Need a little Mexican dialect translation help.

[Caseload]

I am working on a project and I will let everyone know all about it when it is finished. For now I need some translation help to help me understand something. The person that I would be talking to is Mexican so I need a Mexican dialect translation or as simple as possible.

Taking Her Back One of us at a Time ( La Toma de Su trasero Uno de nosotros a la vez )

Taking Her Back a Little Bit at a Time (La Toma de Ella trasero un poquito a la vez )

You can't Read This! ( ¡Usted no puede Leer Este! )

What I am concerned with the most is the correct translation of the word ( Her ). The word her is the topic of two of the sentences but my translation software has given me two different versions. In both sentence is ( Her ) the subject is an inanimate object. Examples; people give boats female names and many times refer to the boat as ( Her ). IE: The front is called ( Her ) bow.

What do you think?

[toknight50]

Try http://babelfish.altavista.com/ it works great at translating , you can even do web pages or even the yellow pages in Spanish . William

[Bueller]

Ouch! All due respect to William here, but Babelfish and other computer translation programs lead to all sorts of unintentionally comical results, and the above is just one example:

The first sentence in Spanish reads something like, "The taking of her backside/ass one of us all at once."

The second reads something like, "The taking of her [hard to translate 'trasero' here, because it is either an adjective or a noun, not an adverb] a little bit all at once."

The third sentence is OK, but "este" or "esta" is only used by itself when referring to a particular noun, not when using it as as a general pronoun.

Without context, I really couldn't tell you what to write. Hope the letter wasn't too important, if you already sent it.

[Caseload]

The subject ( Her ) is Mexico and land lost to the US during war. By immigrating/moving to the US they are taking back land that was once part of Mexico. I decided to use this sentence. (Mexico, Taking Her Back a Little Bit at a Time) I have heard that it is sort of a joke to the Mexican people that by moving to the US they are taking back control of a little piece of Mexico. Does that help?

[Bueller]

"Mexico, recobrandolo poco a poco" is how I would write it.

Espero que ayude,

B

[Bueller]

Actually, it's probably better to write, "Mexico: reconquistandolo poco a poco."

[Caseload]

My translation software translated that as follows (reconquering it little by little) does that sound correct to you?

[Caseload]

Instead of reconquering, I think reclaiming (Reclamación) would be better in this case.
What do you think Bueller?

[Bueller]

This conversation is a good example of how easy it is to translate too literally between languages, and of the concept of "falsos amigos (false friends)": there are many, words which appear the same in Spanish, but mean something completely different. There are also loads of falsos amigos between Portuguese and English, and even between Portuguese and Spanish. Specifically, "reclamacion" means "complaint" in Spanish. If you don't like "reconquistar", you can use "recuperar" or "recuperacion".

I'd suggest you try using a CD-ROM dictionary instead of, or at least in addition to, your software program. Key in the words "oxford spanish" at eBay to see a good and inexpensive example.

[Caseload]

I decided to take your advice so I ordered and received the Oxford Spanish dictionary on CD-ROM. I bought it through eBay and including shipping the total was less than $10. It arrived yesterday and so for I am not very impressed with it at all. I'm just going to find someone here locally to do my translations. It may cost more but it will likely be more understandable.