Any French speakers around for a translation of DD's first report card in Switzerland?

[MmeLindt]

They give the children a midterm report in the DCs school. I could translate it online but this way I get to show her off too.

As far as I understand it is good

DD se met gentiment au travail dans sa nouvelle classe, bravo!
En mathémathiques, les resultats sont bons.
En francais (non évalué elle s'efforce de comprende et de parler quelques mots.

dans la prise en charge de son travail personnel - très satisfaisante

dans ses realtions avec les autres enfants et les adults - satisfaisante

dans la collaboration avec ses camarades - satisfaisante

dans le respect des règles de vie commune - très satisfaisante

I imagine the bravo! is good!

lol, Belgo. There are a lot of bons, bravo and satisfaisante so I am hopeful

Ummmm, only got O level French about 50 years ago, but surely sentence 2 says:

In mathematics, the results are good. ?

And the second to last sentence is

in collaboration with her friends - satisfactory.

Relationships with the other children and adults is satisfactory too!

Am shockingly rusty, so some of this is a bit literal, but here goes for you.

DD se met gentiment au travail dans sa nouvelle classe, bravo!

DD has started work well in her new class - well done!

En mathémathiques, les resultats sont bons.
In Maths, the results are good/

En francais (non évalué elle s'efforce de comprende et de parler quelques mots.
In French (not evaluated) she is trying to understand and to speak several words.

dans la prise en charge de son travail personnel - très satisfaisante
In taking charge of her own work - very satisfactory

dans ses realtions avec les autres enfants et les adults - satisfaisante
In her relationship with other children and adults - satisfactory

dans la collaboration avec ses camarades - satisfaisante
In working with her classmates - satisfactory

dans le respect des règles de vie commune - très satisfaisante
In respecting the rules of communcal life (Assume they mean the school!) = very satisfactory

Sounds like a glowing report for a little girl that is just starting to learn the language

I put it into freetranslation.com and here you go:

DD puts itself kindly to the work in his new class, cheer! In mathémathiques, the resultats are good. In francais (not evaluated she strives of understand and to speak some words.

in the taken one in charge of his personal work - very satisfactory

in its realtions with the other children and the adults - satisfactory

in the collaboration with its friends - satisfactory

in the respect of the rules of common life - very satisfactory

You can see why it's free, can't you?

With help from online translator:

DD puts itself kindly to the work in her new class, cheer!

In maths, the results are good.

In french (not evaluated) she strives to understand and to speak some words

in taking charge/responsiibility of own personal work - very satisfactory

in relations with the other children and the adults - satisfactory

in working with her friends - satisfactory

in the respect of the rules of common life - very satisfactory

cheer!

Thanks, for the translations.

I am so proud of her, it is most difficult for her and she is doing so well

DD has set about her work in her new class well - well done!

In maths, her results are good.

In French (unevaluated) she is trying to understand and to speak some words.

In taking charge of her own work - very satisfactory.

In her relationships with other children and adults - satisfactory

In working with her classmates - satisfactory.

In her respect for the school rules - very satisfactory.

Not exactly sure what she means by the first sentence, I would translate as

DD is gradually starting to work in her new class, well done!

In maths, her results are good.
In French (not examined) she tries to understand and speak a few words.

In terms of taking care of her own work - very good

In terms of her relationships with other children and adults - good

In terms of collaboration with her classmates - good

In the respect of rules - very good.

There you go - I was so slow you got loads better while I was typing (one-handed, as ds is bf)

I hope you do not mind if I add, as somebody that went through the Swiss school system, that the overall tone is very good as well, and she is obviously doing well. I would read from it that her teacher is obviously impressed.

You must be very proud!

I joined the swiss schools system when I was 10, from english speaking into french speaking and went through this and I loved it.

Thank you all.

Spamm
Thanks for your comment, that does me good. It is very hard for her at the moment and I do feel guilty for moving her away from her friends.

I am very happy with the school so far, they are so much more involved than the German school she was at. The teacher said to me that she was quite advanced, so once she understands French she will be fine. It is a bit frustrating for her, she would love to be able to read and she is not learning fast enough. I have the feeling that she is teaching herself to read.

