Please proofread this dialogue translation,

Question

It seems that I overlooked this dialogue in Frank's series. I read it, but never even thought about translating it.

• 1) Raúl : Hola Paco ¿ qué rollo?
• Raúl: Hello, Paco. What's up?
• 2) Paco: Nada, Está muy tranquilo todo.
• Paco: Nothing. Everything is very quiet/tranquil .
• 3) Raúl: ¿ has visto a Pedro?
• Raúl: Have you seen Pedro?
• 4) Paco: Si, mira, antier Pedro y yo fuimos a un café en el centro.
• Paco: Yes, look, the day before yesterday Pedro and I went to a cafe (coffeehouse) downtown.
• 5) Raúl : ¿Cuál café? ¿ en donde?
• Raúl: Which cafe (coffeehouse). Where?
• 6) Paco : Un café pequeno en calle 26 ¿tu lo conoces?
• Paco: A small cafe (coffehouse) on 26th street. Are you familiar with it?
• 7) Raúl : No, ¿cuál es su especialidades?
• Raúl: No, what is the house specialty?
• 8) Paco : Cafés del mundo.
• Paco: Coffees of the world.
• 9) Raúl : ¡Que bueno Paco!, me gustan.
• Raúl: Great, Paco. I love them.
• 10) Paco: Bien Raúl, ven con nosotros la próxima vez.
• Paco: Well, Raúl. Come with us next time.
• 11) Raúl : Dime, sobre esté café amigo.
• Raúl: Tell me about this cafe, friend. (buddy, pal)?? Not what the Spanish says. I need help here.
• 12) Paco: Bien, cuando llegamos, la mesera nos dió la carta, hay muchas cafés diferentes, y otras bebidas tambien.Un poco despues,la mesera regresó para tomar nuestra orden, yo ordené un café arabica y Pedro ordenó una cerveza importada.La ambiente está muy amable.
• Paco: Fine, when we arrived, the waitress gave us the menú, there are many different coffees and other drinks besides. A little later, the waitress returned to take our order, I ordered an Arabian coffee and Pedo ordered an imported beer. The atmosphere was very friendly.
• 13) Raúl : Llámame cuando vayas la próxima vez , me gustaría ir con ustedes. Incluso si Pedro no quiere ir, yo gustosamente iré contigo.
• Raul: call me the next time that you go. I would like to go with you. Even if Pedro doesn't want to go, I'll happily go with you.
• 14) Paco: Muy bien te llamaré. Me tengo que ir ahora. Me dio gusto verte. Hasta pronto amigo.
• Paco: Very well. I will call you. I have to go now. It was a pleasure to see you. See you soon, pal.
• 15) Raúl: Hasta luego Paco. Esperaré tu llamada
• Raúl: See you later, Paco. I will expect your call.

Again, I would appreciate comments on the English translation. To comment on the Spanish, go to Frank's thread. Thanks.

Hola, Q. A little typo, **Please** - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 19, 2011

Hi Q you are OK with buddy, friend, or pal I guess I would favor friend if i was pressed. - pacofinkler, Aug 19, 2011

Q your items in paretheses are fine also, can be either. - pacofinkler, Aug 19, 2011

Q, what do you think about a tilde on Café in english ,I think we are using it that way now. - pacofinkler, Aug 19, 2011

Thats because I changed the tilte to get it in this thread. - pacofinkler, Aug 19, 2011

I usually wirte it as café in English (it can be either), but I didn't want it to be confused with café in Spanish so I wrote it without it. - 0074b507, Aug 19, 2011

Answer 1

Paco: Nothing. Everything is very quiet/tranquil . I would use quiet.

Paco: Yes, look, the day before yesterday .......*I'd leave out the look. *

Raúl: Tell me about this cafe, friend. (buddy, pal) *I'd probably us 'tell me more about it, friend (buddy or pal would be OK too) *

It would be OK without the changes, they are just my opinions.

Actually, I almost wrote "well" for "mira" (a muletilla here), but thought beginners would be mislead. - 0074b507, Aug 19, 2011

"Well" could be used there, just as we do in english, but "Mira" is the equivalent here. - pacofinkler, Aug 19, 2011

we would use the " look" in casual speech - pacofinkler, Aug 19, 2011

Answer 2

Hi Quentin:

Beautifully done again, you captured the essence of a regular conversation in the translation. What can I say!

. Since we do not do these in English it has got to be useful to everyone of us learning in both languages.

Thank you!

Tell me what #11 means. I had no clue! - 0074b507, Aug 19, 2011

Is that supposed to be esté (present tense, subjunctive of estar)? - 0074b507, Aug 19, 2011

I was in present tense there. - pacofinkler, Aug 19, 2011

"tell me about that café" - pacofinkler, Aug 19, 2011