Comments on: Spanish Pop Study - An Attempted Translation of Dollar by Becky G and Myke Towers http://ztkfg.com/2020/01/spanish-pop-study-an-attempted-translation-of-dollar-by-becky-g-and-myke-towers/ 198.211.113.164 // 6326 273B 61A7 00AF 4CD9 5A7B 8C6C AB19 24A6 4DEC Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:17:20 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Spanish Pop Study - An Attempted Translation of Dollar by Becky G and Myke Towers - Part 2 « whaack http://ztkfg.com/2020/01/spanish-pop-study-an-attempted-translation-of-dollar-by-becky-g-and-myke-towers/#comment-175 Spanish Pop Study - An Attempted Translation of Dollar by Becky G and Myke Towers - Part 2 « whaack Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:31:41 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=402#comment-175 [...] Continued from part 1 Yo sé que hay muchos en fila Y que te cansaron las mentiras, deja que el destino decida Tú estás por encima, siempre por mi mente desfilas No hay otra parecida, que tú eres única La foto viral a la que la haces pública Vámonos de vacaciones pa' la República Con una como tú uno lo que quiere es turistear, Pero ella me tumba el plan Myke Towers, baby [...] [...] Continued from part 1 Yo sé que hay muchos en fila Y que te cansaron las mentiras, deja que el destino decida Tú estás por encima, siempre por mi mente desfilas No hay otra parecida, que tú eres única La foto viral a la que la haces pública Vámonos de vacaciones pa' la República Con una como tú uno lo que quiere es turistear, Pero ella me tumba el plan Myke Towers, baby [...]

]]> By: whaack http://ztkfg.com/2020/01/spanish-pop-study-an-attempted-translation-of-dollar-by-becky-g-and-myke-towers/#comment-169 whaack Tue, 21 Jan 2020 03:43:05 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=402#comment-169 @ BingoBoingo Listening to the song it is quite hard to tell whether or not she is saying vale or valen. Also, I've seen mixed results from posted lyrics - some write "vale" and others write "valen" @ Mircea Popescu I see. So the translation of the "imperfect subjunctive" is quite different based on context. @ BingoBoingo

Listening to the song it is quite hard to tell whether or not she is saying vale or valen. Also, I've seen mixed results from posted lyrics - some write "vale" and others write "valen"

@ Mircea Popescu

I see. So the translation of the "imperfect subjunctive" is quite different based on context.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://ztkfg.com/2020/01/spanish-pop-study-an-attempted-translation-of-dollar-by-becky-g-and-myke-towers/#comment-165 Mircea Popescu Sat, 18 Jan 2020 18:48:03 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=402#comment-165 Spanish has subjonctive/future in the past, as a sort of conditional tense. "You would already have been". Spanish has subjonctive/future in the past, as a sort of conditional tense. "You would already have been".

]]> By: BingoBoingo http://ztkfg.com/2020/01/spanish-pop-study-an-attempted-translation-of-dollar-by-becky-g-and-myke-towers/#comment-162 BingoBoingo Sun, 12 Jan 2020 22:59:21 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=402#comment-162 re: footnote 3, this is one of those things where how the language is used in practice gets ambiguous. One of the more common evaluations I see the locals here taking with regularity is whether something is going to "Vale la pena" or not. I suspect, if pressed on grammar Becky G would either advance one of three lines: 1. The mass of words you are taking for a plural is a singular. 2. You're confused because you haven't mastered this part of the language. 3. Omitting the 'n' was a lyrical necessity. In practice, with respect strictly to the audio channel for conveying information, few people are going to notice whether the 'n' is there or not. Their brain's error correcting code will paper over it. re: footnote 3, this is one of those things where how the language is used in practice gets ambiguous. One of the more common evaluations I see the locals here taking with regularity is whether something is going to "Vale la pena" or not. I suspect, if pressed on grammar Becky G would either advance one of three lines:

1. The mass of words you are taking for a plural is a singular.

2. You're confused because you haven't mastered this part of the language.

3. Omitting the 'n' was a lyrical necessity.

In practice, with respect strictly to the audio channel for conveying information, few people are going to notice whether the 'n' is there or not. Their brain's error correcting code will paper over it.

]]> By: whaack http://ztkfg.com/2020/01/spanish-pop-study-an-attempted-translation-of-dollar-by-becky-g-and-myke-towers/#comment-158 whaack Sun, 12 Jan 2020 02:48:45 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=402#comment-158 Corrections from looking at someone else's translation: "That you told me you love me" "That you tell me that you love me" (Wrong tense for to tell) "That doesn't serve me" "That doesn't work with me." (I translated me sirve literally, but the meaning is better captured as "work with me") "They thrown themselves at her, even those that don't speak Spanish." "They throw you to those who do not speak Spanish" I considered the other translation, "They throw you to those who do not speak Spanish" but that did not make sense to me. So I concur this is likely the correct translation, but I would like to figure out the meaning. Corrections from looking at someone else's translation:

"That you told me you love me" "That you tell me that you love me"
(Wrong tense for to tell)

"That doesn't serve me" "That doesn't work with me."
(I translated me sirve literally, but the meaning is better captured as "work with me")

"They thrown themselves at her, even those that don't speak Spanish." "They throw you to those who do not speak Spanish"

I considered the other translation, "They throw you to those who do not speak Spanish" but that did not make sense to me. So I concur this is likely the correct translation, but I would like to figure out the meaning.

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