yds exam question

Question

Que significa "todavia no ha aperecido el revolver con el que mataron al joyero" there is also one more sentence i couldnt understand. " la directora del colegio nos recomendo que le pusieramos un profesor particular y que fueramos un poco mas estrictos con el. Could you help me?

Welcome to SD - please complete your SD profile - it helps us to help you. Gracias. - ian-hill, Feb 6, 2014

Answer 1

1- The gun, which was used to kill the jeweler still has not been found. ( el revolver que se usó para matar al joyero todavía no ha aparecido.)

Note: No hay aparecido= it has not showed up.

2- The college principal recommended to us that we should get him a private teacher and that we should be strict on him. ( El director del colegio nos recomendó que deberíamos conseguir un profesor particular y que deberíamos ser mas estrictos con él.)

Correct answers, but I am not sure whether it's a good idea to hit anyone with an answer when they might be hinted onto it. - Helado_eclectico, Feb 6, 2014

How would they know which is a good anser from the automatic machine, if they don't have a clue? Thanks Jan. - annierats, Feb 6, 2014

The translator does a pretty good job, in my opinion, but I agree that if you don't have any Spanish knowledge, you should have no idea whatsoever. - Helado_eclectico, Feb 6, 2014

Well, Thanks for the comment. I tried to do this on my breaks. I just have time to answer questions sometimes. - juanmelgar, Feb 6, 2014

Thank you juanmelgar. It was really helpful. - nsly, Feb 9, 2014

Answer 2

I am not sure you have attempted to figure these out (or you would have provided your own interpretation). Thus, as per the SD rules, I can only give you pointers. I advise you run both these sentences through the translator.

First sentence:

1) Correct it: Todavía no ha aparecido el revolver con el que mataron al joyero

2) Run it through the translator.

3) Check the third option. It has the gist of the sentence.

4) The only confusing part of the sentence is 'con el que', which means, in a clunky way, 'the one with which'.

Second sentence:

1) Correct it: La directora del colegio nos recomendó que le pusieramos un profesor particular y que fueramos un poco más estrictos con él.

2) Run it through the translator.

3) Check the third option. It has the gist of the sentence.

4) The only confusing part is 'le pusieramos', which I think means 'we appoint'.

Bien hecho amigo. - ian-hill, Feb 6, 2014

Great answer! - rac1, Feb 6, 2014

Answer 3

Otra forma de poner la misma frase que os será más fácil de traducir al inglés:"El revólver usado para matar al joyero aún (todavía) no ha aparecido".

Sugerencia: muchas veces es más importante transmitir correctamente el mensaje que se quiere comunicar que intentar hacer una traducción literal.

Por cierto:

• gun, pistol = pistola

• revolver = revólver (es igual porque deriva del inglés, es un anglicismo. No confundir con el verbo revolver, sin tilde)

• school = escuela (3-13 años, aprox.)

• high school = instituto (14-17 años en España)

• university = universidad

• college = universidad (escuela universitaria)

• faculty = facultad

En España, cuando alguien realiza estudios superiores se dice que va a la universidad (de manera genérica). Si se quiere ser más específico, se puede decir que va a la Facultad de Medicina o a la Escuela de Ingenieros, por ejemplo.

Answer 4

Dear Blankness I -as an interpreter would never trust a machine as much as a person. I am trying to learn a new language and nobody likes such humuliating behaviors. Thanks for your intelligent ideas about translation. I advise you not to help people if you cant understand them. I am new in SP but not in the world. You should be a little bit kind!