tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post3629834257046150361..comments2024-01-11T04:31:58.232-08:00Comments on oxymoronredundancyparadoxtrap: Lost in translationBenjamin Adyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-17795417347312218892007-06-14T02:27:00.000-07:002007-06-14T02:27:00.000-07:00I always use an automatic translator to translate ...I always use an automatic translator to translate the letters I send to my sponsor child in Chile. I thought since part of the funds I send covers costs of translation, I'd save them the hassle. Hmmm, explains why perhaps I've never had a letter from them and just get the required update cards with a photo and appropriate boxes ticked. The next I'll let them do themselves.phoeberaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605753957848095795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-30311707992135169162007-05-25T17:24:00.000-07:002007-05-25T17:24:00.000-07:00I was going to ask about that as well. Thanks for ...I was going to ask about that as well. Thanks for explaining - I love it.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-61928512335514421832007-05-24T23:06:00.000-07:002007-05-24T23:06:00.000-07:00I love this "live happily and eat perdices" It me...I love this "live happily and eat perdices" It means "live happily and eat partidges". It's how they end their fairy tales--like we say "they lived happily ever after"--in spanish (one of the ways) they say that (is) "they lived happily and ate partridges." kinda fun that.Benjamin Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-19825694054984212782007-05-24T23:01:00.000-07:002007-05-24T23:01:00.000-07:00Byron, My teacher really liked the spanish versio...Byron,<BR/><BR/> My teacher really liked the spanish version--it's a fun story.Benjamin Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-55875555812691713922007-05-24T20:44:00.000-07:002007-05-24T20:44:00.000-07:00because the men suffer damage of brain in uterus, ...<I>because the men suffer damage of brain in uterus, but the girls no, and for that reason men are as much stupid emotionally, in resistance to the women. But that is another history.</I><BR/>Brilliant!<BR/><BR/>What did your teacher think of your piece in Spanish?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com