Picture of the day - Terrorist

Question

Post your comments/titles/captions to this picture (both in Spanish and English) and vote for the ones you like. The best answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the greatest number of votes as well as the language correctness.

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Don't forget to correct your posts as suggested. Do NOT use subject pronouns!

Posts which are not corrected as suggested can NOT be "accepted".

Please give everyone a chance and only post one caption and no photos .

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My example:

Mi próximo objetivo es el perro del vecino.

My next target is the neighbour's dog.

Please correct my English and Spanish. - Vaanz, Oct 27, 2010

You are still aiming high Vaanz , great. - ray76, Oct 27, 2010

lol, perfecto - 00494d19, Oct 27, 2010

Thank you guys.. :) - Vaanz, Oct 27, 2010

De natha - sarsam, Oct 27, 2010

What's that green thing down there? oops! - Brynleigh, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 1

El infierno no tiene tanta furia como un gatito despreciado.

Hell hath no fury as a kitty scorned.

no tiene tanta furia ...despreciado - 00494d19, Oct 27, 2010

Gracias Heidita! - 001a2987, Oct 27, 2010

A flag?? What sort of nonsense is that!? This is a close paraphrase from Shakespeare, for goodness sake! - Gekkosan, Oct 27, 2010

Who in the world flagged this? show yourself! - amykay, Oct 27, 2010

who was it...I want to know that too, idiots - 00494d19, Oct 27, 2010

Thanks everyone!! - 001a2987, Oct 27, 2010

Great one churlman, worth a vote, nothing wrong as far as i am concerned . - ray76, Oct 28, 2010

Answer 2

Espero dar al blanco con el tranquilizante! Aquí viene Billstpor! No podrá corrigirme hasta que se despierte!

I hope I can hit the target with this tranquilizer! Here comes Billstpor! He won't be able to correct me until he wakes up!

But let me try: "... hasta que se despierte!" :-) - pesta, Oct 27, 2010

Thanks pesta.(Bill knows I am only tweaking him!) - 002262dd, Oct 27, 2010

And I was only tweaking you! :-) Good caption. - pesta, Oct 27, 2010

Haha.. actually I'm not so many timezones away, and in the opposite direction. Anyways, there's LOTS to correct ;) "con el tranquilizante", aquí , corregirme, despierte. - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

Answer 3

So I'm too small to take on the rats am I?

Así que soy demasiado pequeño para enfrentarme a las ratas¿ eh? (edit thanx Heidi & Bill)

I would love to help you Marie Claire, but it would be like the "footman " advising the Queen on regal matters. - ray76, Oct 27, 2010

ja ja I doubt that very much Ray! goodness yr a dag :) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 27, 2010

dag? what is that? - 00494d19, Oct 27, 2010

Así que soy ..las ratas¿ eh? - 00494d19, Oct 27, 2010

@ Heidi, well technically it's the crusty bit that hangs off the wool around a sheep's backside but to a kiwi and an ozzie it just means a 'crack up' :) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 27, 2010

ooops maybe I shouldn't use backside and crack up in the same sentence, sorry guys! - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 27, 2010

One thing: 'competir' means 'to compete', rather than 'to take on'. 'Enfrentar(se)' is a closer translation (in this case: 'para enfrentarme a las ratas') - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

Marie Claire, why doesthe word "Dag" follow me around lika dag?? - ray76, Oct 27, 2010

thanks Bill I did wonder about that but couldn't find any reference to 'take on' in any of the dictionaries that I was looking at - gracias :) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 27, 2010

Answer 4

She is a good shooter. The gecko is "history."

Es una buena tiradora. El geco es "historia."

oh no not the Gekko! who will answer all our questions? lol :) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 27, 2010

The cat has turned on him! jaja - Brynleigh, Oct 27, 2010

:) - 00494d19, Oct 27, 2010

You need to keep the gender consistent: "Es una buena tiradora". - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

claro, bill tiene razón, es ella, ni me fijé - 00494d19, Oct 27, 2010

Gracias Heidita, Gracias Bill :) - Brynleigh, Oct 27, 2010

Hey! I'm going to the UN with this dastardly plot!!! - Gekkosan, Oct 27, 2010

jaja good luck with that! - Brynleigh, Oct 27, 2010

Answer 5

Un disparo perfecto más ,y me voy a las olimpiadas.