How long did it take you to learn French?

I know this sounds a bit crazy, but I was quite fluent in French within about 6-8 weeks of starting school. Same for my brother, who was 7 at the time.

I think because it was total immersion from day 1, there was no choice. They sat me next to a boy who spoke english, but he was too embarrassed and never spoke to me. And I remember walking home from school crying several times, because my dictee was so bad and I was getting teased.

We started in February and by the end of the school year we were doing well. By the following year, I was top of my class, and the only one who went to College from the whole class. I think it was also sheer determination, because I was getting teased. Not bragging - it was not plain siling after that and there were plenty of academic ups and downs, but it was a very good education.

I loved growingg up in Switzerland - the freedom it gave me as a child, compared to Rome, where I lived previously, was amazing.

Happy to give plenty of tips, if you need anything. Where did you finally settle on living?

Wow, that is fast. DD has a friend who came to CH in February and she translated for me yesterday when I did not understand DS's teacher.

DD has some English speaking friends so although she is hearing lots of French she is also hearing a bit of English. I am quite happy with that though as she mainly speaks German at home so it is good for her to speak more English.

We are in a small town near Geneva not far from the border to France. Actually, a small town is a bit of an exaggeration, it is a village.

The school is small, only 95 pupils, we have a baker, some art galleries a couple of cafes and a little village store. That is it, pretty much. So it is good for making friends as everyone knows everyone and we do get the "Oh, you are the family that has moved into the house on the top road, we saw the removal vans. You are from Germany aren't you?"

Wow - that sounds like a very sophisticated village, but then you are near Geneva!

I grew up mainly in Apples, north of Morges, and there was nothing fancy like art galleries...We had a bakery, a butcher, a dairy where we used to collect our fresh milk in a reusable container, a post office, two village cafes and a pharmacy. There was also a hairdressers.

It all comes back to me, how much I loved life there. But was so happy to move from a village of 800 people to London when I was 24 - you can imagine the difference. In the village, they all knew what I did, who I hung out with, etc... and everything got back to Mom and Dad unless you were very careful!

My brother still lives in Switzerland. In fact he has just moved back to the small town where we first went to school and his twins will be going to the same school as they grow up.

Hope you do not mind if I stay in touch on here - it is just nice to know how you are getting on and brings back nice memories.

I would translate the first sentence as :

She is settling nicely in her new class.

Are you enjoying Switzerland? (I am a swiss expat now in UK).

Apples, what a lovely name for a village. It must have been quite a culture shock to go from a Swiss village to London. Although, if you lived in Rome then you were a bit accustomed to towns too. I LOVE Rome, but I don't know if I could live in Italy. The Swiss mentality does appeal to my inner tidy person, my outer slob is a bit at odds with it.

We have only been here for a couple of months, OnTheWarpath, but so far I am very much enjoying CH. I love the area where we live, we go for walks in the vineyards and down to the lake. I still catch my breath on days when the clouds lift and we can see the mountains on the other side of the lake. I wonder if I will always be like that or if one becomes immune to beauty.

The changing of the seasons are interesting, to see how the lake and the village changes in the winter. I think that it is a bit sleepy at the moment but can imagine that changing in the summer when we get some daytrippers from Geneva.

Spamm
Feel free to look me up on MN for a Swiss trip down memory lane. You can find me on the German thread or on the FOOC. Do you know the FOOC thread? I love it, hearing about other countries and the normal life there.

Where is the FOOC thread, I can't find it but it sound interesting.

BTW you will never get tired of the scenery, I do miss it a lot but I do not miss the people much (must be my inner untidy person. I am still very much on time wherever I go though!)

Here is the FOOC thread, make yourself a cup of tea and put your feet up.

Oh thank you very muck MmeLindt BTW I am sure you are aware your name is also the name of a scrounptious make of your new country's chocolate.

Oh, yes. I am eating far too much Swiss chocolate, I really must stop.