Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 06:51:47 -0600
Reply-To:     RIGAUT@FRURBB51.BITNET
From:         RIGAUT@FRURBB51.BITNET
Subject:      Meilleurs Voeux !

Here it is again -- my Babel Tower X'mas and New Year message !
Updated, thanks to many of you.
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MERRY X'MAS (or equivalent) AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR -- in many languages !
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From:  Jean Paul RIGAUT  (rigaut@frurbb51)        (Upgraded version -- 1992)
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Alsacian        A Guet Nei Johr
Arabic-classic  I'd Miilad said oua Sana saida
Armenian        Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri           Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque          Zorionstsu Eguberri.  Zoriontsu Urte Berri On
Breton          Nedeleg Laouen na Bloavezh Mad
Bulgarian       Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo.  Tchestita Nova Godina
Chinese
  - Cantonese   Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
  - Mandarin    Kong He Xin Xi
  - " Hong Kong Kung Ho Hsin Hsi.  Ching Chi Shen Tan
Computer languages
  - C           void xmas(int *year)
                
                        merry(christmas);
                        *year++;
                
  - Forth       XMAS  ( -- )  MERRY CHRISTMAS   1 YEAR +! ;
  - Fortran          write(6,101)
                101  format(1H1/////1X,'Merry X''mas and Happy New Year !')
Cornish         Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Croatian        Sretan Bozic.  Vesela Nova Godina
                Sretan Bo\vzi\'c i najbolje \vzelje za Novu Godinu
                Sretan Bo\vzi\'c i Nova Godina.
Czech           Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish          Hermed v]re beste nsker om en Gledelig Jul og et Godt Nytt]r
Dutch           Zalig Kerstfeest en een gelukkig Nieuwjaar
                Prettige Kerstdagen en een Voorspoedig Nieuwjaar
English         Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
                Season's Greetings
Esperanto       Feli^can Kristnaskon kaj Bonan Novjaron
                Feli^can Kristnaskon kaj Prosperan Novjaron
Estonian        Roomsaid Joulu Phui ja Uut Aastat
Finnish         Hyv Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
                Toivotamme Hyv Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
French          Joyeux Nol et Bonne Anne
German          Frohliche Weihnachten und ein Glckliches Neues Jahr
Greek           Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Etos
Hawaiian        Mele Kalikimake me ka Hauoli Makahiki ho
Hebrew          Mo'adim Lesimkha.  Chena tova
Hindi           Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian       Boldog Karacsonyl es Ujevl Unnepeket
Icelandic       Gledlig jol og Nyar
                Gledileg jl og farslt komandi r
Indonesian      Selamat Hari Natal dan Tahun Baru
Irish           Nollaig shona dhuit agus athbhliain faoi mhaise
Italian         Buone Natalie e felice Capo d'Anno
                Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo
Japanese        Shinnen omedeto.  Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean          Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian         Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
Lithuanian      Linksmu sventu Kaledu ir Laimingu Nauju Metu
Manx            Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Marathi         Shub Naya Varsh
Norwegian
  - Bokm]l      Jeg nsker hermed Dere alle en riktig God Jul og et Godt Nytt]r
  - Ny Norsk    Eg ynskjer hermed Dykk alle ein God Jul og eit Godt Nytt r
  - Riksm]l     Gledlig jul og godt Nytt r
Polish          Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese      Feliz Natal e propero Ano Novo
                Feliz Natal e Bom Ano Novo
Rapa-Nui        Kia Ora ki te Matahiti Api
Romanian        Sarbatori Fericite.  La Multi Ani
Russian         Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Samoan          La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scottish Gaelic Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
Serb            Sre\'can Bozic.  Vesela Nova Godina
                Hristos se rodi.  Vesela Nova Godina
Singhalese      Subha nath thalak Vewa.  Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak          Vesele Vianoce.  A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene         Vesele Bozicne.  Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish
  - Castillan   Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ao Nuevo
Swedish         En God Jul och ett Gott Nytt r
Tagalog         Maligayamg Pasko.  Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tahitian        Mahana Noera 'i 'Ia Ora na 'i te Matahiti Api
Tamil           Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Turkish         Yeni Yilnizi Kutar, saadetler dilerim
Ukrainian       Veselykh Svyat i scaslivoho Novoho Roku
Vietnamese      Chuc mung nam moi
Welsh           Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
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Some problems may happen with special characters -- sorry about this.
Non-latin characters (e.g. Cyrillic, Japanese) are transcribed phonetically.
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I apologize for the absence of hundreds of other languages (e.g. Yiddish, Farsi,
Kurdish, Kabyle, Parsi, etc.).
Many thanks to those among you who contributed to successive upgradings.
-> Please send me whatever is missing and I'll include it in... next year's
edition !  Same thing if you spot any mistake. Please send to :

                     rigaut@frurbb51
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Avec mes Meilleurs Voeux a toutes et a tous !

Jean Paul Rigaut
Image Analysis in Cell Pathology
U.263 INSERM, University of Paris 7, Tour 53-1, 2 place Jussieu
75251 - Paris Cedex 05, France
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P.S.: How about putting an end to racism, xenophobia, wars, bigotry, sexism,
      poverty, hunger, hate, imperialism, nationalism, and environmental damage,
      corruption and brainwashing by Big Money and its spectacle society, etc.,
      in 1993 ?  Aw, yes, I know...  :-(   However, lots of tiny contributions,
      put together, might at least delay, or even stop, a catastrophe.