Translation please?

[Kasee]

We are walking to Finisterre/Fisterra and saw this in a couple of places on the way out of Santiago. Google translate is baffled. Does anyone know what it says?

 

[Peregrinopaul]

I don't know ... but your post reminded me of this roadsign before the descent from Cruz. Obviously the authorities used Google translate.

 

[Bradypus]

Literally "cross with many eyes" so I think it means to be extra careful when crossing!

 

[SabsP]

We are walking to Finisterre/Fisterra and saw this in a couple of places on the way out of Santiago. Google translate is baffled. Does anyone know what it says?

That is because it is Gallego and not Castellano.

Edit : @Bradypus has it right!

 

[Peregrinopaul]

Literally "cross with many eyes" so I think it means to be extra careful when crossing!

That's neat!

 

[Bill's_Walking]

I don't know ... but your post reminded me of this roadsign before the descent from Cruz. Obviously the authorities used Google translate.View attachment 134485

I started Google translate with the first two words in black "pendientes fuertes" and got: "strong earrings"! the whole translation came out much closer to what the sign means though (i think). I use WhatsApp and Google translate to keep in touch with some Spanish friends I met on my Camino No wonder I get some strange comments!

 

[Kasee]

Literally "cross with many eyes" so I think it means to be extra careful when crossing!

Thank you!

 

[Peregrinopaul]

I started Google translate with the first two words in black "pendientes fuertes" and got: "strong earrings"! the whole translation came out much closer to what the sign means though (i think). I use WhatsApp and Google translate to keep in touch with some Spanish friends I met on my Camino No wonder I get some strange comments!

That's interesting. Perhaps I'm making an unfair assumption. The road sign translation is bizarre though. And fun.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I don't know ... but your post reminded me of this roadsign before the descent from Cruz. Obviously the authorities used Google translate.

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My translation to American "sign language" is:

Attention cyclists
Steep slopes NEXT 15 km [not IN]
Proceed with caution

PENDIENTE here means slope but another meaning is pending. This meaning is associated with debt and in English the term would be OUTSTANDING debt. FUERTE means strong and in association with a slope takes on the meaning of steep.

Edited the above statement based on a new definition I saw in the link that @SabineP posted below.

 

[SabsP]

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pendiente - sinónimos de 'pendiente' en un diccionario de 200.000 sinónimos online

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This thread is yet another example why it is important to learn more languages. Especially such a wonderful one as Spanish.

 

[Bill's_Walking]

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This thread is yet another example why it is important to learn more languages. Especially such a wonderful one as Spanish.

True that!

 

[JabbaPapa]

The translation given by Bradypuss isn't quite right I think, but I can't do better myself - - though the point that it's Gallego is spot on.

 

[Kathar1na]

Context, context, context. You need to know more than words if you want to translate well. Moito Olliño is a mascot or a figure from children books or something like that.

 

[MinaKamina]

Context, context, context. You need to know more than words if you want to translate well. Moito Olliño is a mascot or a figure from children books or something like that.

Moito Olliño is the mascot for a safe road to school for children. The original translation is correct; it is being used as a name.

The Colecamiños school route project, with the mascot Moito Olliño, is a pilot project in Compostela that aims to promote a change in the mobility patterns of children in our city. The "school routes" are not exclusively educational projects, their goal is to enable children to move safely and independently through the streets and to reclaim the use and enjoyment of public space. Therefore, these projects directly affect the city as a whole and affect all areas of local or municipal governance that have competencies in the design, habitability and safety of public space.

http://policialocal.santiagodecompostela.gal/info.php?sec=33&idioma=es

The aim of the project is also to reduce traffic of parents bringing their children to the school's front door, and to reduce the current over-protection of children.

Hope everyone sleeps well tonight.

 

[Saint Mike II]

I don't know ... but your post reminded me of this roadsign before the descent from Cruz. Obviously the authorities used Google translate.

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Hola, having cycled from Rabanal to Ponferrada I think I can translate this one: proceed with caution next 15 km. Just for info from Cruz de Fero the road drops over 1000 metres in those 15km. Cheers

 

[Kathar1na]

According to the campaign blurb, Moito Olliño, this friendly one-eyed yellow creature with a perhaps "all seeing" baseball cap is a product "of the imagination of Martin in 5th grade at the Pius XII school and of the creativity of graphic designer Maria Pereiro".

The mascot reminds me of these Minions from a 2015 US movie, they are also yellow, pill shaped and one of them has one eye only. Where are the native Galician speakers like @MariaSP and @Pelegrin when they are needed? I don't know what a name like "Moito Olliño" sounds like to Galician ears. In any case, the usual Galician word for eye appears to be ollo in singular form and ollos in plural form; olliño appears to be the diminutive singular form.

 

[peregrina2000]

I started Google translate with the first two words in black "pendientes fuertes" and got: "strong earrings"!

Actually that is also an accurate translation, just goes to show how important context is.

At a jewelry show, no one would understand “fuertes pendientes” as “steep descents.”

 

[Bradypus]

Actually that is also an accurate translation, just goes to show how important context is.

Very true. And it can be quite hard to translate idiomatic words and phrases too. I'm always amazed at how fluent many non-native speakers can become in English which is a bizarre confection stolen from everywhere over the centuries. My favourite example is the slightly risque British-English word "bollocks". Primarily a synonym for 'testicles' but also used as a strong negative to show disagreement: "You are talking bollocks!" is not a compliment! So why is the phrase "the dog's bollocks" one of the greatest superlatives in the English language? Hats off to anyone who manages to master nonsense like that!

