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jennsp · 07-14-2009, 12:14 PM

If you're talking about Canadian vs. European French translations, there are a few differences:
1. Terminology - often there are substantial differences in terminology between the two variants
2. Punctuation - European French uses a space between certain punctuation marks (eg. exclamation marks, question marks), while Canadian French does not.
3. Formatting of numbers - usually Canadian French uses a space as a thousands separator, while European French uses a point. Both variants use the comma as a decimal separator.

I'm sure there are many others, but these are the main ones I can think of off the top of my head. Hope that helps.

07-14-2009, 12:14 PM	#2
jennsp New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Age: 34 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: Canadian vs European If you're talking about Canadian vs. European French translations, there are a few differences: 1. Terminology - often there are substantial differences in terminology between the two variants 2. Punctuation - European French uses a space between certain punctuation marks (eg. exclamation marks, question marks), while Canadian French does not. 3. Formatting of numbers - usually Canadian French uses a space as a thousands separator, while European French uses a point. Both variants use the comma as a decimal separator. I'm sure there are many others, but these are the main ones I can think of off the top of my head. Hope that helps.