EnglishisEasy/Elinglésesfácil

"This country is uncharted, oh, no... it's Ecuador"    One thing is for certain: Fuera del Mapa is not the best translation for UNCHARTED.  In fact, Fuera del Mapa is best translated as Off the Map, not UNCHARTED, but that is how the movie (yes, there is a movie with that title and a video game series) was introduced in the Spanish-speaking market. Synonyms of UNCHARTED are Unexplored, Undiscovered, Untraveled, and Unmapped. Among all those, the best possible translation would be INEXPLORADO or SIN DESCUBRIR.  

"Why do I feel like playing Tic Tac Toe all of a sudden?" MIERCOLES DE CENIZAS is ASH WEDNESDAY in English and is mostly a Catholic tradition. It is important because it marks the end of Carnival and the beginning of Lent. Lent commemorates the forty-day period Jesus spent fasting and praying in the desert. What Catholics do is attend mass on this day which is usually the first Wednesday in March. This mass event is different from others because there is one more rite added: the imposition of the sign of the Holy Cross on the attendees' foreheads. In order to draw the cross sign, catholic priests use ash, hence the name ASH WEDNESDAY. ASH WEDNESDAY also demands from observant Christians the practice of fasting and abstinence, but very few seem inclined to do so these days. 

"Don't have one... Ask me again in 2023, please."       The answer is nothing. To call or consider someone our Valentine is not something we do over Latin America.       We do offer presents and gifts to our beloved ones, but we do not assign them any specific term.       A similar thing is a game called El Amigo Secreto (Secret Santa), but for that, you need to keep your identity concealed until the moment you deliver your present onto your friend's hands. It is only then that you reveal your identity to your friend. so it's not really the same idea!      In any case, in both English and Spanish speaking countries this is not a holiday, but some sort of tradition that gives us the perfect excuse to give away presents to people who are special to us.     Happy Valentine!         

Another difference is the color: in the U.S. they seem to prefer white eggs. The answer is simple A DOZEN EGGS, but there is a problem. Once Spanish speakers learn that a DOCENA DE HUEVOS is a DOZEN EGGS, they tend to add the word OF like this: A DOZEN OF EGGS. It occurs more often than not. This curious phenomenon is called Mother Tongue Interference which happens when students transfer from L1 to L2. In Spanish we say: "UNA DOCENA DE HUEVOS" Unconsciously, then students fill that inexistent gap between the words DOZEN and EGGS by adding OF. If you are a teacher, be aware of this little thing and assume it is going to happen before it actually happens. You will save yourself and your students time and avoid unnecessary frustration!

  Al least air pollution decreased a little. I n Spanish, CONFINAMIENTO is a measure taken in order to reduce or prevent the widespread of a viral infection. The translation is not Confinement. In English, that word indicates the state or action of being confined so it is not the measure, but its result. The right translation for CONFINAMIENTO is then LOCKDOWN which is defined as an emergency situation in which people are not allowed to move freely for some imminent threat such as COVID 19 spread.

Este esqueleto es de uno que nunca aprendió español. W hy does it have to be difficult at all? Is there any valid reason? Learning a language is one of the easiest things to do. There are, of course, things that Spanish has that other languages ​​do not have. But that is what's fascinating about the whole thing. Learning Spanish is like embarking on a journey to an unknown country full of secrets and fascinating findings. This is a journey just for you and the first big hurdle is your decision to deny yourself this opportunity with silly excuses. Don't do it, don't deny yourself this chance to grow as a person and as a citizen of this world, and just say to yourself: "I can do this because Spanish is easy!"

It's time for you to start learning English.   ¿ P or qué tiene que ser difícil? ¿Hay alguna razón para ello? El Inglés no es difícil como no lo son muchos otros idiomas. Hay, por supuesto, cosas que el Inglés tiene y que no tienen otros lenguajes.  Pero ahí está lo fascinante de todo esto. Aprender Inglés es como emprender un viaje hacia un país desconocido lleno de secretos y hallazgos fascinantes esperando por nosotros. Este es un viaje solo para usted y el primer gran obstáculo es su decisión de negarse esta oportunidad con excusas tontas. No lo haga, no se niegue esta oportunidad de crecer como persona y como ciudadano de este mundo y solo digase a sí mismo: "¡Yo puedo hacerlo porque el Inglés es fácil!"