Google translator

In my job I always use Google Translator when I must write in English because for me is hard to write without help. For this reason I want to improve my writing skills and so [that] I can answer e-mails in English faster.

writting a report about city history "correct me"

First of all, Cúcuta is a border town. It is across the border with <em>from</em> "San Antonio del Tachira", the capital of the Bolivar municipality in the state of Tachira. [fs]

Cúcuta was founded in 1973 with the name of "San José de Guasimales".[fs] after Later, in 1793, its name was changed your its name by to "San José de Cúcuta".  in 1793 .

The official name of the city is San José de Cúcuta, "San Jose" in honor to of José de Nazaret and "Cúcuta" by the name of cacique Bari "Cúcuta", which who governed the region before the conquest. "Cúcuta" in the indigenous language It means, "house of goblins." 

That’s true. Cúcuta has interesting places. For example: malls as like "Ventura Plaza" and "Unicentro". [fs] In the metropolitan area of Cúcuta there is are an eco park, and it has a sports zone, a Biosaludable Gymnasium, a swimming pool and diverse attractions.


The weather in the city is warm and the major part of time it's hot, but sometimes it is fresh and rainy. [fs] The average temperature is 28 degrees celsius. The higher temperatures higher it range s between 35 and 38 °C, and the lower [temperatures] it range s between 17 and 20° C. 

Cucuta is a city of discharge seismic threat. The last earthquake was in the year 1875. [fs] 

At the end of the 19th century, it  is was the first city of Colombia in having to have a railroad. The Railroad nowadays does not work, but him honoring gives with a monument there is a monument honoring it located in the Camilo Daza neighborhood, opposite the Transport Terminal of  in  on the route to wards the International Airport.




 

Exam. Letter for Sam.

Hello Dan,
How are you? I can't go at to your birthday party. My mother is sick and will be operated on next week. I must to look after her. I have a friend who could take the photo, and his mobile phone is 675688667.  
Happy birthday.
Maria 


Qué excelente, Maria. Casi perfecto.

Just a few things: After "must" we don't need the <em>full infinitive with "to."  I must go. I must see that movie. You must come to my party. Etc. </em>However, if you said "I have to . . . (do these things) you would use the "to."  

"Operated on" is the "phrasal verb" in that case.

When you connect two things that are complete ideas, like "I have a friend. His phone number is 234542,"  put a <em>conjunction (</em><em>"and", "or", "but </em>") between them. 


 

I'd like someone to help me to correct my answer in a discussion where I've participated, please.

I've participated in a discussion in this page, it discussed about if we, while are speaking our target language, should simultaneously translate what we want to say in our mother tongue in our minds or we whether we should just speak about say what we want to say.
But since when I've written my answer, I've had some doubts, and I wish someone would help me.

I've answered the following:

Sometimes, when I start to speak I just say what I want to say and I don't care about the grammatical structure. [perfecto] On the other hand, when I have to demonstrate my level, and I try to speak as correctly as I can, it's then that, unfortunately, it begins [to be?] a rough time for me because all those  doubts pop up in my mind.  

There have been cases where I can see perfectly the sentence in my mind, but in another cases my mind doesn't help me and I have to translate what I want to say, and check whether what I'm going to say [no comma]  has some sense, or whether it is an awful Spanish-English translation.


I'm sure I always make s a lot of mistakes when I'm speaking, as there is a huge difference between speaking and writing.

While you are writing you can see your faults and you have the chance to correct them, or search them in Google as to what is the correct way to write some expressions.

Well, any language is hard to learn but it's entertainment as well, so we should be patient.


Hola! Ja, Ja! Suggesions only.  This is too insightful and too descriptive of the problem to bear too much "correction." Enjoyed your thoughts.   
 

Saturday afternoon

Well, It's Saturday, and I'm laying in my bed, a bit bored.   I have some homework to do but I don't want to do them it now.

It's winter here, but personally I prefer summer, I can go to the beach, or go dancing, or maybe go for a walk. And, of course, and the best thing is, I don't have high school!! :D

On Thursday, I started watching a series, "My Mad Fat Diary." I really like it, and I can practice because I see watch it on in English. [FS]  In fact, I'm seeing two series, "My Mad Fat Diary" and "American Horror Story." [FS] I see watch both in English and I love them.[FS] AHS is the first I saw and now I'm seeing watching season four with a friend and MMFD I'm seeing season two!! Well, probably it is [or "it's"] time to stop writing, haha!! Thanks for reading it!! Byee!! :)

Hola, Noelia:  I know it can be confusing because 'ver' can mean "see," "look at," or "watch." In this case, though, although we usually "see" our friends, our families or even things on the television, we almost always say that we "watch the television" or "watch programs" so that we can "see" those things.   [FS] = full stop o punto.

Me encanta lo que has escrito. ¡Ánimo!

How I learned English
 

Well, I am Adrian and I would like to have conversations in English with polite and respectful people. I am an architect and I design and build all kinds of projects.

Well, right now I´m just writing this so I can (get or have) people's attention.

In fact, I was taught English since my first year in kindergarten, elementary, high school, and [the] university. As you know, I am Mexican and we use to travel a lot to the US on vacations, for a short period of time. so On those trips <em>I</em> have had the opportunity to practice what I had learned, but actually I went on a trip to Canada with my friends for a few months. We chose Canada because in Canada there they speak French or English, unlike in the USA where there are a lot of people who speak Spanish, and the main purpose was for us to be[come?] fluent in English.

I really had a great time, and I met great, nice people, but most of all, I pushed myself to get to my goal.

Marley My Dog

Well, I want to write something just to write, and today I want to do write about someone who is close to me the whole day. It's my dog, Marley. Well, he's my girfriend's dog, but because I work in my house he spends the whole day with me. I live in a flat, so he doesn't have a big place to stay. So with my girfriend and I we go out with take him out to a park which is near where I live. We go out four times in a day. He makes has made some dog friends, so when we are in the park he realises [that] his friends are in the park, too, and he wants to play with him them.

Marley has been sleeping with me since he was a puppy. Recently a couple moved into the apartment that is [near my apartment] next to mine, so Marley barks all the time because he hears noises [there].

I think his worst fear is to staying alone, so because when I come back he really starts ing to jump [around] happily.

A week ago he got a stomach problem, so we went to the vet . He took an ecography of his belly, and then I had to give him some pills. But now he is healthy again.

And Do you have a pet?