Writing and translation practice - technology - Foundation
Here are five sentences in English on the theme of social media and technology. Read them carefully before starting to translate. Remember that there is no need to translate the sentences word for word but tenses and time frames do need to be correct.
Question
Translate the following sentences into Spanish.
- I use technology every day.
- I don't have a computer in my bedroom.
- I want to buy a new mobile phone.
- I prefer text messages because they are practical.
- Yesterday I downloaded a film.
- Utilizo la tecnología todos los días. You could use uso instead of utilizo and cada día would be accepted for 'every day' as well. Don't forget that tecnología needs la in front of it.
- No tengo ordenador en mi dormitorio. This is a negative sentence, so make sure you have no at the front. It is more usual to leave the un out in front of ordenador when a sentence is negative, but you would still get the mark if you included it.
- Quiero comprar un teléfono móvil nuevo. You don't have to say teléfono móvil - you could just say móvil - but don't forget the accents. It would change the meaning very slightly if you wrote un nuevo teléfono móvil (a newly acquired mobile phone, instead of a brand new phone) but it would still be correct.
- Prefiero los mensajes de texto porque son prácticos. Here los mensajes de texto is a plural The name of a thing such as an object, a place or a person. Nouns are often described as naming words. so the Used to describe nouns and must agree with the nouns they are describing.práctico has to agree.
- Ayer descargué una película. This sentence is in the past tense so you need to use the This is used to describe completed actions in the past.. Descargar is a key A word used to describe an action or state of being. for this theme so make sure you can use it in the past, present and future. Remember that this verb needs a spelling change (the addition of the u before the é ending to maintain the sound).
