By Translation, Conversations

Dear Mr. Micawber, I received yesterday the corections in the translation and was extremely happy with it. When I copied and paste your corrections and read it again, some sentences read more smooth then before. I happen to shift parts of sentences from left to richt and the other way arround....

Julielai, It seemed to be a backhanded compliment to me. One of the challenges of communicating is how the other person interprets the messages. It would have been better if a "moderator" or "native English speaking" person were to provide an answer. Also, you'll note that I have never...

This is a translation from a joke in spanish: Two prisoners having this conversation in their cell: Prisoner 1: Hey Peter, tell me: why do they call you The King of the Escape?.... Peter? Peter?? Peter???

My explanations are in brackets. My translation isn't very precise, but I hope it answers your question. This was praise, of all others most extraordinary, most opposite to her ideas. That he was not a good tempered man had been her firmest opinion. Her keenest attention was awakened; she...

On Friendship By Margaret Mead and Rhoda Metraux Few Americans stay put for a lifetime. We move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan...

Hitchhiker Orpheus and Maj, Thank you a lot, I really don’t know that watching subtitles films is good way to develop my English speaking. You know why I heard this fact from English teachers here, they used to say to us do not watch subtitles films at all it is not good way, because your...