By Translation, American English

Colombo wrote:I'm trying to translate my CV into English, but I'm finding a lot of difficulties. Apart from the overall chronic style of the result, there are certain things that I find I don't know how to say. I'm copying a list here, in case someone can lend me a hand (for which I'd be...

I'm trying to translate my CV into English, but I'm finding a lot of difficulties. Apart from the overall chronic style of the result, there are certain things that I find I don't know how to say. I'm copying a list here, in case someone can lend me a hand (for which I'd be immensely grateful). I...

Usually my friend asks of me "You have completed your work naa" I also thought at first that it meant "now," but if you had put a question mark after "naa" my response would have been quite different. Gary, where is your friend from? It sounds to me like it might be a version of "you have...

Yankee wrote:Since you claim to be learning American English, I would suggest that it is more your "Italian-ness" than the fact that you are not female that would cause you not to say "I have to go to the bathroom" in the middle of a forest or desert. Actually, we have an expression (Devo...

Nona The Brit wrote:slum prudery? Interesting turn of phrase.It's from "My Fair Lady". Nona The Brit wrote:I think it is pretty true that a lot of British people don't consider us as part of Europe in quite the same way as other Europeans. Politically, yes.I think the British people scared to...

I have owned/run a translation agency for the last six years. Even though two thirds of all native English speakers have American English as their mother tongue I have never had a client ask for American English. British English it would seem is what the world wants; (maybe people want to...

Gaia74 wrote:(www.howjsay.com) and I assure you that it's very useful. I knew of that website, it's a good one Nona once found out. Well, it's not very useful to me, for example... That tool pronounces words with a British accent and... I'm learning American English! Gaia74 wrote:Thanks to...

Hey there,I think it's "braces" in American English, maybe in British English it's just "brace" (singular) but I'm not 100% sure. Is that "un aparato dental, corrector de los dientes"? You know what? Spanish sounds cool...http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=aparato

1- Quelqu'un a pris ma montre. = Someone has taken my watch. 2- Quand a-t-il téléphoné ? = When did he call ? 3- Il était en train de sortir quand l'incendie éclata.He was (just) leaving when the fire started/broke out. 4- Il quitta la maison quand l'incendie éclata.He left the house...

ok.. I would just like to clarify something - I do in fact make my students aware that zero is commonly pronounced as the letter 'O'. I teach to German people, most of whom are already aware of this due to years of English courses in school, etc.. In German, the word for 'zero' is 'Null' and...