There is a whole language learning technique called "Listening-Reading system", and some folks over at HTLAL forums had very interesting experiences. Here is the link for the main thread, it started in 2007, but be advised that it is very long and occasionally rambling... Anyway, there is a wealth of resources on the forum, with links for bilingual ebooks and audiobooks:

 

http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6366

So funny, these inner-workings of Google Translate... After muddling around these two sentences for a moment, I'm guessing the original went something like this:

 

<em>If I were a dog and you were a flower, I'd lift a leg and give you a shower.</em>
<em>Ladies, it sucks major! I'm totally having a "twisted tea" recalls, I do not want to be stranded.</em>

 

It would be hard for a human to accuratelly translate this without the context, but expecting Google to know how to interpret "twisted tea" (which, I just learned, is a brand of hard iced tea ;), is a bit too much...

When I want to check if a certain phrase is used or acceptable, I first look for a frequency with Google: "is worth of alluding" (quotes are important!!!) brings up exactly 1 result, namely your question on this forum. ;) BUT "worth alluding to" comes up with more than 60k results, so at least you know that the phrase has a good chance of being legitimate. This type of search comes with the caveat that more search results come from reputable sources (scholarly texts or newspaper articles), it is safer to use. Always pay attention to root domains of your search, this will give you the idea of its origin. For the above search a lot of books.google.com results come up, an that makes me think that the phrase has been used more in the past than today. One link points to NYT article from 1866, and on another you can reed gems like this: "I would not deem this trifle worth alluding to except as a memento to yourself of being under no obligation to him on my account." (1853) Last but not least, I also recommend sites like these, as they offer precious resources : http://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html http://www.thefreedictionary.com/alluding Cheers, Radina

Nije poređenje, ali je meni oduvek bio vrlo živopisan izraz "to samo majka može da voli".

Introduzione

Buongiorno! Mi chiamo Melanie. Piacere. Io sono australiana, è sono una ammistratore a teatro. La nonna del mio ragazzo è italiana. Mi piace il teatro, mangiare fuori, è studiare idiomas (italiano è spagnolo). Arrivederci!

 

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Buongiorno! Mi chiamo Melanie, piacere di conoscervi.

Sono australiana e lavoro come amministratrice di teatro.

La nonna del mio ragazzo è italiana.

Mi piace il teatro, mangiare fuori, e studiare le lingue (italiano e spagnolo).

Arrivederci!

 

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Attenzione alla differenza tra:

"e" (congiunzione, "and" in English)

e

"è" (verbo "essere", 3 persona singolare, "is" in English)

 

"idiomas" è spagnolo... ;)

Some alternative corrections:

 

2) The three of them came home late on Tuesday
Ta trojica su išla kući kasno u utorak.

Njih trojica su se u utorak kasno vratili (<em>vratiti - to come back</em>) kući. (better word order)

OR

Njih tri su se u utorak kasno vratile kući. (no indication in the original if they were men or women)

 

3) Your father fetched the bread for dinner and put it on the table
Tvoj tata su išao po hleb za ručak i ga je postavio na sto.

Tvoj tata je dohvatio/uzeo/kupio hleb za ručak/večeru i (po)stavio ga na sto.

(context of "fetch" is unclear; did he fetch it from the cupboard? bought & brought it from outside?)

8) I doubt that we will have time to do it.
Sumnjam da ću imati vremena da ga radimo.
Sumnjam da ćemo imati vremena da to uradimo. (<em>Mi/We</em> is the subject)

10) If more English people lived in Belgrade, we could invite them for New Year.
Da bi više Engleza živelo u Beogradu, mi bismo ih pozivatili za Novu Godinu.
Da više Engleza živi u Beogradu, pozvali bismo ih za Novu Godinu. (2º conditional)

11) I will ask him if he wants to see that film, but I'm not sure that he does.
Ja ću ga pitati da li hoće da vide taj film, ali nisam siguram da hoće.

Pitaću ga da li hoće da vidi (3 pers. sing.) taj film, ali nisam siguran da hoće.

16) 5 students were sitting and reading in the library.
Petoro studenta je sedеlo i je čitalo u biblioteci.

Petoro studenta je sedеlo i je čitalo u biblioteci.

Cheers,

Radina