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accurate French translation needed
My wife has a real problem with caffeine, causes her major heart problems. We are aware of what contains caffeine and can manage this in the UK quite easily. She doesn't travel far but when we go to France the language barrier can be a slight issue. I can get through okay but could really do with someone's help so I can type the following out in French and laminate a card to say......
"I am caffeine intollerant. I can only drink de-caffeinated coffee, Please do not supply coffee with caffeine as this will make me very ill. Thankyou".
Can anyone assist please?
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My wife has a real problem with caffeine, causes her major heart problems. We are aware of what contains caffeine and can manage this in the UK quite easily. She doesn't travel far but when we go to France the language barrier can be a slight issue. I can get through okay but could really do with someone's help so I can type the following out in French and laminate a card to say......
"I am caffeine intollerant. I can only drink de-caffeinated coffee, Please do not supply coffee with caffeine as this will make me very ill. Thankyou".
Can anyone assist please?
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Hmmm Babelfish didn't do that good a job, I'm afraid, so here's my attempt Je ne supporte pas du tout la caffeine. Je ne bois que du café décaféiné. Je vous remercie de ne pas me donner du café avec caffeine, car il me rendra très malade.
Merci bien.
Would be good for your printed card, and for asking in a bar, the words you want are:
- Un déca, s'il vous plait. - a small decaf expresso like coffee.
- Un grand déca crème, s'il vous plait. - a large decaf served with cold milk/cream.
- Un grand déca au lait, s'il vous plait. - a large decaf made with hot milk/cream.
- Vous, n'avez pas de déca? Puit j'avoir une tasse d'eau chaud, j'ai mon propre sachet - You don't have decaf? Can I have a cup of hot water, I've got my own sachet (of decaf).
Hope that helps. Decaf seems to be widely available in bars/cafés/restaurants in France as many people will say that they wouldn't dare touch anything caffeinated after lunch as it keeps them awake. You can also buy it in all the supermarkets too, and you can buy the above mentioned sachets of instant, which will make you a cup.
I have in the past asked for hot water to make my own cup of tea (they didn't have any) and they were very happy and gave me milk, sugar and a little biscuit too, all for free.
Bon courage.
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I have wondered about the babbling fish.
Would it work i.e. would it be understood?
"Je suis caféine intollerant. Je peux seulement boire du café décaféiné, svp ne fournis pas le café la caféine car ceci me rendra très malade. Merci"
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Hi all,
Im not to good at French, but could you say......"Je suis allergique aux cafeine"
which roughly means that "im allergic to caffine"
or......"Je dois eviter les plats contenant cafeine" and that i think might say "I mustn't eat food containing caffine. feel free to change eat to drink in the sentence, i hope this helps you.
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Well Babelfish's would probably be understood, but "intolerant" is more as in lacking tolerance, rather than the usage you're looking for.
Now where do I live again?
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Don't use "fashionable" or contracted English words. The rest of the world does not understand them. Keep it in plain and simple English and it will do a reasonable job.
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