Beginners Translation Exercise (Eng to Sp) - Is Housework Good Exercise?
Here is an exercise for beginners. The objective is to translate this in a natural way from English to Spanish. (También para los que están aprendiendo hablar inglés será un ejercicio útil.) It is adapted from a quote in the news.
Can it be said that vacuuming, washing windows, and pushing a baby stroller classify as healthy exercise? Yes. Womens housework is roughly equivalent to moderate intensity exercise such as brisk walking, cycling or swimming.
Give it your best try. Do you think it won't be perfect? Do it anyhow!
That leap into the possible unknown may prompt you to do even better than you thought you could!
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8 Answers
¿Se puede decir que pasar la aspirador, lavar las ventanas y empujar un carruaje de bebe clasificar como ejercicio saludable? Sí. Tareas domésticas de las mujeres son igual a ejercicio moderado intensidad como caminar enérgico, ciclismo o nadar.
Can it be said that vacuuming, washing windows, and pushing a baby stroller classify as healthy exercise? Yes. Womens housework is roughly equivalent to moderate intensity exercise such as brisk walking, cycling or swimming.
= ¿Se puede decir que pasar la aspirador, lavar las ventanas y empujar un cochecito* pueden ser considerado la misma cosa como ejercicio sano? Sí, las tareas domesticos de las mujeres son equivalente aproximadamente con ejercicio intensidad moderada como andar con brío, ciclismo, o natación,
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So, here is my answer:
¿Podría decirse que pasar la aspiradora, limpiar las ventanas y empujar el cochecito del bebé constituyen ejercicios saludables? La respuesta es afirmativa. Las tareas femeninas del hogar equivalen en términos generales a ejercicios de intensidad moderada, como caminar enérgicamente, pedalear y nadar.
I picked MrFreeze1125's answer (click here to see it) because, for a beginner, he jumped right in there and gave it his best shot; which was pretty good.
Feel free to give him your vote to congratulate him.
Here are a few learning points from this exercise.
...healthy exercise
One thing that no one got correct was the term healthy exercise. Everyone translated it in the singular form. In English one could think of 'exercise' as a mass noun. But in Spanish there are not as many nouns that are used that way. The English text referred to more than one type of exercise. So the correct translation in this context is: ejercicios saludables
...washing windows
Everyone chose limpiar las ventanas for this one, as did I. Interestingly, depending on to whom you are talking and from what part of the Spanish speaking world they come, you may hear limpiar los cristales or limpiar los vidrios. Just a heads up... ![]()
And lastly,
...brisk walking, cycling or swimming.
Most of the answers translated these into Spanish nouns. The correct translation would be: caminar enérgicamente, pedalear y nadar. It is good to remember that in Spanish the infinitive form of a verb is also the noun form, whereas the gerund form (-ando, -iendo) is not. This is quite different from the use of the English 'ing' words so it may take some getting used to. When an English verb ends with 'ing' and is being used as a noun, then the correct translation is the infinitive verb in Spanish (which acts as a noun). Here's a simple example: "Swimming is fun." = "Nadar es divertido."
Thank you all for participating! I'll catch you on the flip side. ![]()
¿Puede ser dicho que pasar la aspiradora, lavar las ventanas y empujar un carrito de bebe clasifican a ejercicio saludable? Sí. Tareas domésticas de mujere es más o menos equivalente a ejercicio de intensidad moderada como caminando a paso ligero, ciclismo y nadando.
¿Puede decir que pasando la aspiradora, lavando las ventanas,y empujando un cochecito de bebé clasifican como ejercico sano? Sí, los quehaceres domésticos de las mujeres están equivalante aproximadamente a ejercicio de la intensidad moderada como caminando con brío, ciclismo o natación.
¿Se puede decir que pasar la aspiradora, lavar las ventanas, y empujar un coche de bebé calsfican como ejercicio sano? Sí, Las tareas domesticas femininas se equivalen aproximadamente a ejercicio de intensidad moderada tales como un paseo vigoroso, ciclisimo, y natación.
¿Se puede decir que pasar la aspiradora, lavar las ventanas y empujar un coche de bebe clasifican como un ejercicio sano? Sí. Las tareas domesticas realizadas por mujeres son aproximadamente equivalentes a un ejercicio de moderada intensidad como la caminata, ciclismo o natación.
Thank you so much for haviing this exercise, chaparrito. And the corrections were very useful. I really appreciate it.