I would like to publish the current manual in French Great. Congratulations.
So, now I am trying to get your opinion, you native English speakers, Well, this English speaker certainly has no objection to your proposal, though I don't think my opinion means anything. Perhaps it would be worth asking other French-speaking TeXxies -- there must be some general list for TeX discussion in French? There used to be fr.comp.text.tex, don't know if it's still active ... --best, karl.