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Thread #19615   Message #200834
Posted By: simon-pierre
24-Mar-00 - 03:12 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Jambalaya (Hank Williams)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jambalaya
Hmmm... If we're talking about the song of Hank Williams, I guess I could translate it. Please never trust the universal translator, it's pityful. There still are many words in english, and the french is horrible, especially concerning verbs. Give me a little time.

I should say that, at the first look, I don't know what means those words:

- fillet gumbo (if you wanna laugh, the translator gives «gumbo de fichier» wich means «file gumbo»...)

- my machez a mio

- fill fruit jar (alchool?)

- Son of a gun («fils d'un pistolet» is a first level translation that I would never sing - that doesn't make sense).

The rest is coming

SP