TRANSLATING

Have you ever thought that we can't translate all the words from one language to another? 

Every country has a specific culture and customs, so they may use only one word to express and action that in Spanish, for instance, seems impossible. 
I have a picture for you to understand this better. Have a look and enjoy yourselves with the magic of languages ♥

♠USEFUL PROVERBS♠

Not only could we find proverbs in Spanish, but also in English. By means of proverbs, we may know more about a country, since they are related to their culture. Today, I want to teach you three. You should use them ☺ (I write in brackets my particular meaning)

ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS (Menos hablar y más hacer)
No matter how much or how well you speak . What is really worth is what you do. I totally agree.

SHE/HE IS LIKE A CHATTERBOX (Es como un loro)

This is used to refer to a person who speaks a lot. For me, this is perfect. I am a chatterbox!

ROLL OFF LIKE WATER ON A DUCK'S BACK (eso me resbala, me da exáctamente igual)

I love this peculiar proverb. It is really graphic, hehe. When you don't care about what others say, you say that it rolls off like water on a duck's back. Of course, this is rather informal. 



Have a nice Monday!♥♥♥

TECHNOLOGICAL TERMS

Technologies surround us. It's a fact. We can't run away from them. Luckily, you were born with a computer, more or less. This is the reason why, frequently, we come across new words that seem strange. They are technological words, and very often abbreviations. I am here to explain the meaning of some of them :)

APP: Application. Both on the computer and on our mobile phones we've got lots of apps: Whatsapp, Line, Facebook, Instagram, Apalabrados....

APPLEPICK: This is really funny. This verb is coined to express when someone steals somebody's IPHONE. Incredible!!!

AVATAR: Graphical image that represents a person on the Internet, for example. I'm sure you've seen the film, so you should know what an avatar is.

FAVICON: It means "favourite icon". Yu can change the icon of some apps, did you know?

FLOG: False Blog. I promise ourbritishcorner.blogspot.com.es is not a flog ;)

CAPTCHA: The sharp meaning is : Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart.

A captcha is the common chart that appears when you enter some webpage and that asks you to write the letters you see on the top. They want to be sure that you are not a computer, but a human! 

CHATROOM: The place where you can chat with other people by means of the computer. It may also appear when you are playing video games.

IT GIRL: This term refers to a girl who has become a celebrity because of the mass media. Some models, singers or actresses are usually it-girls. People like them so much.

GEEK: A person who is obsessed with technological devices. They are supposed to be on the net all the time, they know everything about computering and they tend not to have good social relationships.

After reading this, you are a more technological type of person. I hope you liked this useful lesson. 

Have a nice weekend!!!