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I translated 4 quotes into Spanish; if you could tell me if I made any mistakes, it'd be greatly appreciated.

"Learning became her. She loved the smell of the book from the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the world was an infinite but knowable place." translated to "El aprender ella se convertir. Le encanta el olor de libros desde los estanterías, el tipo en las páginas, el sentido que el mundo fue un infinito pero conocible lugar."

"She feels in italics and thinks in capitals." translated to "Ella sente en cursiva y pensa en mayúsculas."

"She refused to be bored, chiefly because she wasn't boring." translated to "Ella rechazó ser aburrir, principalmente porque no fue aburrida."

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." translated to "Perfección no es accesible, but si cazamos perfección, pudemos captura excelencia."

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” translated to "Algún tonto puede saber. El punto es comprender."

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updated Sep 1, 2013
posted by karmasnapz
Welcome to the forum. Thanks for using correct English spelling and punctuation! - Jubilado, Aug 31, 2013

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Hello!

In the first one, I don't understand the meaning of 'to become'. Is it one of these two? enter image description here

"Learning became her. She loved the smell of the book from the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the world was an infinite but knowable place."

"[ .... ] Le encantaba el olor de libros en las estanterías, la tipografía en las páginas, la sensación de que el mundo era un lugar infinito pero conocible."

The second one:

"She feels in italics and thinks in capitals."

"Ella siente en cursiva y piensa en mayúsculas."

The third one:

"She refused to be bored, chiefly because she wasn't boring."

"Ella rechazaba aburrirse, principalmente porque ella no era aburrida."

The fourth one:

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

"La perfección no es alcanzable pero, si perseguimos la perfección, podemos conseguir la excelencia."

And the last one:

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

"Cualquier tonto puede saber. La cosa es comprender."

They were tricky and needed more corrections that it seemed at first sight. The first one is still incomplete. I hope this helps.

[Feel free to correct my English. Thank you]

updated Sep 1, 2013
edited by 003492fc
posted by 003492fc
'Becomes her" in the first one: La aprendeza es propio de ella. ¿Es cómo se usa? - Jubilado, Sep 1, 2013
I would say: "Aprender era propio de ella" if (to be in keeping with). - 003492fc, Sep 1, 2013
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I'm not a native speaker but:

The first one seems okay.

Second one: Ella rechazó estar.... no fue aburrida (this is one of those where using estar or ser changes the meaning of the adjective a little - to be bored vs to be boring)

The third one looks okay but cazar means to hunt (possibly to chase) but look up more options in a dictionary maybe "pursue".

Cualquier would be better for any in the forth one.

Trust Inteligible he is a native speaker.

updated Sep 1, 2013
edited by Jubilado
posted by Jubilado
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The first one: "Learning became her. She loved the smell of the book from the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the world was an infinite but knowable place."

translated to: "Ella se convirtió en aprendizaje. Le encantaba el olor de libros desde los estantes, la tipografía (can be also used "tipo de letra") en las páginas, la sensación de que el mundo era un lugar infinito pero conocible."

"She feels in italics and thinks in capitals." translated to "Ella se siente en cursiva y piensa en mayúsculas."

"She refused to be bored, chiefly because she wasn't boring." translated to "Ella rechazó aburrirse (aburrida is the adjective), principalmente porque ella (here is important to emphasize the pronoun) no era aburrida."

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." translated to "La Perfección no es alcanzable(accesible is understood as "affordable"), pero si buscamos (cazar means literally hunt, so it does not fit) la perfección, podemos alcanzar la excelencia" (the verb "capturar" just can be applied for physical things). “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” translated to "Cualquier tonto puede saber. El punto es comprender."

I hope it helps! Im a native Spanish speaker wink

updated Sep 1, 2013
edited by Cristian_solis
posted by Cristian_solis
Welcome to SD! Please tell us more about yourself in your profile. You seem to be fluent in English. - Jubilado, Sep 1, 2013
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This was perfect! Thank you very much to everyone who helped me out. smile I really appreciate it.

updated Sep 1, 2013
posted by karmasnapz