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Old August 06, 2009, 04:05 PM
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Anyone willing to check my translation?

I have to give this presentation with a couple of other people tomorrow. I translated it to the best of my ability, but I am sure there are mistakes. It doesn't have to be perfect, but would anyone be willing to check it over for any glaring mistakes? I am taking this in a 5 week course along with 2 other courses and I am about to loose my mind!! :P
Estableceremos un altar o "ofrenda" para Elvis que El centro del altar es una imagen de la persona para ser honorada. Los artículos que representan los intereses de la persona también son colocados en el altar. Elvis es sabido mejor para su música y él tuvo un interés en rápidamente coches. El oro y las joyas representan su personalidad ostentosa. Es el lugar importante el alimento predilecto del difunto en el altar. Todos saben que Elvis tuvo un amor de bocadillos de mantequilla de cacahuete y plátano. El también disfrutó de licor fino. Después de que un viaje largo el espíritu esté sucio y necesitará al jabón para refrescar arriba. La sal es la especia de la vida. El incienso del ardor atraerá el espíritu. Las maravillas tradicionalmente amarillas y de oro son utilizadas. El olor mundano atrae el espíritu. Las maravillas no estuvieron en la temporada, así que escogí rosas. Los esqueletos pequeños llamaron "calacas" está en el altar. Los esqueletos permiten a personas para tener una representación de su adoró uno en tierra. Por último velas son encendidas. Púrpura representa dolor. Rosa representa celebración y blanco representa esperanza. Ahora el altar es completo y usted puede disfrutar de una visita con su mucho partido.
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Old August 06, 2009, 05:31 PM
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Do you have the English original so we can have a little more idea of what you mean? Sentences don't always seem very clear to me...
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Old August 06, 2009, 05:44 PM
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Welcome to the forums!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but there are several errors in this presentation. You said it doesn't have to be perfect, but without a number of corrections, it wouldn't be understood by someone who only speaks Spanish. In fact, it's difficult to know what underlying English was used in some instances.

Please give us both the English and Spanish versions of the presentation, and then we'll see what we can do.
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Old August 06, 2009, 06:01 PM
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I bid you welcome.

I hope your stay in the forums, it'll be enjoyable.

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I have to give this presentation with a couple of other people tomorrow. I translated it to the best of my ability, but I am sure there are mistakes. It doesn't have to be perfect, but would anyone be willing to check it over for any glaring mistakes? I am taking this in a 5 week course along with 2 other courses and I am about to loose my mind!! :P
Vamos a construir un altar para hacer "ofrendas" a nuestro santo Elvis presley. El la mitad del altar estará un imagen del nuestro subjeto. Unos artículos que representan las pasiones del "rey"colocaremos en el altar. Elvis se conoce mejor para su música. En el altar vamos a poner modelos de los coches de deportes que amaba él, y prendas de oro que representan su personalidad ostentosa. Tambien vamos a añadir los alimentos predilectos del difunto en el altar que tiene que incluir su preferido manjar- los bocadillos de mantequilla de cacahuete y banano y una botella de licor fino. El altar tambien va incluir jabón para limpiar su alma y la sal que es la especia de la vida. El altar tambien llevará incienso para atraerá su espíritu. Quise incliur las flores maravillas de color amarilla y de oro porque dicen que el olor mundano de las flores atraerá su espíritu, pero las maravillas no estuvieron en temporada. Por eso escogí rosas. Los esqueletos pequeños llamaron "calacas" estará en el altar. Los esqueletos permiten a la gente tener una representación de su adoró uno en tierra. Por último las velas ilumbrarán . Las velas púrpuras representa el dolor. La rosadas representan celebración y las blancas representan la esperanza. Cuando el altar esta completo y ustedes pueden disfrutar de una visita con su mucho dicho.
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Thanks!

You are awesome, I am trying to do this while writing a paper for one class and studying for a test in another....and I just don't get Spanish very well, it is the only class I have ever taken that I can study for hour for and still fail miserably! Very discouraging!
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Personally I think you did OK. I understood the meaning.
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I have to give this presentation with a couple of other people tomorrow. I translated it to the best of my ability, but I am sure there are mistakes. It doesn't have to be perfect, but would anyone be willing to check it over for any glaring mistakes? I am taking this in a 5 week course along with 2 other courses and I am about to loose my mind!! :P
Estableceremos un altar u "ofrenda" para Elvis en la que el centro del altar es una imagen de la persona que será honrada. Los artículos que representan los intereses de la persona también se colocan en el altar. Elvis se conoce sobre todo por (remember: cause - por) su música y él tuvo un interés en rápidamente coches (estaba muy interesado / le gustaban mucho los coches rápidos). El oro y las joyas representan su personalidad ostentosa. En un lugar importante del altar se coloca el alimento predilecto del difunto. Todos saben que a Elvis le encantaban los bocadillos de mantequilla de cacahuete y plátano. También le gustaba el licor fino. Después de un viaje largo el espíritu esta sucio y necesitará jabón para refrescarse (lavarse?) allá arriba . La sal es la especia de la vida. La combustión del incienso atraerá a su espíritu. Utilizaremos las maravillas tradicionalmente de color amarillo y dorado. El olor mundano atrae al espíritu. No era temporada de maravillas por lo que escogí rosas. Los esqueletos pequeños (mejor pequeños esqueletos", pero no entiendo a qué se refiere) llamados "calacas" estarán en el altar. Los esqueletos permiten que las personas tengan una representación de su adoración en la tierra. Por último se encienden las velas. El púrpura representa el dolor. El rosa representa la celebración y el blanco representa la esperanza. Ahora el altar es completo y uno puede disfrutar de su visita con su mucho partido. (esto no lo entiendo )
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