Comments on: When a word-for-word translation may actually not be too far off the mark http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/12/07/word-for-word-translatio/ A bilingual blog and conversational Spanish podcast. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erik R. http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/12/07/word-for-word-translatio/#comment-2685 Erik R. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:21:32 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=1920#comment-2685 Once I confused the meaningfully equivalent expressions "You're pulling my leg!" and "Me estás tomando el pelo!" and said, "Me estás tirando el pelo!" The only other bilingual person in the room, my wife, burst out laughing, immediately recognizing my mix up. Oops. P.S. "Oops" is an expression that Spanish is missing, in my opinion. It does make me chuckle every time I see a UPS truck in Spain, though. Once I confused the meaningfully equivalent expressions “You’re pulling my leg!” and “Me estás tomando el pelo!” and said, “Me estás tirando el pelo!” The only other bilingual person in the room, my wife, burst out laughing, immediately recognizing my mix up. Oops.

P.S. “Oops” is an expression that Spanish is missing, in my opinion. It does make me chuckle every time I see a UPS truck in Spain, though.

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