One more perfect shot, and it is the Olympics for me.

perfecto y me voy a las Olimpiadas - 00494d19, Oct 27, 2010

Watch out with the word order. If you put 'más' in between 'disparo' and 'perfecto', it changes the meaning to "one even more perfect shot". You need to say "Un disparo perfecto más". - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

Thank you so much , this is so tricky. - ray76, Oct 27, 2010

Hahahaha Funny good one Ray :) - FELIZ77, Oct 27, 2010

thanks Feliz77 i have been following you around but don't see your post yet. - ray76, Oct 27, 2010

Answer 6

¡Toma ésta! ¡Terrorista de ratones!

Take this one!Terrorist of mice!

One of my favourite cartoons. - Eddy, Oct 27, 2010

Hi, Laura. We don't add our own pictures to the picture of the day. The goal is to find a caption for the photo already posted by Vaanz. :-) - --Mariana--, Oct 27, 2010

Oh... I'm sorry! No photos, indeed, I'm guilty! - cogumela, Oct 27, 2010

Answer 7

You CAN teach a YOUNG cat new tricks. (Literal translation): Puedes enseñar un gatito joven los trucos nuevos. (And mine....) El gatito joven aprende a disparar.

The translation of "you can teach.." would be: "A un gatito le puedes enseñar trucos nuevos" - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

Answer 8

Qué mala suerte. El perro no tiene siete vidas como yo.

In Spanish the saying is that cats have seven lives. I know, it's dumb, but still.. :) - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

Maybe English cats are more superior? - ray76, Oct 27, 2010

Thanks Bill. I never knew that. We live and learn, except in my case, I just live. - Eddy, Oct 27, 2010

Or maybe they need more lives because they suffer more abuses, who knows :p - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

Answer 9

A blue star for a man ,red for a lady and gold for a dog ,I think I''ll go for gold. la estrella azul par un hombre, rojo para una señora y el oro para un perro,yo pienso que iré para el oro.

Answer 10

I am a 5 star kitten, not a 1 star kitten. I need more stars.

Soy un gatito de 5 estrellas, no uno de una estrella. Necesito más estrellas.

gatito de 5 estrellas ....no uno de una estrella - 00494d19, Oct 27, 2010

Thank you for the correction. That was harder than I thought. - siempre, Oct 27, 2010

Answer 11

Watch cat.

Gato gaurdían.

"gato guardián" - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

ahhh.... I see :) - melton1995, Nov 10, 2010

Answer 12

Como sospechaba, los gatos han concebido un plan malvado. ¡Siempre supe que tramaban algo, con sus maneras tan tranquilas y tan seguros de si mismos!

As I suspected the cats have put together an evil plot. I always knew they were up to something, with their quiet, assured ways!

A few comments here: if you say "*que* los gatos.. ", you are making that a subordinate clause, which it wasn't in your original sentence (you didn't say "As I suspected that the.. ", but "As I suspected, the cats.. ". - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

Also, "to put together an evil plot" = "concebir un plan malvado", "to be up to something" = "tramar algo", and "with their quiet, assured ways" = "con sus maneras tan tranquilas y tan seguros de sí mismos", and "saber" doesn't take a "de" preposition - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

After the fixes it becomes: "Como sospechaba, los gatos han concebido un plan malvado. ¡Siempre supe que tramaban algo, con sus maneras tan tranquilas y tan seguros de sí mismos!" - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

Thanks Billstpor! - wansell, Oct 28, 2010

Answer 13

Los videojuegos son una mala influencia sobre los jóvenes.
Videogames are a bad influence on the young.

jóvenes - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

Oops. Thanks. - KevinB, Oct 27, 2010

Answer 14

Los gatos son malos.

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Cats are evil.

Answer 15

¡Después de encargarme del perro, voy a tirarle esta shuriken azul!

After I get the dog, I'm going to throw this blue ninja star at him!

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I'm certain "de conseguir" is wrong. Please help! I mean to say, "after I take care of the dog, after I finish him off..."¡

"Después de encargarme del perro, voy a tirarle esta estrella ninja azul". "encargar(se) de (alguien)" means 'to take care of (someone)', either in a lethal or non-lethal way. And while "estrella ninja" is a decent translation, "shuriken" is more popular. - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

Gracias Bill! - amykay, Oct 27, 2010

"Tirarle" and "a él" is redundant, you know from the previous sentence that it means "al perro". Without the first sentence, you would have to especify it: "Voy a tirarle este shuriken al perro" - bill1111, Oct 27, 2010

specify :) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 27, 2010

Ok, now I get it... - amykay, Oct 27, 2010