<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMara nyingi, Ufaransa imekuwa ikikabiliwa na wafanyabiashara wa fedha, ambao Rais Chirac aliwahi kulinganisha na UKIMWI.  <response>: France, they say, is the victim of currency speculators, whose ravages President Chirac once likened to those of AIDS. 