Translation of four sentences

kolkapetal

March 14, 2013 01:29 PM

Translation of four sentences

I can probably guess closely about the exact translation of these but I am simply not sure.

1. Nunca se habían puesto de acuerdo para nada, excepto el comercio, y ciertamente nunca para la guerra.

2. Incendiaban cuanto hallaban a su paso.

3. El día anterior a la partida de los jóvenes apareció Maria a despedirse.

4. Prefirió no darle un mal rato a Regina.

AngelicaDeAlquezar

March 14, 2013 02:13 PM

Make your own attempt to tell the idea of each sentence, and we'll help you polish the translations. :)

kolkapetal

March 15, 2013 03:46 AM

1. They never agreed with anything, except the commerce, and certainly not the war.

2. They burned everything in their path. (Shouldn't it be: Incendiaban todo lo que hallaban a su paso.)

3. The day before the departure of the youths Maria came to say goodbye.

4. He preferred not to give a hard time to Regina.

AngelicaDeAlquezar

March 15, 2013 08:42 AM

Good job! :thumbsup:

I only have comments on two of your sentences:

Quote:

Originally Posted by kolkapetal (Post 134557)

1. Nunca se habían puesto de acuerdo para nada, excepto el comercio, y ciertamente nunca para la guerra.
1. They never agreed ~~with~~ on anything, except ~~the~~ for commerce, and certainly not ~~the~~ for war.

2. Incendiaban cuanto hallaban a su paso.
2. They burned everything in their path. (Shouldn't it be: Incendiaban todo lo que hallaban a su paso.)
"Cuanto" works as a synonym of "todo lo que".
- Cuanto digas es inútil. No voy a escucharte. -> Todo lo que digas es inútil.
- Los asaltantes se llevaron cuanto pudieron. -> Todo lo que pudieron.

kolkapetal

March 18, 2013 09:01 AM

thanks for clearing things up

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