Picture of the Day : Coder?

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:

Papá, El alfabeto no está en el orden correcto.

Daddy, The alphabet is not in the correct order.

Please correct my English and Spanish. - Vaanz, Dec 1, 2010

either "the letters are not in the correct order" or "the alphabet is not in the correct order" - Echoline, Dec 1, 2010

Fantastico Vaanz , you are a champ. - ray76, Dec 1, 2010

Thanks Echo and Ray!! - Vaanz, Dec 1, 2010

Orden is femenine, and there is only one correct alphabetical order, then;... no está en el orden correcto. Hi Vaanz! :) - cogumela, Dec 1, 2010

Yes, same comment as echoline...."...the alphabet is not in the correct order." - ronm192, Dec 1, 2010

good one, Vaanz! - Brynleigh, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 1

Querido Santa,.......

Dear Santa,.........

Dear Cathy.... Hi! :) - cogumela, Dec 1, 2010

:D - pintor, Dec 1, 2010

Good one, Cathy... - sanlee, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 2

Querida EHarmony: Soy joven, guapo y tengo trabajo. Estoy buscando a una nena que no le importen los bajitos.

Dear EHarmony: I am young, handsome and have a professional job. I am looking for a babe that doesn't mind short men.

Corrections welcome (I'm not sure about how to translate the doesn't mind part)

Very funny theresa, I voted! - amykay, Dec 1, 2010

I'm still smiling... - Echoline, Dec 1, 2010

Rather than 'tengo trabajo profesional' just say 'tengo trabajo'. As for 'babe that doesn't mind short men', I'd say 'una nena a la que no le importen los hombres bajitos' (or simply 'que no le importen los bajitos') - bill1111, Dec 1, 2010

:) - sanlee, Dec 1, 2010

Thanks for the correction Bill, and thanks for the votes and smiles too! - theresa5, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 3

¿Qué tecla puedo presionar para "cambiar mi pañal"?

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Which key do I press for "change my diaper"?

jeje - I'll bet that before long they will have computers that can do this!! - 001a2987, Dec 1, 2010

'Key' can be translated as 'clave' when you talk about encryption keys and things like that. For a keyboard, you use 'tecla'. - bill1111, Dec 1, 2010

Gracias Bill, I should have known that. - amykay, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 4

¿Cuál era mi contraseña?

What was my password?

Right :) - cogumela, Dec 1, 2010

Good one simpevets! - sanlee, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 5

Soon I will have 10K on SpanishDict.

Pronto voy a tener 10K en SpanishDict.

:-) - Echoline, Dec 1, 2010

Very clever, Bryn! - sanlee, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 6

La palabra del día de hoy en SD es difícil, y ahora qué era eso de los pronombres personales. The word of the day on SD is hard today , now what was that about personal pronouns.

La palabra del día de hoy en SD es difícil, y ahora qué era eso de los pronombres personales. Not too sure of this! Hi, Ray! :) - cogumela, Dec 1, 2010

'hoy en día' is used when 'today' is used as 'nowadays', not when today means this particular day - bill1111, Dec 1, 2010

Oh dear, Oh dear , I shall have to pick sentences no larger than tres palabras. Thank you both , deep sighs as he drags himself forlornly off to bed.! - ray76, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 7

Papá, ¡me engañaste! ¡Dijiste que íbamos a ir al zoo!

( Daddy you tricked me. You said we were going to the zoo! )

Please forgive and correct my mistakes..

The usted form is not very common when you are talking to your dad. Papá, ¡me engañaste! ¡Dijiste que íbamos a ir al zoo! ( zoo is the shorted form of zoológico, I think that any child would prefer saying "zoo" and not "zoológico", which sounds too formal - cogumela, Dec 1, 2010

and... Hi, sv2qp !! ;) - cogumela, Dec 1, 2010

You are right cogu.. thanks! - sv2qp, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 8

Trabajo, trabajo,trabajo. Soy demasiado joven para esto.

Work, work work. I am too young for this.

'para esto' - bill1111, Dec 1, 2010

Hmmm - por vs. para got me again!! Gracias Billstpor! - 001a2987, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 9

¿Cuántas veces tengo que decirles que no quiero ser programador de computadoras cuando crezca?

How many times I need to tell them that I don't want to be a computer programmer when I grow up?!

...cuando crezca. Also, is more usual to hear ;" ¿cuántas veces tengo que decirles...?, instead of necesito. Hi, Luz! - cogumela, Dec 1, 2010

Thanks, Cogu:) - luz_72, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 10

Sus padres tienen la convicción de que este niño va a ser un gran escritor..

His parents have the conviction that this boy is going to be a great writer. ....

Right :) - cogumela, Dec 1, 2010

¡Gracias, Cogu! - sanlee, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 11

¡Papá, para, por favor! No más correos electrónicos a e-Trade. ¡No quiero salir en anuncios! No es lo mío, ¿vale? ¡Y no quiero ser tu plan de jubilación! (¡Qué vergüenza!)

Dad, stop!!!! Please!!! No more e-mails to E-Trade. I don't want to be in any commercials!! It's not my thing, okay? And, I DON´T want to be your retirement plan! (How embarrassing!)

Ok my Spanish speaking friends, please correct my Spanish and let me know how this translates. - ronm192, Dec 1, 2010

This is definitely how the E-Trade baby (or an adolescent in the states would) talk to their dad. I doubt if the incomplete sentence will be acceptable in Spanish. The rest may translate...except the "How lame!!", I think. Please let me know!!! - ronm192, Dec 1, 2010

just two points to help you más .has an accent a tilde on the á.... and I think it should be "No quiero participar en.... - FELIZ77, Dec 1, 2010

...más anuncios!!! - FELIZ77, Dec 1, 2010

very cute - Echoline, Dec 1, 2010

'¡Papá, para, por favor!' 'No más correos electrónicos a e-Trade. ¡No quiero salir en anuncios! ('participar' would be ok too, but it's a tad more formal). 'No es lo mío, ¿vale?' - bill1111, Dec 1, 2010

Thanks for the pointers and other comments everyone!! - ronm192, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 12

Caught in the web. The youngest victim of the internet addiction.

Atrapado en la red. La víctima más joven de la adicción a Internet.

This time I was struggling with spanish translation... - seba2, Dec 1, 2010

The usual translation of 'web' in that context is 'la red, ie: 'Atrapado en la red'. - bill1111, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 13

Baby hacker: "If I could just crack (decipher) this.password ... I could have access to a store of toys and baby food for the rest of my life !"

El bebé hacker "¡Si solo podría descifrar este contraseña.....podría llevar a una provisión de juguetes y comida para bebés por el resto de mi vida !"

Corregid mi español, por favor

Answer 14

This is not pleasing to me. Esto no es agradable para mí .

Right ! Jennyo :) - cogumela, Dec 1, 2010

Gracias cogumela - jennyo45, Dec 1, 2010

Gracias cogumela (yay) - jennyo45, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 15

Papá, estaba mirando tu historial de sitios web. ¡A mamá no le va a gustar lo que has estado mirando todo el día!

Dad, I was looking at your web site history. Mom is not going to like what you have been looking at all day!

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'Papá, estaba mirando (or 'estaba echando un vistazo a') tu historial de sitios web. ¡A mamá no le va a gustar lo que has estado mirando todo el día!' - bill1111, Dec 1, 2010