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teacherjorgesanchez
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Help, please.
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I need some examples for this: " Identifies and uses linguistic elements of English that do not translate literally and compares them to their Spanish equivalents" |
3 Oct 2016
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redcamarocruiser
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I am not sure what the linguistic elements of English are that cannot be translated. I would assume you are not talking about meanings of words or expressions that cannot be translated. I would guess it has to do with rhythm and cadence in poetry where such is important to the esthetics of the piece. I saw one statement that another language had a very rich acoustic element that was absent in either Spanish or English. Maybe a search such as "comparative linguistics English and Spanish" without the quotation marks would yield some usable results. This site http://www.fluentu.com/spanish/blog/differences-between-english-and-spanish/ gives an example of using a double negative in Spanish that would not be allowed in English. But I am not sure if this fits into your criteria of linguistic element. |
4 Oct 2016
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douglas
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could they mean comparing idioms with their Spanish equivalent? |
4 Oct 2016
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yanogator
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One thing I can think of is "I want you to help me with this". If you translate it literally, as soon as you start in Spanish with "Yo te quiero...", you �re going to raise some eyebrows. In Spanish, it is re-worded as "I want that you help me with this". I �m sure there are many other "linguistic elements" that don �t translate directly. Bruce |
4 Oct 2016
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