Can someone please help me translate this paragraph?

Question

Entonces, el señor Quijada empieza a pensar que lo que lee en los libros de caballería es cierto. Un día, decide hacerse él también caballero andante para salir por los caminos a buscar aventuras, hacer justicia y cobrar eterno nombre y fama. En la primera parte sale dos veces. El señor Quijada empieza su nueva vida cambiándose el nombre: en adelante se ha de llamar don Quijote. A su caballo le pone Rocinante. Luego, como hicieron todos los caballeros andantes de los libros, don Quijote escoge a una mujer para que sea su dama. Esta dama, que en los libros era siempre una mujer bellísima e importante, es en el caso de Don Quijote una joven labradora de un pueblo vecino, el Toboso. Se llama Aldonza Lorenzo, pero don Quijote le pone Dulcinea del Toboso.

My Translation Then, Mr. Q begins to think what he read in the book of knight is true. One day, he decides to become also knight errant to go out on the roads to look for adventures, to have justice and to recover eternal name and fame. In the first part leaves two times. Mr. Q begins his new life by changing his name: from now on his name will be Mr. Q. His horse R puts. Then, as he did all the knights walking books, Mr, Q choose a woman to be his lady, This lady, who's in the book is always the beautiful and important, is in case of Mr. Q and young farmer from a neighboring town, Toboso. His name is Aldonza Lorenzo, but Mr Q puts him Dulcinea of Toboso.

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Can someone help me with my bad part of translation so it can sound more of modern English?

• If you post an attempt, we can help you out with whatever you come up with. :D - NikkiRivera Feb 15, 2012
• Great comment, thanks Nikki! Chun, feel free to use our translator above (the "Translate" tab) to get you started. Good luck! - StuartSD Feb 15, 2012
• Ok.. so I went and translated and got.. Then, Mr. Q begins to think what he read in the book of knight is true. One day, he decides to become also knight errant to go out on the roads to look for adventures, to have justice and to recover eternal name - chunmatkd Feb 15, 2012
• and fame. In the first part leaves two times. Mr Q begins his new life by changing his name: from now on his name will be Mr. Q. His horse R puts. Then, as he did all the knights walking books, Mr. Q choose a woman to be his lady, This lady, who's in the - chunmatkd Feb 15, 2012
• Great, thanks for looking it up Chun. In the future, you can check the translation and see if you have questions on specific words or phrases we can help with. Also, updated your title to reflect proper grammar for our English learners. - StuartSD Feb 15, 2012
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Answer 1

Then, Mr. Quijada begins to think that what he reads in the cavlary books is true. One day, he decides to become a knight as well to go out on the roads and seek for adventure, make justice, and have an eternal name and eternal fame. In the first part he appears twice. Mr. Quijada begins his new life by changing his name: from then on he calls himself Don Quijote. He names his horse Rocinante. Then, as all the (walking?) knights on the books did, Don Quijote chooses a beautiful woman to become her lady. This lady, that in the books was always a beautiful and important lady, was in the case of Don Quijote a young farmer from a close village named El Toboso. Her name is Alondra Lorenzo, but Don Quijote names her Dulcinea del Toboso.

Hope my English is fine,

Saludos Michoacanos and Good Luck!

• Hello! Here we do not offer translations unless the asker gave his or her own attempt first. - NikkiRivera Feb 15, 2012
• Arriba Michoacan! - Rey_Mysterio Feb 15, 2012
• Then, as all the other knights in the books did, Don Quijote chose a beautiful woman to become his lady. - Spenco Feb 15, 2012
• the knights of old - Spenco Feb 15, 2012
• The lady in all the old books was always beautiful and important but in Don Quiote's case she was the young daughter of a farmer from a nearby village - Spenco Feb 15, 2012
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Answer 2

Hi, I tried to offer an additional translation (if you want to call it that, lol). Something about it is a bit clunky, but I'm not a writer so, hey, it won't be perfect.

My Translation: Then, Mr. Q begins to think that what he read in the book of knighthood is true. One day, he decides to become also knight (errant?) himself going out on the roads looking for seeking adventure, doing justice and to recover acquiring eternal name and fame. In the first part leaves goes out twice two times. Mr. Q begins his new life by changing his name: from now on he is called Mr. Q. His gives his horse the name R. Then, as he did all the knights errants walking in the books, Mr. Q choose a woman to be his lady(or female) companion. This lady, who, in the books, was always beautiful and of importance, is, in case of Mr. Q, a young farmer (or peasant) from a neighboring town, Toboso. Her name is Aldonza Lorenzo, but Mr Q gives her the name Dulcinea of Toboso.

I just found this on Wikipedia (see the 1st and 2nd paragraph under "Plot") and it sounds similar to the paragraph above. You can compare them to get if you think it'll help (probably will).

Answer 3

Good job alphamichoacana

Answer 4

Then Mr. Quijada began to think that what you read in books of chivalry is true. One day, he also decided to become a knight errant and go out on the road to seek adventures by doing justice and to gain eternal remembrance and great fame.

• Yes, this is Don Quijote. It has been translated into English and you could either buy it or possibly find a copy at a library. - Spenco Feb 15, 2012

Answer 5

he reads about chivalry and he decides to become a knight errant adventures doing justice