Spanish Translation Game

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Spanish Translation Game

Postby modus.irrealis » 2013-05-29, 13:46

I thought I'd start one of these games here too. Basic idea is that someone gives a sentence in English and the next person has to translate it into Spanish. So to start:

Spanish is spoken in a whole bunch of countries.

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Unknown » 2013-06-04, 23:53

El español se habla en un montón de países.

I like sleeping on the kitchen floor.

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Iparxi_Zoi » 2013-06-05, 19:28

Cesare M. wrote:El español se habla en un montón de países.

I like sleeping on the kitchen floor.


Me gusta dormir en el piso de la cocina.

I go out for a walk under the full moon.
Native/Mis lenguas maternas: [flag=español mexicano (Mexican Spanish)]es-MX[/flag] [flag=español (Spanish)]es[/flag] American English (en-US) English (en)
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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Sectori » 2013-06-05, 21:12

Salgo para caminar bajo la luna llena.

There are few enough heroes in this world.
agus tha mo chluasan eòlach air a’ mhac-talla fhathast / às dèidh dhomh dùsgadh
(mona nicleòid wagner, “fo shneachd”)

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby modus.irrealis » 2013-06-06, 10:59

Sectori wrote:There are few enough heroes in this world.

Hay muy pocos héroes en este mundo.

This is honestly the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

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Re: Spanish translation game

Postby MillMaths » 2013-06-06, 11:32

De verdad esto es la cosa más estúpida que haya visto.

Still water runs deep, but moving water does not stink.

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Unknown » 2013-06-06, 15:54

El quieto agua corre profundamente, pero el agua en movimiento no apesta.

If I had more time, I would clean more dishes for you.

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Reinder » 2013-06-06, 16:05

Si tenga más tiempo, lavaría más platos para ti.

I don't believe you'll have time for me tomorrow.
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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Unknown » 2013-06-06, 19:45

Reinder wrote: Si tenga tuviera más tiempo, lavaría más platos para ti.


You can also say: Si me quedara más tiempo, lavaría más platos para ti.

Reinder wrote:I don't believe you'll have time for me tomorrow.


No creo que tengas tiempo para mi mañana/No creo que te quede tiempo para mi mañana.

Ok, I think I'll have to get myself a job at an ice-cream truck.

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Sectori » 2013-06-07, 4:24

Bien, creo que tendré que encontrarme un trabajo para un camión de los helados*.

*según WordReference, por lo menos, aunque me suene bizarro el "los" allí. De hecho no estoy seguro de haber bien traducido esta oración.

I wonder if she's ever read anything by Isabel Allende.
agus tha mo chluasan eòlach air a’ mhac-talla fhathast / às dèidh dhomh dùsgadh
(mona nicleòid wagner, “fo shneachd”)

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby modus.irrealis » 2013-06-07, 7:46

Sectori wrote:I wonder if she's ever read anything by Isabel Allende.

Me pregunto si ha leído alguna vez cualquier obra de Isabel Allende.

I haven't watched tv in a long long time.

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Iparxi_Zoi » 2013-06-08, 3:21

modus.irrealis wrote:
Sectori wrote:I wonder if she's ever read anything by Isabel Allende.

Me pregunto si ha leído alguna vez cualquier obra de Isabel Allende.

I haven't watched tv in a long long time.


Hace mucho que no veo la televisión.

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby linguoboy » 2013-06-08, 3:45

Iparxi_Zoi wrote:What I've learned, you'll never know.

Lo que he aprendido no sabrás nunca.

If we could've solved this by talking, we wouldn't be fighting now.
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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Sectori » 2013-06-09, 1:23

Si hubiéramos podido solucionar este problema por hablar, no estaríamos discutiendo ahora.

There's no love between you and me now.
agus tha mo chluasan eòlach air a’ mhac-talla fhathast / às dèidh dhomh dùsgadh
(mona nicleòid wagner, “fo shneachd”)

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Unknown » 2013-06-09, 2:05

No hay ningún amor entre tu y yo ahora.

If it's not him, it's her, and if it's not her, it's him.

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Iparxi_Zoi » 2013-06-09, 2:16

Cesare M. wrote:No hay ningún amor entre tu y yo ahora.

If it's not him, it's her, and if it's not her, it's him.


Si no es él, es ella, y si no es ella, es él.

There's always a summer even after the coldest winter.
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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby modus.irrealis » 2013-06-10, 16:06

Cesare M. wrote:I love my sex life because me and my girlfriend have sex more than 100 times a day without a condom.

Me encanta mi vida sexual, porque mi novia y yo tenemos sexo más de cien veces al día sin preservativo.

Not a day goes by that I don't learn something new.

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby linguoboy » 2013-06-10, 16:14

modus.irrealis wrote:Not a day goes by that I don't learn something new.

No pasa un dia que no aprenda algo nuevo.

Cheap meat isn't good and good meat isn't cheap.
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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby modus.irrealis » 2013-06-10, 21:57

linguoboy wrote:Cheap meat isn't good and good meat isn't cheap.

La carne barata no es buena y la buena carne no es barata.

There came a day when she just couldn't take it anymore.

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Re: Spanish Translation Game

Postby Iparxi_Zoi » 2013-06-11, 3:52

modus.irrealis wrote:
linguoboy wrote:Cheap meat isn't good and good meat isn't cheap.

La carne barata no es buena y la buena carne no es barata.

There came a day when she just couldn't take it anymore.


Llegó un día en que ella ya no pudo más.

If the sun returns each day, why wouldn't you?
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