One word translation needed and maybe more.

Pirovito says on Mar 12, 2005, 10:35:

Harias Post the whole sentence and that way I could transalate it. or better yet post the letter!
Peace!

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Mar 12, 2005, 10:37:

harías "que harías" *what would you do* was the first thing that came into my mind. I need the whole sentence though to make a translation of any accuracy at all.
Cheers,
Desi

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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WidowerfromCanada says on Mar 12, 2005, 10:43:

The sentence with harias in it. Here is the sentence.

las preguntas de hoy son: - si encontraras a la mujer de tu vida, que harias para conquistarla y que ella acepte tu amor?


Love is like a butterfly , if you chase it you will not catch it but you can hope the butterfly of love lands on your shoulder.

Love is like a butterfly , if you chase it you will not catch it but you can hope the butterfly of love lands on your shoulder.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Mar 12, 2005, 10:47:

ok... "today's questions are (the following): if you found the woman (love) of your life what would you do to win her love and that she would accept your love?"
(a free-hand translation...hope it works for you)

Cheers,
Desi

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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WidowerfromCanada says on Mar 12, 2005, 11:14:

Just to give you some background information I got this letter after I sent her Roses and a teddy bear with a nice romantic note.

Thanks Desi,

So "harias" means win. Now I understand it more.

Jeff

Love is like a butterfly , if you chase it you will not catch it but you can hope the butterfly of love lands on your shoulder.

Love is like a butterfly , if you chase it you will not catch it but you can hope the butterfly of love lands on your shoulder.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Mar 12, 2005, 11:20:

harías still means "would do". "Ganar" means win.
Glad to be of help.
Desi

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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utopiacowboy says on Mar 12, 2005, 12:07:

The problem, widowerfromcanada, is that you were missing an accent on the letter "i" in the word "harias". Although this messes up the online translators, a person (like Desi) who can speak Spanish knows that the accent should be there and can translate it accordingly.

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julito says on Mar 12, 2005, 14:43:

maybe....
if you find the woman of your life, what would you do to get her love so that she will accept your love.

You know this is a difficult sentence to translate but at the same time so easy to understand, translation programs can not do it for some reason, I think utopiacowboy is right the i in harias make it really hard for the program. Is not fun when that happens eh?

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WidowerfromCanada says on Mar 12, 2005, 14:57:

Thanks Piro,Desi, Tinto,Utopia, julito and kat1

Thank you Piro,Desi, Tinto ,Utopia , julito for all your responses and help. I appreciate it.

A big thanks to kat1 for translating the whole letter from Spanish into English for me by Private message.

I really appreciate everyone's help. What a great bunch of people we have on this board.

A big thanks again to all,

Jeff


Love is like a butterfly , if you chase it you will not catch it but you can hope the butterfly of love lands on your shoulder.

Love is like a butterfly , if you chase it you will not catch it but you can hope the butterfly of love lands on your shoulder.

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