chelseab

Hello everyone!
I'm having some problems with some of my translations in an essay I wrote for my Spanish Advanced Writing class. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm trying to write "I know the importance that Ignacio accepts his blindness and lives a happy life" so I wrote <<sé la importancia de Ignacio acepta su ceguera y hace una vida feliz.>> but everything pas la importancia was highlighted, so all I know is that it is incorrect.

Secondly, I want to say "Since I arrived at the center, I have loved every day. I didn't really know how that should be translated, and my attempt was unsuccessful. <<Desde entonces llegue al Centro, me he encantado cada dia>>


Finally, I need to say "With each student that he converts into a negative attitude..." (This sentence is also awkward in English, but I'm just not sure how to phrase it any better). My attempt <<Con cada estudiante él convierte en un actitud negativa...>> and I got a "re-word" comment. Any thoughts on how to make it less awkward?

Thanks for all the help in advance, I appreciate it!

VLG21

<<sé la importancia de QUE Ignacio aceptE su ceguera y haGA una vida NORMAL.>>
<<Desde QUE llegué al centro, he disfrutado de cada dia>>

<<Con cada estudiante con el que él toma una actitud negativa, etc. >>The sentence, i mean, needs something else!


Hope it helps!!

guillaume

VLG21 give you a best one, perhaps I will change "he disfrutado" para "disfruté".. let me know...

VLG21

Saying disfruté means that every action is completed and the feeling of enjoying them is just a memory and has no reflection now in the present moment whereas saying he disfrutado means to me that these days were so important that i've enjoyed them all and they've really had a current consequence in my feelings or whatever now at the moment of speaking.

Although if you go just for "disfruté" would be perfect for most of the spanish-speaking world. The real difference and nuances between Pretérito Perfecto Simple y Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto I think are just considered in some parts of Spain. Anyway! LOL

guillaume

Ok VLG21, with this arguments I can't forced with "disfruté".. Nice explications thanks.. ;-)

chelseab

Thanks for the help, however, I am still a little confused by the last sentence. Can you explain why tomar would be used?

Hebe

HI Chelseab !! I agree that this sentence needs to be completed in order to provide you with a better translation... The first part of the sentence leaves unclear whether the teacher adopts a negative attitude towards certain students or he provokes a negative attitude in certain students. Hopefuly the rest of teh sentence would clear that up.

I will try helping you if you complete the sentence for me

Best regards

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