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We are going to the beach tomorrow where we are staying. Saw the police looking at all the tickets. And we want to make sure we don’t get the wrong ticket or pay too much.

Can anyone translate this sign for me.

What time are you want to go?

Do yo I mean

Google translate is a marvellous thing.

That’s all about the Thursday market isnt the info you need about parking tomorrow. So we need to look at a different sign to advise you for Monday.

The top price is hourly rate I believe, the last three are pretty easy to work out if you look at the times. They are for either morning or afternoon between those hours. The last one is for a full day.

You can't park there after 2pm on Thursday due to the evening market. Hourly tariff between those hours is 1e, whole morning is 2e , whole afternoon is 3e , whole day is 5e.

If you want to stay all day between 9am - 7pm it will cost you 5 euro.

Staying between 9-12 will cost 2 euro, between 2pm-7pm 3 euro, the hourly rate between 9-12 and 2-7 is 1 euro.

If I were you I'd just pay the 5 euro!

1 Euro per hour

2Euros for the morning

3 Euros for the afternoon

5 Euros for all day

Thursday there are evening markets, so no parking after 2pm,

Ahhhh thanks guys. I couldn’t get google translate to work for some reason. We are going In The morning about ten

Forfait means flat rate which in addition to what pps have stated you may find helpful. It's a €50 fine for not pay the correct charge.

Saint Georges de Didonne is lovely.

Put in €5. It's the flat rate for the day. 9am to 7pm.
It's €2 for a morning or an afternoòn, €1 for an hour between 9-12/2-7.

It's free between 12pm and 2pm. So if you are arriving at 10am you could stay until 2pm and only pay 2€. It's then 1€/hour after that. So if you want to stay until 3pm it'll be 3€, until 4pm it's €4, and until any time after 4pm it's 5€.

Thanks. It really helps. It does look lovely. Can’t wait to spend the day there.

On Thursdays, after 2pm you are only permitted to park on the side of the road furthest from the sea .

If you do park there, the charges are as pp said

"Forfait" doesn't mean "flat rate" - it means the same as it does in English - forfeit, or fine. In other words, the fine for not paying for your parking is 50 euros.

You're wrong wintersjh. In this context it's a flat rate for parking in the time slots set out and a flat rate for parking without the correct ticket purchased.

Forfait doesn't mean fine, or forfeit. As several PPs said, it's a flat rate, used in various contexts. Nothing to do with getting fined.

"Forfait" means "fee" and it is used in both contexts (both on this sign and in general):

• fee for whole morning/afternoon/day
• fee (fine) for parking without a ticket

I think that just complicates things tbh because the word for fee = frais. Flat rate makes more sense here because it's a set charge for the periods set out which are mainly greater than an hour. It's a flat rate fine for not paying for the correct ticket as set out in the red box.

Well I think as in every case with translation it depends on the context. I would translate "forfait" as "fee" or "rate" when it's for the am/pm/day and as "fine" when it's for parking without a ticket, but this is why translation is a subjective art rather than an objective science. And I think the OP got the info she needed. So I'm going to do my best to resist the urge to argue further

If I can help, I live in France and I'm a native speaker.

Forfait post stationnement " means that you'll be charged 50€ If you failed to présent a valid ticket behind the windscreen. It's a fixed penalty notice
Many towns in France have recently décided to charge the parkings areas with such amounts . But I really don't known if the french authorities will send u a fixed penalty notice to the uk.

Forfait in french often means a fixed amount i.e "le forfait de ski" (ski pass) or :"forfait illimité "(unlimited calls)" for a mobile contract.
You'd better pay 3or5€ depending your stay and enjoy the beach and the Sea !

"forfait illimité" is an unlimited plan (in the context of mobile phone contracts)

We paid the five euros in the end. And I was pleased we didn’t get a ticket. Thanks for all your help with this