do pai!
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Jan Willem van Dormolen
Netherlands
Local time: 15:37
Member (2009)
English to Dutch
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Vrolijke vaderdag
or
Prettige vaderdag
or
Fijne vaderdag
are all possible (there's not really a standard version)
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texjax DDS PhD
Local time: 09:37
Member (2006)
English to Italian
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Buona festa del papà
PS. ...and Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband
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Rudeeporn
Local time: 20:37
English to Thai
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| | Sook-san-wan-por | Jun 8, 2008 |
สุขสันต์วันพ่อ
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Nathalie Elson
France
Local time: 15:37
Member (2006)
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER |
That's great!
The idea is for them to write "Happy father's day" in different colours in a spiral finishing with the language spoken by their respective father (hence my request for Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic).
As they regularly ask about other languages during our class, especially the children from a bilingual background, I thought they would enjoy the exercise. And they are going to love the different alphabets
Thanks again for your help,
Nath
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Rad Graban
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:37
English to Slovak
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Všetko najlepšie ku dňu otcov!
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Sundar Gopalakrishnan
India
Local time: 19:07
English to Tamil
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Tamil (India):
தந்தையர் தின நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்!
(Thanthaiyar Thina NalvaazhththukkaL!)
[Edited at 2008-06-08 17:05]
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 06:37
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English to German
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