Thursday, September 25, 2008

Speaking of Spanish...

Here's a badly translated sign I photographed in Barcelona:



Please note that this general goods/grocery store in the train station in Barcelona did not, in fact, have a library in it. As anyone who has studied a romance language knows that word that looks like library is actually "bookstore". It's a false cognate. The word for library in Spanish, for those of you keeping up at home, is actually biblioteca" (and it's feminine).

Spain is lousy with badly translated signs, menus, guides, etc. They are in desperate need of some translators. And I know just the person for the job....just as soon as I finish community college :-)

1 comment:

POPPA said...

So... why don't you just find yourself a job in a city in Spain where your present spanish skills would be sufficient, & just make the move!