french translation

staredad

anyone know how to translate the following into french for an essay i have to do for 2moro?

1. I should have done my homework
2. it's ridiculous
3. I am a dead man

cheers,

K4t

2. Ces't ridicule
3. Je suis un homme mort

*3 May be wrong*

Johnny Giles

Use babelfish.

yellowbutterfly

I sould have done my homework = Je devrais faire mon devoir???

eVeNtInE

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blubloblu

J'aurais du faire mes devoirs
C'est ridicule
Je vais me faire tuer.

DancingQueen:)

I'm going to say

1. Je devrais avoir fait mes devoirs

and agree with everyone else on the other 2.

AfterDusk

Rookie mistake using Google Translator. You should never use it because it 'literally' translates what you've typed, like a dictionary. For example, if you type in 'My name is....', you get 'Mon nom est....'. Use your book/notes.

eVeNtInE

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AfterDusk

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Put your name after it and you'll get a different result.

But overall, my advice is to avoid it. I mean there are loads of expressions in both French and English which, if translated literally (as Google does), mean nothing in the other language. An example of this is: 'Chanter comme un pied' (in English, literally meaning 'sing like a foot') means to sing really badly.

Another common one that confuses French tourists here and in the UK, is 'Cul de Sac'. Literally it means 'bottom of the bag', but they don't use this expression in France and to them it means nothing really. Like I said, for these exercises, just use your notes and you book.