Literal translation would be "that goes", ca va is a shortened "comment ca va", ie how goes it(that)?. OK would be ca va bien. Without bien it's meaningless in the context. Bien would be the OK piece, ie fine....
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Scott Ford <scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hey zMan, > > I entered 'ca va' in French comes bac as 'okay' which is correct, I lived > in Europe and spoke French. Very impressive converting languages > > Scott ford > www.identityforge.com > from my IPAD > > 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' > > > > On Dec 4, 2013, at 6:09 PM, zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Or go to Google Translate (translate.google.com). It even handles > > transliterations quite well: put in "spasebo" and tell it's Russian; it > > will say: > > Did you mean: спасебо > > and then you can translate *that*. I've even had it guess when the > > transliteration wasn't quite right, and get it right (I concluded, based > on > > context). > > > > We're getting pretty far OT here, not that that's anything new. > > > > > >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht > >> <elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > >> <deleted> > >>> My pet peeve is - when I search a word in a language, not English, then > >> Google is useless. > >> <deleted> > >> Try using http://www.google.fr for french words? > >> (use a country suffix where that lanquage is used). > >> > >> -- > >> Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > >> Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
