"Culture Vulture" Help with sentence order?

Question

I've translated this paragraph word for word using the translator, but I'm guessing its not actually correct? I was hoping someone could help me translate properly? :D

This is what I had!

"Cultura bainte no estoy - soy justo difícil a tener un buen momento"

It's supposed to be

"Culture vulture I am not - I'm just trying to have a good time"

Thanks!

Edited for typos. - galsally, Jun 17, 2011

buitre=vulture - 0074b507, Jun 17, 2011

Answer 1

HI joey, welcome

The first thing you have to do is to use the "normal" structure in English. Yours is very unusual, so first things first:

"Culture vulture I am not - I'm just trying to have a good time" = I am not a culture vulture.....

So then :

No soy un.....(yo) solo estoy intentando pasarlo bien.

The last part is an expression, you can find that in the dictionary

Answer 2

Hola! I thought 'pienso' was i think? :s

Hola Joey, yes it does. However, I've heard my phrase quite a lot, and wondered if it might be one of those (frequent) occasions when a literal translation isn't good.

Buuut... Googling 2 other options which do include literal translation of 'thinking' I find they get a lot of hits too, so here you go!

Solo intento pasarlo bien.

Solo intento divertirme.

About the culture vulture, I'd hope we'll get a native speaker. If not, I can pm someone.

Still watching the thread.

Answer 3

No soy cultureta - solo pienso en divertirme.

Not sure about 'culture vulture', but this will bump the thread a little, hopefully a native speaker will come along to give an opinion.

Hola! I thought 'pienso' was i think? :s - JOEYSHARKS, Jun 16, 2011