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Desde que el sol del doraba el paisaje el amanecer, hasta que el viento de la tarde llegaba jugueton a retozar entre sus árboles tipicos los algarrobos, el pueblito parecía una fiesta.=Since the sun guilded the landscape´s dawn until the evening wind came to playfully frolic amongst the trees.
Have I gotten anywhere close to being right?
"Since the sun guilded the landscape´s dawn until the evening wind came to playfully frolic amongst its trees, the algarrobos, the village looked like partying."
Something more literal would be..."the village looked like a party itself", but I'd rather be a bit more creative understanding that we are talking about literature and not about some technical content. Hope it helps!
I agree with gentle's translation, I only corrected the verb "guilded" and translated the word algarrobos.
"Since the sun gilded the landscape´s dawn until the evening wind came to playfully frolic amongst its typical trees, the carobs, the village looked like partying."
Regards,
Xóchitl
My purpose is two fold. The book, El Algarrobo Mágico, is a childrenś book that, along with others will be used by my grandchildren to learn to read and to speak Spanish. In the process of translating these Books and turning them into PDF files I hope tp learn the Spanish I, living in Texas, should have learned at least fifty years ago. As I complete this process I will also share the PDFs with friends that wish to learn the language. As I God through the páginas I will be posting the text to insure them being correct.
Por favor, let me express my feelings for your help as I seek to learn and help others to learn as well, Thank-you very much or as you might say, muchas gracias amigos!
What I have next does not seem right at all. Todos cantaban mientras tallaban hermosas figuras usando algunas ramas de algarrobo.=All sang as beautiful carved figures using some branches of carob.
Venderé esta madera en el pueblo vecino, donde quién sabe porqué no tienen algarrobos-se dijo el leǹador. Sell this wood in the nearby village, where who knows why they do not have carob "said the poppy and him. Venderé=Sell... esta=this... madera=wood... en el=in the...pueblo=people...vecino= neighbor... donde=where... quién=who...sabe=know...porqué=why...tienen=have.. .algarrobos=carobs...
se=is...dijo=said...el=the...leǹador=ń you ador
Casi sin darsi cuenta, pronto todo el pueblo hiso lo mismo. Almost without Darsi lumber account soon the town as well.
Los piajenos, que es asi como llamen allí los burritos cargaban todo el dia la madera. The Piajenos ( That is the way they call the donkeys There) They loaded The wood all day long Piajenos=Pi..Pee> a..ah> je..ahy> nos..nose| asi=so
Todos cantaban mientras tallaban hermosas figuras usando algunas ramas de algarrobo.
All sang as they carved beautiful figures using some branches of carob.
Venderé esta madera en el pueblo vecino, donde quién sabe porqué no tienen algarrobos-se dijo el leñador.
I will sell this wood in the nearby village, where who knows why they do not have carob trees- the woodman said to himself.
Casi sin darse cuenta, pronto todo el pueblo hizo lo mismo.
Almost without realizing it, soon the whole town did the same.
Almost without realizing it, soon all the people did the same.
Los piajenos, que es así como llaman allí a los burritos, cargaban todo el día la madera.
The piajenos (that is the way they call the donkeys there) carried the wood all day long.
Regards,
Xóchitl
Another way would be...
Or... Everybody sang while carving beautiful figures using some branches of carob.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xóchitl L.
Soon, and without even noticing, the whole town did the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xóchitl L.
Thank you very much. This doing great things for my feeble ability to read and to speak Spanish but one of my daughters is going to use the Books I work on with your help to teach her youngest sons to speak Spanish also, she has three under the age of 8.
I didn´t run off or abandon this project but I have the final stage of Acute Multiple Sclerosis and I am often laying in bed to defeat the pain.
again, muchas gracious!
the next page reads;
Poco a poco los árboles cercanos se fueron acabando y los vecinos empazeron a pelear entre ellos cuando tras larga caminata encontraban uno. Asi, en aquel pueblo antes algre y trajabador, los pobladores se volvieron hoscos y cansados. Y el desierto rodeó sus casas y cubrió de arena sus dias,
My apologies as I am not English native, but I am pretty sure that you will find it suitable for some more creative writing with your own pen. My shot goes as follows,Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Taylor
Little by little the nearby trees turned scarce and the neighbors started fighting with each other when finding one after long strolls. Because of that, all dwellers got gloomy and tired out at that previously happy and hard-working village. And the desert surrounded their houses and covered its days with sand.
I am 66 and living so close to the border with Mexico I should have learned Spanish fifty years ago but I am just now doing so and also working to get my grandchildren to speak it also. Thank you so very kindly for you help in this project. i and my daughter are so very grateful.Quote:
Originally Posted by gentle
The next page reads as follows and I have two translations that seem to fall short.
Una mañana, cuando los rayos del sol apenas empezaban a peinar el cielo, el mas pequeño aprendiz de leñador, Meguelito, se colocó su gran sombrero de paja sobre sus siete años de edad y se fue el arenol montado en su burrito. Ojalá que encuentre leña antres que suba el calor-suspiró acomodándose en el paludo lomo del piajeno, y sin mas, que se quedó dormido doblado sobre el cuello del burrito.
One morning when the sun just beginning to light the sky, the smallest trainee lumberjack, Meguelito, put on his big straw hat on his seven years old head and was riding his donkey Arenol. I hope that you find firewood Antres sighed, heat up settling in malaria donkey's back, and no more, he fell asleep slumped over the neck of the donkey.
One morning, when the rays of the sun barely began to comb the sky, the but small apprentice of woodcutter, Meguelito, its great hat of straw on its seven years of age was placed and the arenol mounted in its donkey went. I hope that find firewood antres that rise the heat-sighed being accommodated in the paludo back of the piajeno, and without but, that remained asleep doubled on the neck of the donkey.
I am also more of a technical translator than a literature one. In any case, when talking about literature, I tend to be more creative. So, here goes my best shot:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Taylor
"One morning, when the sunbeams just started kindling the sky, the youngest lumberjack rookie, Meguelito, put his big straw hat on his seven years old heading to the (arenol...would it be "arenal"?) riding his donkey. I hope to find firewood before it gets hot, he said while letting out a sigh, and while finding confort sitting on his donkey's back, so much that he fell asleep bending over his donkey's neck."