Retourner и revenir: так в чем же между ними разница?

[Katja]

Revenir means to return to where the speaker is - to come back.

Thomas va revenir en France. Thomas is going to come back to France (where the speaker is).
Je viens de revenir au Canada. I just returned to Canada (that's where I am right now).

Retourner means to return somewhere that the speaker is not - to go back. Note that retourner can also be a transitive verb.

Thomas va retourner en France. Thomas is going to return to France (speaker is not in France).
Je veux retourner au Canada. I want to go back to Canada (I'm in the US right now).

Маленькая информация с :

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa072900i.htm