My friend here in town Roland is French and used to go caving. Forward it to me, Bill, and I'll see if he is interested. He's retired, too, so might have the time.
-Tim On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Mixon Bill via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > I have a report on the accident to two Polish cavers in Sótano de San > Agustín in 1980 (see also Mike Boon's report in latest AMCS Activities > Newsletter) by Etienne Degrave, the Belgian doctor who attended the > patients and is probably responsible for the survival of the most seriously > injured one. This is obviously a historically important document, but it is > in French. Anybody interested in translating it into English with the goal > of publishing it in an Association for Mexican Cave Studies magazine? > > It looks like it's roughly six thousand words, so not a task for a student > who needs frequent recourse to a French/English dictionary. The original > was printed with a cheap dot-matrix printer, and the copy I have is not > wonderful, but I think everything would be legible to someone knowledgeable > enough in French to fill in an occasional missing letter. I can scan it for > you. No great rush, of course. > > I'd like to cast a wide net, so feel free to forward this to other > relevant lists. > > --Bill Mixon, AMCS editor > ---------------------------------------- > I didn't do it. You can't prove it. Nobody saw it. The sheep are lying. > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu > AMCS: a...@mexicancaves.org or sa...@mexicancaves.org > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >
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