https://ngmarley.com/blog/tag/rioplatense-spanish/Recent content in Rioplatense Spanish on ngmarley.comHugoen-usThu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000https://ngmarley.com/blog/lost-in-translation/Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000https://ngmarley.com/blog/lost-in-translation/<p>I was reading an article in Spanish on an Argentine news website. The article is titled &ldquo;The 10 Things a Mate Drinker Should Never Do&rdquo;, and the original article can be found here (Spanish): <a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1311281">http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1311281</a>.</p> <p>Point number 9 used the word &ldquo;ajeno&rdquo;, a word I wasn&rsquo;t familiar with. I looked it up on google translate &amp; it just said &ldquo;alien&rdquo;, but many times it&rsquo;s more accurate to enter an entire phrase to translate so as to get the context. The translation of certain words will sometimes change based on the context.</p>