kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 months agoMy English-Spanish desk calendar quotes Pink Floydsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down12
arrow-up1163arrow-down1imageMy English-Spanish desk calendar quotes Pink Floydsh.itjust.workskersploosh@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months 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-up2·3 months 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-up2·3 months agoPudding is pudín in Spanish. Postre is dessert.
minus-squarepfwood178@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYes. And the line in the song is about dessert. Pudding (UK English) = Dessert (US English)
minus-squareadmin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months 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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