The Big Bang Theory Character (Leonard)
Hello, I have to explain a character in the Big Bang Theory which is a TV show. Please help me translate. Any help would be much appreciated! Below I provide the english that I am a trying to say, and the second part is my attempt of translating.
- Leonard Hofstader is an experimental physicsit
- He has a Ph.D
- Leonard attended Princeton University
- Leonard’s best friend is Sheldon Cooper
- Sheldon Cooper is his roommate
- He is easily annoyed and frustrated
- He is seen as the mediator
- Leonard is open-minded
- His wife is Penny
- Leonard Hofstader en un Físico experimental
- El tiene un doctorado
- Leonard asistió Universidad de princeton
- su mejor amigo es Sheldon Cooper
- Sheldon Cooper es su el compañero de cuarto
- Leonard esta facilmente a enfadada y frustrado
- Está considerado un mediador
- él es muy abierto de mente
- su esposa se llama Penny
1 Answer
Nice job. I'll give it a try
Leonard Hofstader en un Físico experimental - replace en with es, delete un, not used with profession in Spanish, lower case f - físico
El tiene un doctorado - accent on Él
Leonard asistió Universidad de princeton - insert the letter a after asistió, capitalize Princeton, insert la before Universidad
su mejor amigo es Sheldon Cooper - OK, except for capitalizing the first letter of su
Sheldon Cooper es su el compañero de cuarto - delete el, just like English...no the
Leonard esta facilmente a enfadada y frustrado - see new sentence below
Leonard se pone enfadado y frustrado fácilmente.
Está considerado un mediador - change está to es
This is passive so we must use ser instead of estar.
I'll show you a little about passive sentences below.
él es muy abierto de mente - él es de mentalidad abierta
su esposa se llama Penny - OK
Capitalize the first letter of every sentence
If you haven't studied passive with ser yet, I'll show you how it's done.
Sus amigos lo consideran un mediator.
His friends consider him a mediator (active)
Él es considerado un mediator (por sus amigos) (la voz pasivo con ser)
He is considered a mediator (by his friends) (passive with to be)
The direct object (him) in the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence, you use a conjugated form of ser (es in this case) and the past participle (considerado / considered) of the orginal action verb. Attaching the active subject (his friends) to the end of the sentence is optional. The original subject (his friends) is known as the agent in the passive sentence (agent - the ones who are doing the considering) It is pretty easy if you know how to make an active sentence into a passive sentence in English, because it is done the same way.
English:
His wife is Penny
Consider changing this to "His wife is named Penny" to agree with your Spanish
seen as a mediator instead of the mediator to agreed with Spanish
