{"id":700,"date":"2022-02-20T22:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T22:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=700"},"modified":"2023-08-20T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:03:14","slug":"frases-intraducibles-o-casi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/02\/20\/frases-intraducibles-o-casi\/","title":{"rendered":"Untranslatable sentences (or nearly)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may have noticed that this is a bilingual blog: it\u00b4s published in Spanish, and also in English. I have the good fortune to speak both languages, and I\u00b4m also an amateur translator, so I get to enjoy double time with this blog: first while writing the weekly post, and then again while translating it \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-278887.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"483\" data-attachment-id=\"705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/pexels-photo-278887\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-278887.jpeg?fit=1821%2C1300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1821,1300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alphabet close up communication conceptual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Pixabay on &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/alphabet-close-up-communication-conceptual-278887\/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pexels.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-278887.jpeg?fit=676%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-278887.jpeg?resize=676483&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-705\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it\u00b4s true that every now and then I bump into a word or sentence that I find really hard to translate\u2026 Something that sounds great to me in one language, but then loses all its spark once translated. And it\u00b4s not just with the blog, it happens to me also in daily life, and I suspect I\u00b4m not the only one suffering from it. At home, I spend most of my time speaking Spanish, but there are certain words and expressions that I always say in English, because in Spanish they just don\u00b4t fit. And at work it\u00b4s the opposite situation: I speak with my colleagues in English, and sometimes I struggle to explain an expression or saying that would be super simple if I said it in Spanish.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of those sentences that sound amazing in English, which is why I always say it that way, is something I learned years ago in a yoga class for pregnancy. I love the way it sounds and also what it conveys; I repeat it often to my three \u201cbabies\u201d, and I say it to myself as well, because I believe it\u00b4s something we can all benefit from hearing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>You are lovely, you are lovable, you are loved.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beautiful, right? And in English it sounds so musical, so special, almost like a poem. Now, we translate it into Spanish, and it turns out something like \u201c<em>eres adorable, te mereces amor, eres amado\/a<\/em>\u201d. The message is still very nice, but which version sounds better to you?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seguramente os habr\u00e9is dado cuenta de que este blog es biling\u00fce: se publica en espa\u00f1ol (o castellano), y tambi\u00e9n en ingl\u00e9s. Tengo la suerte de hablar los dos idiomas, y adem\u00e1s soy traductora aficionada, as\u00ed que con este blog disfruto por partida doble: primero escribiendo el post de la semana, y despu\u00e9s traduci\u00e9ndolo \ud83d\ude42 Eso &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/02\/20\/frases-intraducibles-o-casi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Untranslatable sentences (or nearly)<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"Binarywords - Frases intraducibles (o casi) \/ Untranslatable sentences (or nearly)","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Frases intraducibles (o casi) \/ Untranslatable sentences (or nearly)","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5145,5001],"tags":[5110],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intraducibles","category-palabras-words","tag-intraducibles","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-bi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9688,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/09\/14\/ventanas-al-mundo\/","url_meta":{"origin":700,"position":0},"title":"Windows to the world","author":"binarybea","date":"14\/09\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Esta semana o\u00ed un comentario en la radio que me pareci\u00f3 curioso: dec\u00edan algo as\u00ed como que muchos j\u00f3venes de hoy en d\u00eda consideran que se puede saber m\u00e1s de c\u00f3mo es realmente una persona por los libros que posee que por su perfil en redes sociales. \u00bfT\u00fa qu\u00e9 opinas?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Personal&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Personal","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/diario-journal\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9635,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/08\/31\/reto-de-30-dias\/","url_meta":{"origin":700,"position":1},"title":"30-day challenge","author":"binarybea","date":"31\/08\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 opinas de los retos de 30 d\u00edas? \u00bfAlguna vez has hecho alguno? 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