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change foot and inch mark characters

French translation: convertir les symboles pour les pieds et les pouces


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English term or phrase:change foot and inch mark characters
French translation:convertir les symboles pour les pieds et les pouces
Entered by: Hacene
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16:20 May 25, 2004
English to French translations [PRO]
Computers (general)
English term or phrase: change foot and inch mark characters
Check Convert Quotes to automatically change foot and inch mark characters in your text to typesetters’ curly quotes as you import the text.
Muriel
Local time: 13:19
changer les symboles pour les pieds et les pouces
Explanation:
tout simplement
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Hacene
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:19
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4 +2changer les symboles pour les pieds et les pouces
Hacene


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
changer les symboles pour les pieds et les pouces


Explanation:
tout simplement

Hacene
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:19
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 31
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sophieanne: Je dirais "convertir", plutôt que changer...
42 mins
  -> très bonne suggestion.

agree  François Rossi: oui à convertir
1 hr
  -> merci François

neutral  CGagnon: Et ça veut dire quoi "convertir les symboles". Y a-t-il des "symboles" pour exprimer les pieds et les pouces? Parle-t-on des signes typographiques ' (pied) et " (pouce)?
3 hrs
  -> yes there are. ' and " (feet and inches) into the French quotation marks
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