English as She Is Spoke
Автор:
Pedro CarolinoЖанр:
Юмористическая проза;Дата добавления:
2022-03-17Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
9
Description
In 1855 Pedro Carolino set out to write an English phrasebook for Portuguese travelers visiting England. The only problem was that he couldn’t speak English. Undeterred by this minor setback, Carolino decided to base his guide on a respected Portuguese–French phrasebook written by José da Fonseca. He took the French translations of Portuguese, and used a French–English dictionary to translate those to English.
The result was an unintentional comedy of literal translation, as English phrases like “the walls have ears” became “the walls have hearsay” (via the...
