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Old February 10, 2009, 10:34 PM
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la verdad me gusta todo pero lo que mas me apaciona es viajar o las prendas asi sean de vestir

the truth is i like everything but i am most passionate about traveling or turn ons like dressing up/clothing
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Old February 10, 2009, 11:07 PM
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la verdad me gusta todo pero lo que mas me apaciona es viajar o las prendas asi sean de vestir

the truth is i like everything but i am most passionate about traveling or turn ons like dressing up/clothing
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La verdad me gusta todo pero lo que mas me apaciona es viajar a donde se, y me gusta tambien las prendas asi ellas sean solo de vestir.

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Old February 10, 2009, 11:13 PM
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la verdad me gusta todo pero lo que mas me apaciona es viajar o las prendas asi sean de vestir

the truth is i like everything but i am most passionate about traveling or turn ons like dressing up/clothing
The author of the sentence needs to work on punctuation and spelling.
Your translation is good, albeit 'spiced up'.

The sentence should read:
La verdad es que* me gusta todo, pero lo que más me apasiona es viajar o las prendas, así sean, de vestir.

Here is the translation I would give:
The truth is, I like everything; but I am most passionate about traveling or clothing.

The así sean phrase introduces de vestir, which clarifies las prendas.

*I added these so that others could make the connection between your translation and the omitted Spanish words.
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Old February 11, 2009, 12:32 AM
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Hi Rusty,

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The author of the sentence needs to work on punctuation and spelling.
Your translation is good, albeit 'spiced up'.

The sentence should read:
La verdad es que* me gusta todo, pero lo que más me apasiona es viajar o las prendas, así sean, de vestir.

Here is the translation I would give:
The truth is, I like everything; but I am most passionate about traveling or clothing.

The así sean phrase introduces de vestir, which clarifies las prendas.

*I added these so that others could make the connection between your translation and the omitted Spanish words.
How would you translate "turn ons"?

Also, the way I see that "así sean", is to mean whether. Doesn't?

I like your explanations, and they show an incredible amount of knowledge. What I would like to know is, where did you learn castellano?, and I am sure you are/were a translator or a language teacher. :-)

I am also sure that you must cringe at my lack of capitalization and accentuation in spanish... uh?
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Old February 11, 2009, 12:47 AM
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las prendas would translate turn-ons (im half spanish) & yea i agree this guy rusty really knows his stuff idk how it's almost like he's a native he almost seems to know more than natives i mean you would have to think that someone has more than a masters degree in spanish to know that much i mean someone must be @ least half way through their phd in spanish to know that much
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Old February 11, 2009, 12:53 AM
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las prendas would translate turn-ons (im half spanish) & yea i agree this guy rusty really knows his stuff idk how it's almost like he's a native he almost seems to know more than natives i mean you would have to think that someone has more than a masters degree in spanish to know that much i mean someone must be @ least half way through their phd in spanish to know that much

Well. Knowledge is knowledge. Here, there and everywhere. :-)

I like Angelica too! :-) And David!

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The author of the sentence needs to work on punctuation and spelling.
Very true... and in the use of words.
The use of "las prendas" as something one would be passionate about sounds weird to me as a Mexican Spanish speaker.

It might be easier to understand: "La verdad, me gusta todo, pero lo que más me apasiona es viajar y la moda".


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Hi Angelica and Rusty,

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It might be easier to understand: "La verdad, me gusta todo, pero lo que más me apasiona es viajar y la moda".
Yes, I would use it like that, too.


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How would you translate "turn ons"?
In a sexual sense: "cosas que me excitan"
In a general sense (things I like) (slang usage): "cosas que me gustan"
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