Picture of the Day : Courage
Hello, everyone.
I will be doing the Picture of the Day's threads untill Jen is back again, hehe. So I hope I will do this as well as Jen used to.
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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.
This thread will be corrected by Zadeworks and checked by Chris for English mistakes ![]()
And please correct my mistakes in English ![]()
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Rules:
? Captions should be a minimum of four words and a maximum of four sentences in length.
? The sentences M U S T be your own work: you cannot copy from the translator, books or any other source.
? Idioms and lyrics which do not translate should be avoided.
? You can only answer once.
? Answers must caption the picture in both English and Spanish.
? You must correct your answer with any corrections that are given.
? Sentences must be comprehensible after three or four reads.
? Do not post pictures or unnecessary subject pronouns in Spanish.
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Answers which do not follow the rules will not be corrected or accepted.
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My example:
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear
El coraje no es la ausencia del miedo, sino el considerar que algo es más importante que el miedo.

Winner : Marshal_Hen ¡Felicitaciones!
23 Answers
"Someone said if you stare at the sun, you will have great strength."
"Alguien dijo que si usted mira el sol, usted tendrá gran fuerza."
Is that lovely breeze I feel real? Or is it just that windmill behind me?
¿Es esa brisa estupenda que siento real? ¿O es el molino de viento detrás de mí?
Si yo tuviera el coraje para hablar más, tal vez mi español mejoraría
If I had the courage to speak more, perhaps my spanish would improve.
Acabo de recibido esta armadura de eBay. ¿Cómo me veo?
I just got this suit of armor from eBay. How do I look?
"Sancho, what's wrong?
Sorry, Don, something is wrong with the camera. One more try, please."
"¿Sancho, qué pasa?
Perdón, Don, algo está mal con la cámara. Una vez más, por favor."
l can't wait to see him when he falls in that hole in front of him! ![]()
No puedo esperar para verlo cuando cae en ese agujero delante de él ![]()
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La verdad es que me identifico con Don Quijote - ¡siento que he estado arremetiendo contra molinos de viento toda mi vida!
The truth is I identify with Don Quijote - I feel I have been tilting at windmills all my life!
Sancho! Fetch the guitar, I feel a song coming on!
¡Sancho, trae la guitarra! Siento que una canción se acerca.
El imagen representa a Don Quijote quien estaba loco, no me extraña de que tuviera valor, no sabía la realidad de la ficción.
The image depicts Don Quijote who was crazy. No wonder he was couragous, he didn't know reality from fiction.
''What do you mean, ''windmills'', Sancho ? I cannot see any windmills...you are imagining these things!''
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= 'A qué te referes con los ''molinos de viento'', Sancho? ¡No puedo ver ningún molinos!.. Estás imaginando estas cosas'
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Corregid mi español, por favor
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''Qué quieres decir, ''molinos de viento'', Sancho? ¡No puedo ver ningún molinos.. estás imaginando estas cosas!''
Editor's note; I have intentionally created this sentence to depict Don Quijote in triumphant denial of the facts!
¡Cuidado! ¡Hay un feroz gigante detrás de usted!
Careful! There's a ferocious giant behind you!
¡Puedo conquistar cualquier cosa, tanto si es un monstruo enorme, o un gigante, o un gran ejército, o un molino de viento!
I can conquer anything, whether it is a giant monster, or a giant, or a large army, or a windmill!
Me encanta el olor de las margaritas frescas en la mañana.
I love the smell of fresh daisies in the morning.

Soy una pequeña tetera, baja y corpulenta! Aquí está mi asa, aquí está mi pico!
I'm a little teapot, short and stout! Here is my handle, here is my spout!
We all have to fight our own windmills . . . . . .
Todos tenemos que luchar contra nuestros propios molinos de viento . . . . .
I'm afraid my Spanish grammar will not be correct at all . . . . . . . ![]()