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Old December 03, 2010, 05:15 PM
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How do I translate this sentence?

How do I translate the following sentence?

To be or not to be; that is the question.
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Old December 03, 2010, 06:25 PM
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Ser o no ser; he ahí el dilema.
...; esa es la cuestión.
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Old December 03, 2010, 08:32 PM
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Another (the first one that came to my mind)
Ser o no ser; ese es el tema.
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Old December 03, 2010, 08:33 PM
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Thank you very much. I haven't seen the word 'ser' used in a Spanish sentence yet so I needed that. I think you gave me two ways to translate the second phrase?

Okay, here's what my handy translator told me:

ser o no ser, que es la pregunta

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Don't trust your translator.
We've provided three ways to translate the phrase. There are a couple of others, but I think the most used are already given.
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Okay, here's what my handy translator told me:

ser o no ser, que es la pregunta
what means : "to be or not to be, what is the interrogation"
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Ser o no ser; he ahí el dilema.
...; esa es la cuestión.
This is a good one. I'm in just my second year of spanish and I knew what this meant =)
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How do I translate the following sentence?

To be or not to be; that is the question.
Hello everyone beat me before.

But I want to give you my attempt or my opinion about it.

Ser o no ser esa es la pregunta or question.

Yes that is a colloquial form for say that in Mexican said.

I hope my commentary can help you although you already have all the answer about it.
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