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A couple of questions on Canadian French
Thread poster: Raya Mansour
Raya Mansour
Raya Mansour  Identity Verified
Lebanon
Member (2009)
English to French
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Apr 27, 2013

Hello all,

I'd like to ask a couple of questions on Canadian French. I tried looking for the answers online but I couldn't find anything! Here are the questions:

- How do I write the time and date in Canadian French? For example how should I translate "10 AM, May 18, 2013" into Canadian French?
- Should I use capital letters for titles?
- What kind of "guillemets" should I use?

Thank you in advance! And if you happen to know a website that detai... See more
Hello all,

I'd like to ask a couple of questions on Canadian French. I tried looking for the answers online but I couldn't find anything! Here are the questions:

- How do I write the time and date in Canadian French? For example how should I translate "10 AM, May 18, 2013" into Canadian French?
- Should I use capital letters for titles?
- What kind of "guillemets" should I use?

Thank you in advance! And if you happen to know a website that details all these rules, I'd love to know about it

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Bernard Lieber
Bernard Lieber  Identity Verified
Local time: 07:13
English to French
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Site Apr 27, 2013

Hi Raya,

Try this link and Writing Tools: http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/ - guillemets are the same as in French (France), i.e chevrons with non-breaking spaces.

HTH,

Bernard

[Edited at 2013-04-27 21:14 GMT]
 
Annie Estéphan
Annie Estéphan  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 01:13
Member (2010)
English to French
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BDL Apr 30, 2013

Hi Raya,

Here is a link for the Banque de dépannage linguistique of the Office québécois de la langue française for all the rules.

http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ressources/bdl.html

Good luck!
 


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