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Does anyone know of any idiom in English that would allow sayings like the ones below to retain their humor in a tranlation?
"Yo también hablo conmigo mismo y es bien interesante. Verdad que si? Si, cierto."
"Yo también me dormí por la tarde y me desperté asustado porque pensé que era otro día."
Literally, these would be:
"I also talk to myself and it's rather interesting. Is that so? Yes, it is."
"I also have fallen asleep in the afternoon and woken up scared because I thought it was another day."
But these translations seem bulky. Are there any better ideas?
2 Answers
The nearest I can give you for "Yo también hablo conmigo mismo y es bien interesante. Verdad que si? Si, cierto."
is
"I might as well talk to myself"
as an accusation of someone not listening to instructions or advice.
I've got nothing for you on the second one, that's probably because I don't understand it's meaning.
Does anyone know of any idiom in English that would allow sayings like the ones below to retain their humor in a tranlation?
I'm not sure what you mean there, but I'll try to help as much as I can with the translations. When you put the English sentences together like this...
I also talk to myself and it's rather interesting. I also have fallen asleep in the afternoon and woken up scared because I thought it was another day.
...It looks like you are explaining the unusual things you do as a habit.
Sentence 1: It's good. You could also say "¿De veras? Sí, es verdad."
Sentence 2: I also have fallen asleep in the afternoon and woken up scared because I thought it was another day.
Yo también me dormí por la tarde y me desperté asustado porque pensé que era otro día."
Are you implying that you do this habitually, or did you just suddenly wake up one day scared? If this is a habit, then...
Además, después de echar un sueño corto por la tarde, me despertaba asustado de que hubiera llegado otro día.
Also, after taking a short nap in the afternoon, I would wake up scared that another day had arrived.
I hope this helps 
