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Pens and pencils


Desmond December 03, 2014 11:29 AM
Pens and pencils
 
Hi. I am trying to translate things like pen, pencil, rubber and ruler. When I translate pen and back to English it comes up with chicken coop. WRONG type of pen.

AngelicaDeAlquezar December 03, 2014 12:07 PM
My advice is that you use a good bilingual dictionary instead of a translator and that you check the meaning with the Spanish dictionary to make sure you found the right meaning.

Rusty December 03, 2014 08:52 PM
Where a word has more than one meaning, it's best to supply more context.

By the way, if you hadn't grouped 'rubber' with 'pencil', an American English speaker would never guess that you meant 'eraser'. Context is key.


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