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My English-Spanish desk calendar quotes Pink Floyd (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] pfwood178@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

pudin should be postre

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, seems like they tried to do a direct translation without accounting for the difference in the meaning of ‘pudding’ between UK and US English.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I think this entire calendar is direct translations. Other pages have seemed incorrect after I looked up unfamiliar words. Though my Spanish is not good enough to catch the errors most of the time.

[–] admin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pudding is pudín in Spanish. Postre is dessert.

[–] pfwood178@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes. And the line in the song is about dessert. Pudding (UK English) = Dessert (US English)

[–] admin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Maybe the person translating didn't know it was the lyrics of a song. I don't know what song it is.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

eeeeeh.