Help me with my spanish translation? Anyone please help :)

Question

If you could please comment/answer the question below with the correct(ed) version if needed, OR even if it looks okay, that would be awesome .

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Spanish Translation: Hola Diario! Hoy en día es el séptimo día de la escritura.

Ayer en la clase de español, nuestro maestro de costumbre, la señorita Catherine no estaba aquí. No sé por qué. Sin embargo, la clase todavía se desarrolló sin contratiempos. Nuestro maestro sustituto tocaba música de su ordenador mientras trabajamos en el libro de texto.

Anoche vi a mi hijo de dos programas de televisión favoritos, "New Girl" y "Glee!" Ellos eran muy buenos.

Hoy en la tarde tengo un examen de ciencias, que me siento muy preparado para! La prueba es sobre la digestión y la evolución.

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English Version: Hello Journal! Today is the seventh day of writing.

Yesterday in spanish class, our usual teacher, Miss Catherine was not here. I don't know why. However, class still went smoothly. Our substitute teacher played music from her computer while we worked in the textbook.

Last night I watched my two favorite television shows, "New Girl" and " Glee!" They were very good.

Today in the afternoon I have a science test which I feel pretty prepared for! The test is about digestion and evolution.

Answer 1

'Profesora habitual' for usual teacher,

I would say 'allí' rather than 'aquí' as you are referring to the past it would be 'Miss Catherine was not there', even if you are at school at the moment, you literally mean the spanish class, so she was not there.

What do you mean by 'a mi hijo'?

In spanish you can't end a sentence with a preposition e.g. 'para' even though we do it English all the time e.g. 'pretty prepared for', so for example if I wanted to say 'which it has been compared with' you'd translate it literally as 'with which it has been compared' so rather than 'que ha sido comparado con' you'd say 'con que ha sido comparado'

In this case I think you could use 'con' as well, so it could be 'con que me siento muy preporado' 'with which I feel very prepared' or I think you would be able to just move the para to the start and have 'para que me siento muy preparado' and it would still mean what you want to say in English

and don't forget your upside down '¡' at the start of the sentence; ¡para que me siento muy preparado!

I would say 'El examen' rather than 'la prueba'.

Hope that helps!

Nice, very helpful to learn from (both of you) since it´s a bit above my level yet. When does one choose prueba vs examen? - rogspax, May 9, 2012

I'd say prueba, from probar means more to prove or to try, so prueba is used for proof, you're right to think it means test, but examen is a lot more specific to what you want to say, as it means exam. The translate section will give a good explanation :) - ncb1, May 9, 2012

Answer 2

Ayer nuestra profesora de español habitual, la senora Catherine, no apareció. No sé por qué. Sin embargo, la clase transcurrió sin contratiempos. Nuestro profesor suplente puso música utilizando su ordenador mientras nosotros trabajamos en el libro de texto. Anoche miré a mis dos programas de téle preferidos, "NG" y "Glee". Fueron muy buenos. Hoy por la tarde tengo un examen de ciencia por el cual me siento muy preparado. El examen trata de la digestion y la evolución.

2 comentarios : - el programa = masculino ! - y tengo alguna duda sobre el uso de los tiempos : préterito contra presente perfecto