Need help correcting a translation.
Hello, I am attempting to translate the following from English to Spanish.
What I want to translate: My dream home would be in the suburbs. I would like to live near the city, but not in the city. It would be in a quiet neighborhood. It would be a big house with a fenced yard. It would have a big kitchen with plenty of room for cooking and family dinners.
My attempt in Spanish: Mi casa de mis sueños sería en los suburbios. Me gustaría vivir cerca de la ciudad, pero no en la ciudad. Sería en un barrio tranquilo. Sería una gran casa con un patio cercado. Habría una gran cocina con un montón de espacio para cocinar y cenar en familia.
Also...
What I want to translate: My ideal partner is handsome and kind. He is tall and has brown hair and brown eyes. He is intelligent and educated. He is patient, caring and has a good sense of humor.
My attempt: Mi pareja ideal es guapo y amable. Es alto y tiene café pelo y café los ojos. Él es inteligente y educado. Él es paciente, cuidado y tiene un buen sentido del humor.
Thanks for your help!!
1 Answer
Hello Alicia,
Your English version:
What I want to translate: My dream home would be in the suburbs. I would like to live near the city, but not in the city. It would be in a quiet neighborhood. It would be a big house with a fenced yard. It would have a big kitchen with plenty of room for cooking and family dinners.
My attempt in Spanish. Suggested corrections: **: La** casa de mis sueños estaría situada en las afueras. Me gustaría vivir cerca de la ciudad, pero no en la ciudad. Estaría ubicada en un barrio tranquilo. Sería una casa grande con un patio cercado. Habría una cocina grande con mucho espacio para cocinar y cenar con la familia.
Dream house You could either say: Mi casa ideal / o la casa de mis sueños.
ubicada comes from the verb ubicar and is another word for/meaning situated. It just avoids repetition and makes any account/description even more interesting to read!
las afueras = suburbs
the verb estar is used for location (not ser)
casa grande ...The noun casa is feminine so you would need to use grande adjectives are only shortened before masculine nouns 
eg:Tiene un buen sentido (masculine noun) de humor... o un gran regalo = a big present
una cocina grande please see nota above for casa grande
con mucho espacio = with plenty of space
First description: Generally correct! Good work ...well done, Alicia!
Your English version:
What I want to translate: My ideal partner is handsome and kind. He is tall and has brown hair and brown eyes. He is intelligent and educated. He is patient, caring and has a good sense of humor.
My attempt. Suggested corrections: Mi pareja ideal es guapo y amable. Es alto y tiene pelo castaño y ojos marrones. Es inteligente y educado también paciente, cariñoso y tiene un buen sentido del humor.
pelo castaño = brown hair (lit: chestnut)
Caring can be translated in many different ways:
(person) Kindly = bondadoso, generoso,
affectionate = afectuoso
loving = cariñoso
compassionate = compasivo
Sympathetic = comprensivo
I have used cariñoso the general word for loving but If you decide to use another word instead just be careful that you use a noun to replace the noun I have used otherwise you will probably need to change the sentence structure for that part..
Very good work, Alicia, but you don't need to use the personal pronoun él here as you have already indicated your partner's gender by saying/using guapo rather than guapa so Es can only refer to him from now on unless you introduce a new person into the picture 
I hope this helps
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