Translate this to Spanish please

Sorry, I've been calling you that for so long now

Lo siento, te he estado llamando así durante tanto tiempo. (translation: sorry, I've been calling you that for so long now)

this may not be the most accurate I found this on google translate

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Reply 2

Plantagenet Crown

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Original post by Roxibox123

Sorry, I've been calling you that for so long now

Perdona, llevo llamándote así tanto tiempo.

Reply 3

Roxibox123

OP

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What about: it's great that you are so committed

Reply 4

Plantagenet Crown

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Original post by Roxibox123

What about: it's great that you are so committed

Es genial que estés tan comprometido.

Reply 5

Roxibox123

OP

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Please help translate
I don't understand how some people can call this "dirt" to me, it looks like art

Reply 6

Plantagenet Crown

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Original post by Roxibox123

Please help translate
I don't understand how some people can call this "dirt" to me, it looks like art

Without you specifying exactly what you mean by dirt (I assume you mean it’s crap quality) I’d say:

No entiendo cómo algunas personas lo llaman una porquería, yo pienso que es arte.

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Reply 7

Roxibox123

OP

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How long have you gone karate for ?

Reply 8

username3113184

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Original post by Roxibox123

How long have you gone karate for ?

If you study A-Level Spanish, which it appears you do given your post history, you should be able to work that one out.

It's fine to ask for help, but if you get others to do the work for you, you're not going to learn.

Original post by Roxibox123

Sorry, I've been calling you that for so long now

Is this for homework?

Reply 10

Oxford Mum

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Original post by Meduse

If you study A-Level Spanish, which it appears you do given your post history, you should be able to work that one out.

It's fine to ask for help, but if you get others to do the work for you, you're not going to learn.

Exactly. We can’t sit op’s exams for them either.

I am a linguist, with a degree in french. To learn a language means taking the effort to learn lots of grammar and vocabulary. There are no shortcuts.

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Reply 11

Plantagenet Crown

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Original post by Roxibox123

How long have you gone karate for ?

¿Cuánto tiempo llevas haciendo karate?

Reply 12

username3113184

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Original post by Plantagenet Crown

¿Cuánto tiempo llevas haciendo karate?

You're not doing OP any long-term favours here, unfortunately.

Reply 13

Plantagenet Crown

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Original post by Meduse

You're not doing OP any long-term favours here, unfortunately.

Indeed but I’ve seen her post history a lot too and it doesn’t seem as if she’s ever going to learn nor does she show any signs of trying to work it out herself.

Reply 14

username3113184

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Original post by Plantagenet Crown

Indeed but I’ve seen her post history a lot too and it doesn’t seem as if she’s ever going to learn nor does she show any signs of trying to work it out herself.

Perhaps not, but handing it to them on a plate certainly isn't going to help.

Even if they turn to Google Translate (please don't, OP, this is highly unreliable due to inaccuracies), at least they'll suffer the consequences.

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Reply 15

Plantagenet Crown

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Original post by Meduse

Perhaps not, but handing it to them on a plate certainly isn't going to help.

Even if they turn to Google Translate (please don't, OP, this is highly unreliable due to inaccuracies, at least they'll suffer the consequences.

Dunno, it's not that deep for me. It’s a random account on TSR who I have no vested interest in, and by posting a translation which takes me 2 seconds they could potentially learn some grammar and sentence structure than if I posted nothing.

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Reply 16

the bear

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Lo siento, te he estado llamando así durante tanto tiempo.

Reply 17

Oxford Mum

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Original post by Meduse

Perhaps not, but handing it to them on a plate certainly isn't going to help.

Even if they turn to Google Translate (please don't, OP, this is highly unreliable due to inaccuracies, at least they'll suffer the consequences.

In other words, if op refuses to learn by doing her own homework and putting in the effort we had to, she may well do badly in her a level or even fail, yet Plantagenet will continue to be brilliant.

There’s a lesson there for all lazy students.

Reply 18

Plantagenet Crown

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Original post by Oxford Mum

In other words, if op refuses to learn by doing her own homework and putting in the effort we had to, she may well do badly in her a level or even fail, yet Plantagenet will continue to be brilliant.

There’s a lesson there for all lazy students.

I mean look, obviously if she posts a whole paragraph or something to translate I’m not going to do it because that’s taking the mickey, but a 5 word sentence here or there costs me nothing. I’ve corrected hundreds of pieces of work here over the years but in 95% of cases the person has already done it in Spanish and I’m correcting the grammar so I’m happy to do that because they’ve actually had a go. Roxi is an exception in that she often doesn’t even make an attempt so I somewhat agree with Meduse and might start asking her what she thinks first before giving the answer.