translate? sorry to bother

cdn says on Apr 24, 2005, 07:35:

not for lack of trying... ...but even the combo of Google machine translation...

(He was everything gentleman, super interesting, super I pound, good party, super chévere! But nothing, we left once in a while and already (pity). These babies are like rare, race to everything, of the nothing and others do not signal life nor whereupon one tweaks the ass to them! In short, of everything like in pharmacy.)

...and my massive but unilingual cranium could not crack the code.

still working at it...

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shplibitz says on Apr 24, 2005, 07:40:

thanks, but i'm not sure that's right. i got the same from babelfish

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cdn says on Apr 24, 2005, 07:49:

no, not so much right ...but I get the feeling that the people were nice, and cool and all that, but not her type. Or something like that.

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webmanco says on Apr 24, 2005, 07:50:

He was a gentleman, very interesting, (a wanted bachelor), good company but nothing else, we used to go out once in a while but that´s it, (it is a shame)

These good looking guys (nenes) are weird, some of them flirt with you right away, (se embalan) others don´t take initiavives (flirt with you) even when you pinch their behind.

"En fin todo como en botica" This one I don´t understand.


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shplibitz says on Apr 24, 2005, 07:50:

right. i agree- i get that. well, wish i understoo the metaphors.

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shplibitz says on Apr 24, 2005, 07:51:

she's from bogota

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shplibitz says on Apr 24, 2005, 07:52:

but what does "pilo" mean? can't find it in dictionary.

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webmanco says on Apr 24, 2005, 07:54:

quick intelligent Pilo means quick, intelligent, I guess since battery means Pila , that is where the slang came out. A person with lots of charge.

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shplibitz says on Apr 24, 2005, 07:58:

sorry to bother again. Is it possible to do more of a closer word-by word translation so i can understand how it translates? Thanks so much.

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sandramoreno80 says on Apr 24, 2005, 08:11:

He was such a gentleman, really interesting, really clever, a good “catch” (i.e an ideal partner) really fun. But nothing happened, we went out every once in a while and that was it. (It’s a shame). These guys are kind of weird, some come out of nowhere and are really lively and others show no signs of life even with you giving them a pinch on the bum! Concluding there is everything (I think they are referring to the types of men in existence) just like there is in “botica” – Have not ever heard of “botica” in this context, it literally means “little boot” do not get how it is applied here, sorry.

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cdn says on Apr 24, 2005, 08:18:

when you write back... ...you could ask what that botica thing means, and get back to us. Sounds like a good one.

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shplibitz says on Apr 24, 2005, 08:18:

thanks. i thought bota was "pharmacy" any help with translation below.

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platano says on Apr 24, 2005, 08:22:

"Botica" has several meanings... In this context it is being used in the pharmaceutical sense as in: "haber de todo, como en botica" meaning there is abundance, a large variety.

Translation doesn't work on a word by word basis. Translation is not about words, it is about meaning. In this context the meaning I get from "en fin de todo como in botica" is "oh well, there's all kinds in this world"

The word "world" is not there in the original but that's the meaning.

And I'm not "pulling your leg" (another phrase you cannot translate literally into Spanish because its not about words, its about meaning)

She may decide "there are other fish in the sea" which would make no sense if you took it literally either (but we all know what it means).

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kernow62 says on Apr 24, 2005, 12:17:

My wife says botica is used as in drug store, and as Platano says the idiom means there is a large variety to choose from.

Pilo means smart.

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