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Objective: In order to more clearly understand the purpose of online translators, their purposes,
and their uses, you will do the following activity.
Directions: Using the following common phrases in English, you will go into an online to
http://www.spanishdict.com/translation and:
1.) Translate the entire phrase from English to Spanish and write the Spanish translation in
the space provided.
2.) Take the Spanish phrase, and translate it back into English, and write the exact
translation. (What are the differences?)
*If you use google translate you must translate each word individually from Spanish to
English.
1.) A bird in the hand is worth more than 2 in the bush.
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2.) Great minds think alike.
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3.) A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
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4.) A watched pot never boils.
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5.) Beauty is only skin deep.
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6.) Better safe than sorry.
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7.) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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8.) Better safe than sorry.
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9.) The early bird catches the worm.
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The pen is mightier than the sword.
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Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

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When pigs fly.

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Hes up a creek without a paddle.

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Dropping the kids of at the pool.

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Clothes do not make the man.

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Dont make a mountain out of a molehill.

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You cant teach an old dog new tricks.

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Love will find a way.

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A fool and his money are soon parted

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Nobodys perfect

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His right hand doesnt know what his left hand is doing.

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Where theres smoke there is fire.

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You cant see the forest through the trees.

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Misery loves company.

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Theres no such thing as a free lunch.

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A.) Translate the following story line by line from English to Spanish.
The airline had a policy that required the first officer to stand at the door while the
passengers exited, smile, and give them a - 'Thanks for flying XYZ airline'.
An airline pilot on this particular flight hammered his plane into the runway really
hard. In light of his bad landing, he had difficulty looking the passengers in the eye, all
the time he thought that a passenger would have a smart comment. However, it seemed
that all the passengers were too shell shocked to say anything.
Finally, everyone had gotten off except for this little old lady walking with a cane. She
said, 'Sonny, mind if I ask you a question?' Why no Ma'am,' said the pilot, 'What is it',
the little old lady said, 'Did we land or were we shot down?'
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B.) Now translate the story from Spanish to English. Make sure you underline the differences
from the original text.

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C.) In summary-I have learned the following regarding online translators.