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    I have a translation program which isn't very good.


    hola ya recibi las fotografias de eldi le q si estoy interesada ?

    acabo de leerlo casi no entendi lo q me quizo decir .?

    vi las fotos y lei el mensaje casi no lo entendi?.


    any help would be appreciated so much

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    So now you have a translator who doesn't understand the first line, so take it with a grain of salt. But someone will come along and correct me - I hope:

    Hi, I've already received the photos of him - did I do something to make him think I'm really interested? I just read it but almost didn't understand what he wanted to tell me. I saw the photos and read the message but almost didn't understand it.

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    I think Gernt (hi Gernt!) has got it. My version is almost the same:

    hola ya recibi las fotografias de eldi le q si estoy interesada ?
    Hola. Ya recibí las fotografias de él. Dile que sí estoy interesada.
    Hi. I already received the photos of him. Tell him that I am interested.

    acabo de leerlo casi no entendi lo q me quizo decir .?
    Acabo de leerlo. Casi no entendí lo que me quiso decir.
    I just finished reading it. I could barely understand what he wanted to tell me.

    vi las fotos y lei el mensaje casi no lo entendi?.
    Vi las fotos y leí el mensaje. Casi no lo entendí.
    I saw the photos and read the message. I could barely understand it.

    I'm not sure what to make of the periods paired with question marks. These don't seem to be questions.

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    In the absence of punctuation and diacritical markings, we have to make some guesses, but for the first one I would have said:

    I got his pictures. Tell him, yes, I'm interested.

    For the other two, gernt has given the best options, in my opinion.

    Ken

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    Hi Maria. It was the question mark that threw me off. I don't know why. It didn't bother me on the other two.
    Last edited by gernt; 08-04-2009 at 02:44 PM.

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    thank you!!

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