Showing posts with label Translations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Translations. Show all posts

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Colloquial/literal translations

Literal translations are funny. A guy down by the soccer field selling tomatoes just slapped me on the shoulder as I walked by and yelled, "¿Qué pedo, chele?"

Colloquial translation: "Hey, what's up, whitie?"

Literal translation: "What a fart, light-skinned guy."