A message to Georges Condominas from Mr. Lô Văn Thoại, who knew him as a child when his father was a "Chef de poste" at Cửa Rào

Salutation à Georges Condominas, par M. Lô Văn Thoại, qui l'avait connu lorsqu'ils étaient enfants. Le père de Georges Condominas était alors était "Délégué Chef de Poste de la Garde Indigène" à Cửa Rào. Au fil de discussions avec Michel Ferlus, Lô Văn Thoại apprend qu'il connaît Georges Condominas, et saisit cette occasion de lui transmettre un message, et ses voeux de bonne santé. [Le message est dans la langue nationale: le vietnamien, car le destinataire connaît cette langue tandis qu'il ne comprend pas le tai paw, langue maternelle de M. Lô Văn Thoại.]

A message to Georges Condominas from Mr. Lô Văn Thoại, who knew him when they were children: at the time, Georges Condominas's father was a "Chef de poste" at Cửa Rào. In the course of work with Michel Ferlus in 1997, Mr. Lô Văn Thoại hears that Georges Condominas is a close colleague of Michel Ferlus; he remembers that, as a pupil, he used to know the son of the "Chef de poste"; and he takes this opportunity of sending him his greetings and his best wishes. [The message is in the national language, Vietnamese, because the addressee can understand this language but not Tai Paw, Mr. Lô Văn Thoại's mother tongue.]