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As a teacher I cannot stop laughing at the bad English translations by Spanish speakers.
Sometimes it’s because of Google, which does its best, but it’s not human. Sometimes it’s through linguistic carelessness, but whatever it is, they’re hilarious.

Sometimes sayings in Spanish become incomprehensible sayings for the English. Here are a few of my favourites:

- “Once a day” translated as ‘once veces al día’. I hope they’re not talking about siestas!

- “From lost to the river” – a translation of the saying “de perdidos al río”, which we use to express that since the situation is impossible you might as well do what you want. Better said “out of the frying pan and into the fire”!

- “Exit”translated by “Éxito” rather than SALIDA.

- “For tasters, the colours”, a terrible translation of “para gustos, los colores”… An expression we use to highlight individual freedom and the multitude of human tastes. “Each to their own” is a more understandable translation!

- “All the fish is sold here”, translation of the Spanish “Aquí está todo el pescado vendido”, used when there is nothing left to do in a place or situation.

- “To throw the house through the window” from the Spanish saying “tirar la casa por la ventana”, used when we exceed expenses for a special occasion… you would be more likely to hear “to push the boat out”.

- “To drink even the water out of the vases” this is without doubt my favourite. From the popular pure Spanish saying “Beberse hasta el agua de los jarrones”, which we use when a person hasn’t stopped drinking all day or night.

To be continued!

Anita

Hi everybody,

if you are wondering what to do in Barcelona this weekand and perhaps fancy practising your English, check out Vahri’s latest blog about an interesting theatre production taking place this month in Barcelona.

Enjoy and give us your comments!

Hello!

Today the team at Camino Barcelona would like to present to you all an interesting event that will soon be taking place in Barcelona and that would be of particular interest to any arts and drama fans out there!

From the 19th of May onwards, an English theatre company Jocular Theatre who produce shows in English in Barcelona will be putting on show their latest piece of work: BatBoy the musical! Previous productions of there’s have included; Private eyes, The foreigner, Lend me a Tenor and The little shop of horrors and have all been very successful. Batboy is to be their 11th production and hopefully it will have as much success as its predecessors!!

The musical has been described as a “darkly-funny, pop-rock musical” about the discovery of a member of a small village who is half boy half bat and the story follows his struggle to survive within a world that rejects him. It has been described as an exotic mix between My fair lady and Edward scissor hands and as a classic love story but with a modern day twist. It is promised to be like nothing you have ever seen before!!

So, if you are interested in Theatre and fancy a break from your Spanish studies, or even if English is not your native language but you just fancy brushing up on your  English language skills in a relaxed and fun way, don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to experience some perhaps more alternative culture of the city!

The show will take place in the Centre Moral I Cultural de Poblenou on Saturday and Sunday for two consecutive weekends, 19th and 20th of May and the following 26th and 27th of May starting at 9.30pm on Saturdays and 6.30pm on Sundays. Tickets are available on the door for 15€ or can be purchased at a discounted price when bought in advance on atrapalo.com. For directions to the theatre please see the follow page. You can also find more information about the event on Facebook!

Have a good weekend everyone and keep checking the blog for upcoming events!

¡Hasta pronto!

Vahri

Hi folks,

So, the sun is up again and I am sure we will have a wonderful sunny weather to spend on the beach this weekend.

Here is a new blog from our new Italian work placement David. Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Hi guys!

How are you? My name is David and I’m from Rome and this is my first blog so I really hope you will all enjoy it!
First of all, here’s a brief presentation of myself: I’m an Italian Erasmus student and this is my second week here at Camino Barcelona, I was awarded a scholarship for international students and so I’m going to spend the next six months here in Barcelona !

Today I want to talk about the DELE exam and its importance from a professional and academic point of view. I decided to take this exam last year after having lived in Spain for 6 months and It seems that I had really underestimated how useful this exam would be for me! As I study languages, I signed myself up to try and pass the highest level: C2, and (more…)

Hi folks,

So, you fint it difficult to learn a new language? Problem solved!
Our colleague Olga has some very useful tips for you to learn Spanish.
Do not miss this blog!!!

It is not easy to learn languages! It is a very interesting process but it is also very difficult. I am always eager to find new ways to make learning languages faster, easier and more effective and I would like to share some of these ways with you today.

Use different learning methods
Try to approach your learning in more than one way. The brain (more…)

Hi all!

It is nice to be back on our blog!

Today, my Italian colleague Claudia  will give you very useful information about one of our popular courses Our Evening Course.

If you live and work here in Barcelona, I am sure that you will find it very useful!

Hi everyone!

 Long time no seen.

As our next session for our Evening Course will start again next week, I decided I would write a blog about this course this week.

Do you live and work in Barcelona? Do you struggle to understand what your colleagues are saying and want to improve your Spanish? Maybe you speak Spanish very well but you need to be able to understand specific vocabulary in your field of work? Do you work during the day and would prefer to do a course which fits into your busy schedule?

  (more…)