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I was looking to the right of my perlmonk screen and it said "You have bla bla bla points until level 11 - Chaplain" and I though : " Uh ? What's a <I>Chaplain</I> ? I think it's great to be an <I>Hermit</I> ! I don't want to be a <I>Chaplain</I>, I don't event know what a <I>Chaplain</I> is ! What about a <I>Curate</I> ? " <P> So I fired up the dictionaries and checked for the meanings in my my own language .<BR> For all you francophones out there (you know who you are ;) here's what it means !
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<table width=80%>
<tr align=right><td>Level</td><td>XP</td><td>Votes</td><td>Title</td><td>Français</td>
<tr align=right><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Initiate</td><td><B>Initié</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>2</td><td>20</td><td>2</td><td>Novice</td><td><B>Novice</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>3</td><td>50</td><td>4</td><td>Acolyte</td><td><B>Acolyte</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>4</td><td>90</td><td>6</td><td>Sexton</td><td><B>Sacristain, Bedeau, Fossoyeur</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>5</td><td>150</td><td>8</td><td>Beadle</td><td><B>Bedeau, Porte verge</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>6</td><td>250</td><td>10</td><td>Scribe</td><td><B>Scribe</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>7</td><td>400</td><td>12</td><td>Monk</td><td><B>Moine</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>8</td><td>600</td><td>14</td><td>Pilgrim</td><td><B>Pellerin</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>9</td><td>900</td><td>16</td><td>Friar</td><td><B>Frère</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>10</td><td>1300</td><td>18</td><td>Hermit</td><td><B>Hermite</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>11</td><td>1800</td><td>20</td><td>Chaplain</td><td><B>Aumônier</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>12</td><td>2400</td><td>22</td><td>Deacon</td><td><B>Diacre</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>13</td><td>3000</td><td>24</td><td>Curate</td><td><B>Vicaire</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>14</td><td>4000</td><td>26</td><td>Priest</td><td><B>Prêtre</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>15</td><td>5400</td><td>28</td><td>Vicar</td><td><B>Pasteur</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>16</td><td>7000</td><td>30</td><td>Parson</td><td><B>Curé</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>17</td><td>9000</td><td>32</td><td>Prior</td><td><B>Prieur</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>18</td><td>12000</td><td>34</td><td>Monsignor</td><td><B>Monseigneur</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>19</td><td>16000</td><td>36</td><td>Abbot</td><td><B>Abbé</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>20</td><td>22000</td><td>38</td><td>Canon</td><td><B>Chanoine</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>21</td><td>30000</td><td>40</td><td>Chancellor</td><td><B>Chancelier</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>22</td><td>40000</td><td>42</td><td>Bishop</td><td><B>Évêque</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>23</td><td>50000</td><td>44</td><td>Archbishop</td><td><B>Archevêque</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>24</td><td>60000</td><td>46</td><td>Cardinal</td><td><B>Cardinal</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>25</td><td>70000</td><td>48</td><td>Sage</td><td><B>Sage</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>26</td><td>80000</td><td>50</td><td>Saint</td><td><B>Saint</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>27</td><td>90000</td><td>52</td><td>Apostle</td><td><B>Apôtre</B></TD></TR><TR align=right>
<TD>28</td><td>100000</td><td>54</td><td>Pope</td><td><B>Pape</B></TD></TR align=right>
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Now I have to admit that I'm not the religious type and that the difference between a Canon and a Deacon is not any clearer in French than it is in English ... But for some levels (like Chaplain) it makes sense, and some other are just plain funny ...! <P>The clerical terms are not really bijective as some could be translated different ways but i chose the one that felt logical (or was translated that way in most of the dictionaries)... <P>So, how does it translate in your own language ?<P>