sábado, 25 de julio de 2015

False friends (III): english-spanish



Palabra original (inglés)
Original word (english)

Traducción correcta (español)
Correct translation (spanish)

Falso amigo (español)
False friend (spanish)

Billion (1000.000.000)*


Billón (1.000.000.000.000)


Carpet


Alfombra

Carpeta

File


Archivo

Fila

Jam


Mermelada

Jamón

Target

Meta, propósito, objetivo

Tarjeta


*In the example of billion, the translation problem isn't in the spelling of the word in Spanish, but in the concept. Whilst in English, one billion is a thousand million, in Spanish is a million of millions.


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