Past and present tense
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If I were to translate "Today is Thursday", I would have "Hoy es el jueves" or "Hoy es jueves." Would it make a difference if I said "Today was Thursday" because some of the translators changed it while the others kept it the same?
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updated Apr 18, 2013
posted by llamalovers000
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Tranlators get confused and so do people. The expression "Today was tuesday" without some context is confusing ... you would normally expect the word "is" linking "today" and "tuesday". How if you say " I thought today was tuesday" there would be no confusion about the tense.
updated Mar 9, 2013
posted by gohern
Thanks. I will try to use that method. - llamalovers000, Mar 9, 2013
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Interesting question .
Hoy es Jueves, - Hoy fue jueves , ¿ Puede ser ambos correctos?
updated Mar 9, 2013
posted by ray76
That is certainly possible. - llamalovers000, Mar 9, 2013
