à Grece (sic)

English translation: in Greece

19:58 Jan 27, 2003

French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Linguistics / geography!

French term or phrase: à Grece (sic)

In this marriage certificate, which already seems to have one mistake (au province), it states that someone was born "à Grece". If it were Greece, it should be en Grèce. Does anyone know if there is a place called Grece in Congo?

Kajuco KudoZ activity Questions: 1041 (2 open) (15 without valid answers) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 15 United Kingdom
Local time: 23:13

English translation:in Greece

Explanation:
It seems that some people in Africa say: "à Grèce" instead of "en Grèce" This is incorrect, I think you should correct while translating.
Cf the link below with another example of the same mistake (in the second advert)
Good luck!

Selected response from:

Oceane
Local time: 23:13

Grading comment

Thanks. I can't get the link to work. But they are sometimes temperamental.

And thanks to write away for telling me about Greeks in Congo. In my ignorance, I thought Greece was unlikely.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +8

in Greece

Oceane

Grece

Shog Imas

Unless it's "Grasse" in southern France

Arthur Borges

Answers

6 mins confidence:

Unless it's "Grasse" in southern France

Explanation:
Without seeing the document, this is a wild guess but the difference between "en" et "au" is the same vowel shift as between "Grèce" and "Grasse".

As for the Congo, which one do you mean Congo Brazzaville; or the Congo that became Zaire before calling itself Congo again?

Arthur Borges
China
Local time: 06:13

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

in Greece

Oceane
Local time: 23:13
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks. I can't get the link to work. But they are sometimes temperamental.

And thanks to write away for telling me about Greeks in Congo. In my ignorance, I thought Greece was unlikely.

43 mins confidence:

Grece

Explanation:
Grece is the French transcription of Greece. I think they only missed the accent on the first "e".

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Note added at 2003-01-28 04:58:06 (GMT)
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Les fautes \"A\" Grece et \"au\" province se ressemblent bien, et si elles sont signees de la meme main, il n\'est pas difficile de se faire une conclusion speciale!

Shog Imas
Canada
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of:

English,

French

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