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Forum: Translations November 22, 2008, 01:41 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,794
Posted By Planet hopper
Arriba, arriba, asi, muy bien asi, si.. Mira...

Arriba, arriba,
asi, muy bien asi, si..
Mira que musica que me trae loco
Este ritmazo me va a matar
Les pone tensos en la enferma dimension
La tierra tiembla con mi tuneada suspension
Fijate en...
Forum: Translations November 22, 2008, 01:28 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,794
Posted By Planet hopper
Thanks, Rusty, I'm on it ...

Thanks, Rusty, I'm on it
Cheers:whistling::coffeebreak:
Forum: Translations November 22, 2008, 12:30 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,794
Posted By Planet hopper
Right, I'll take a go on this one. Yo te ayudo,...

Right, I'll take a go on this one. Yo te ayudo, bicho, como regalo de cumpleaños....Si quieres algo impecable, dame el video de youtube para la cancion, esto es lo que puedo hacerte sin verlo...
...
Forum: Daily Spanish Word November 21, 2008, 11:45 PM
Replies: 18
Luz
Views: 6,225
Posted By Planet hopper
I just thought this one, about the word luz... ...

I just thought this one, about the word luz...
You guys may know about the short novel 'Heart of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad. It was the plot of Apocalypse now, the war movie with Brando.
Well, when...
Forum: General Chat November 21, 2008, 11:40 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 9,588
Posted By Planet hopper
Un feliz cumpleaños de huevos, crotalito...un...

Un feliz cumpleaños de huevos, crotalito...un abrazo, mirate el video...salud!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym_k8Q-jK9w
Forum: Daily Spanish Word November 21, 2008, 02:35 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,987
Posted By Planet hopper
:twocents:The word calor is used as feminine, la...

:twocents:The word calor is used as feminine, la calor, for emphasis, mostly in andalusia
Forum: Daily Spanish Word November 21, 2008, 12:00 AM
Replies: 18
Luz
Views: 6,225
Posted By Planet hopper
Back onto topic? Luz has started being used as a...

Back onto topic? Luz has started being used as a name for a girl, the most famous being the 80s singer Luz Casal.

:)
Forum: Culture November 20, 2008, 11:15 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 7,421
Posted By Planet hopper
Elaina, 20th of November is a day marked in...

Elaina,

20th of November is a day marked in Spanish history with shame. It was the day half of Spain kowtowed to a nazi-like rebel in 1936, so starting one of the very few civil conflicts in a...
Forum: Translations November 20, 2008, 07:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,851
Posted By Planet hopper
It's a TV series, pretty stylish and successful...

It's a TV series, pretty stylish and successful in Spain...Spanish here is not afraid of taboo words, the four-letter word (teta, boob) is in the title and makes the series more interesting to the...
Forum: Introductions November 20, 2008, 07:14 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,582
Posted By Planet hopper
Hola Karen, enjoy yourself here :)

Hola Karen, enjoy yourself here :)
Forum: Culture November 20, 2008, 07:13 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,993
Posted By Planet hopper
Number 2 on the top-40 now. Glad you guys are...

Number 2 on the top-40 now. Glad you guys are liking the songs (except 4u, Jess :confused::thinking::p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KLWdVqXnWI

Saludos
Forum: Culture November 19, 2008, 01:35 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,993
Posted By Planet hopper
Sorry, Jess, I don't like it:sad: This one...

Sorry, Jess, I don't like it:sad:

This one is the first one in the top-40 now, very fresh, clear:applause::applause:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDbfS2REj1Y
Forum: Grammar November 18, 2008, 04:27 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,627
Posted By Planet hopper
Hi Poli, I believe your impression about my...

Hi Poli,

I believe your impression about my first sentence is partly false. It is cacophonic, but the negations do not imply anger at least here, maybe irony. Double negation is one of those...
Forum: Translations November 18, 2008, 04:14 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,714
Posted By Planet hopper
Just to brainstorm diferir may mean stem...

Just to brainstorm

diferir may mean stem from, get apart from

Con el tiempo el barrio empezo a diferir de la ciudad; ya no era lo mismo estar en Triana que estar en Sevilla.

at least here...
Forum: Translations November 18, 2008, 09:34 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 11,511
Posted By Planet hopper
Could I have a last word? Estar de punta en...

Could I have a last word?

Estar de punta en blanco is not an exaggerated statement at all. I would match it to the plain 'to be dressed up'. Spanish has a tendency to intensify meanings that may...
Forum: General Chat November 18, 2008, 09:27 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,508
Posted By Planet hopper
It is another example of clientelism within the...

It is another example of clientelism within the European Union. Not ugly though, not something I would travel to see...
Forum: Grammar November 18, 2008, 09:23 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,627
Posted By Planet hopper
Sorry, the most coloquial and effective way I may...

Sorry, the most coloquial and effective way I may think of is merging sentences, definitely.

:twocents:La silla no era ni buena ni nueva

Maybe in a more proper way:

:twocents:La silla no...
Forum: Vocabulary November 18, 2008, 09:17 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,303
Posted By Planet hopper
solapamiento is not common usage in spain,...

solapamiento is not common usage in spain, doesn't sound like

laguna juridica implies absence of legislation on the issue, say, internet

I have often found difficulties in law translations...
Forum: Vocabulary November 16, 2008, 12:37 AM
Replies: 4
Bis
Views: 4,144
Posted By Planet hopper
bisbisear is to whisper bis would be the...

bisbisear is to whisper

bis would be the onomatopoeia for a whisper

Not very used nowadays
Forum: Idioms & Sayings November 16, 2008, 12:16 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,224
Posted By Planet hopper
Gosh! Usage and translation could be kinda biased...

Gosh! Usage and translation could be kinda biased depending on whether you (or your paper) share that attitude. I'll give you two examples, one positive, one negative:

+ (as in a tory /...
Forum: Vocabulary November 16, 2008, 12:09 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 35,574
Posted By Planet hopper
Come on, guys...Libraries are so...

Come on, guys...Libraries are so romantic:love::love::love:
Forum: Vocabulary November 15, 2008, 11:45 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 5,829
Posted By Planet hopper
Beefeaters in England? Just to pick out a more...

Beefeaters in England?
Just to pick out a more general approach to the word, as a guard of any object, armed...

Rey de armas is at a pretty technical (jargon) level. I would suggest centinelas /...
Forum: Introductions November 15, 2008, 11:02 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 8,221
Posted By Planet hopper
Hey, dude, tio does not mean old man, it's just...

Hey, dude, tio does not mean old man, it's just guy, lad. Out of this context means uncle....

Un niño que tenemos en el recuerdo es Billy el niño, we like US romantic symbols

Another one for...
Forum: Suggestions & Feedback November 15, 2008, 10:49 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 15,987
Posted By Planet hopper
I've seen that our map detects connections from...

I've seen that our map detects connections from China only through the site of the great China firewall in beijing, a censorship firm owned by Jiang Ze Min's son, built as a mega-proxy for the whole...
Forum: Translations November 15, 2008, 10:39 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,901
Posted By Planet hopper
No he hablado con ella No he recibido nada de...

No he hablado con ella
No he recibido nada de ella
No tengo noticias de ella
No se pone al telefono
No contesta los e-mails / correos electronicos

Above all of them

No se nada de ella /...
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