kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMy English-Spanish desk calendar quotes Pink Floydimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down12
arrow-up1164arrow-down1imageMy English-Spanish desk calendar quotes Pink Floydkersploosh@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYeah, seems like they tried to do a direct translation without accounting for the difference in the meaning of ‘pudding’ between UK and US English.
minus-squarekersploosh@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI think this entire calendar is direct translations. Other pages have seemed incorrect after I looked up unfamiliar words. Though my Spanish is not good enough to catch the errors most of the time.
minus-squareadmin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoPudding is pudín in Spanish. Postre is dessert.
minus-squarepfwood178@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes. And the line in the song is about dessert. Pudding (UK English) = Dessert (US English)
minus-squareadmin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe the person translating didn’t know it was the lyrics of a song. I don’t know what song it is.
pudin should be postre
Yeah, seems like they tried to do a direct translation without accounting for the difference in the meaning of ‘pudding’ between UK and US English.
I think this entire calendar is direct translations. Other pages have seemed incorrect after I looked up unfamiliar words. Though my Spanish is not good enough to catch the errors most of the time.
Pudding is pudín in Spanish. Postre is dessert.
Yes. And the line in the song is about dessert. Pudding (UK English) = Dessert (US English)
Maybe the person translating didn’t know it was the lyrics of a song. I don’t know what song it is.
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