 

[MinaKamina]

According to the campaign blurb, Moito Olliño, this friendly one-eyed yellow creature with a perhaps "all seeing" baseball cap is a product "of the imagination of Martin in 5th grade at the Pius XII school and of the creativity of graphic designer Maria Pereiro".

The mascot reminds me of these Minions from a 2015 US movie, they are also yellow, pill shaped and one of them has one eye only. Where are the native Galician speakers like @MariaSP and @Pelegrin when they are needed? I don't know what a name like "Moito Olliño" sounds like to Galician ears. In any case, the usual Galician word for eye appears to be ollo in singular form and ollos in plural form; olliño appears to be the diminutive singular form.

In Spanish:
¡Ojo al tren! Watch out for the trains.

¡Mucho ojo! means be very careful!

To my ears, the diminutive mucho ojito indicates be very careful NOW. This is similar to ahora (now) and ahorita (now at this very moment).
As in 'now, but we'll first have coffee' versus 'now and no coffee until we're done'.

It is of course a nice play with words too, because little children have little eyes. I quite enjoy how two words can have a lot of different meanings, that all apply at the same time. A name, a warning and a reference. But that is me, I like poetry and translations too.

 

[ivar]

I have seen these words on the streets many places in Santiago... I think it has something to do with the fact that people cross the street "glued" to their mobiles phone, and do not look up

 

[Kathar1na]

In Spanish:
¡Mucho ojo! means be very careful!

Ah, the missing bit of the linguistic puzzle! Thanks.

 

[Kathar1na]

I guess that the first word in the photo - ColeCamiños - is a combination of cole and camiños where cole is Galician for school and we know of course what camiños means.

 

[MinaKamina]

I guess that the first word in the photo - ColeCamiños - is a combination of cole and camiños where cole is Galician for school and we know of course what camiños means.

Cole is short for colegio (school) in Spanish.

 

[Pelegrin]

According to the campaign blurb, Moito Olliño, this friendly one-eyed yellow creature with a perhaps "all seeing" baseball cap is a product "of the imagination of Martin in 5th grade at the Pius XII school and of the creativity of graphic designer Maria Pereiro".

The mascot reminds me of these Minions from a 2015 US movie, they are also yellow, pill shaped and one of them has one eye only. Where are the native Galician speakers like @MariaSP and @Pelegrin when they are needed? I don't know what a name like "Moito Olliño" sounds like to Galician ears. In any case, the usual Galician word for eye appears to be ollo in singular form and ollos in plural form; olliño appears to be the diminutive singular form.

I think that "moito olliño" is not very used. It is much more used the Spanish "mucho ojito". Maybe because the combination of sounds "ll" and "ñ" in the same word is not easy to pronounce. What I say for caution in Galician is "Coidado/Coidadiño con".

 

[AnaFernandez]

We are walking to Finisterre/Fisterra and saw this in a couple of places on the way out of Santiago. Google translate is baffled. Does anyone know what it says?

Cole means Colegio in slang
Colegio is school
Correcaminos is roadrunner
So it is referred to school boys as a Word game (juego de palabras)
Cruza con moito olliño is Galician language and it means becareful to cross
(cross with a lot of eye literally)
olliño is ollo (eye) diminutive in Galician language

We are walking to Finisterre/Fisterra and saw this in a couple of places on the way out of Santiago. Google translate is baffled. Does anyone know what it says?

 

[Kathar1na]

Correcaminos is roadrunner
So it [Colecaminõs] is referred to school boys as a Word game (juego de palabras)

Very cute!

We all, and of course the translation machines, missed this play on words and this context. Correcaminos y el Coyote - Road Runner and Wily E. Coyote. And Colecaminos evokes associations to both the way to school and to the schoolkids themselves.

 

[Sandrapf99]

We are walking to Finisterre/Fisterra and saw this in a couple of places on the way out of Santiago. Google translate is baffled. Does anyone know what it says?

Google translate

 

[SusanWW]

Thank you!

And Google gets it when I use Galician as the language I’m translating from.

 

[Gringazolana]

Spanish and Portuguese translator checking in to say that I had no idea I could understand gallego like 90%! It sounds like a beautiful language.

 

[tpmchugh]

We are walking to Finisterre/Fisterra and saw this in a couple of places on the way out of Santiago. Google translate is baffled. Does anyone know what it says?

It is galician and basically means 'cross with care' Not sure what colecaminos! means but the rest literal translation is cross with many little eyes as best I can make out

 

[Teej41]

We are walking to Finisterre/Fisterra and saw this in a couple of places on the way out of Santiago. Google translate is baffled. Does anyone know what it says?

Just for the record....my wife has always referred to earrings as 'aretes'.

 

[Kasee]

Moito Olliño is the mascot for a safe road to school for children. The original translation is correct; it is being used as a name.

The Colecamiños school route project, with the mascot Moito Olliño, is a pilot project in Compostela that aims to promote a change in the mobility patterns of children in our city. The "school routes" are not exclusively educational projects, their goal is to enable children to move safely and independently through the streets and to reclaim the use and enjoyment of public space. Therefore, these projects directly affect the city as a whole and affect all areas of local or municipal governance that have competencies in the design, habitability and safety of public space.

http://policialocal.santiagodecompostela.gal/info.php?sec=33&idioma=es

The aim of the project is also to reduce traffic of parents bringing their children to the school's front door, and to reduce the current over-protection of children.

Hope everyone sleeps well tonight.

This is wonderful! Thanks!

 

[trecile]

Not sure what colecaminos!

As explained in the post below it means "school ways" or "school routes."

Moito Olliño is the mascot for a safe road to school for children. The original translation is correct; it is being used as a name.

The Colecamiños school route project, with the mascot Moito Olliño, is a pilot project in Compostela that aims to promote a change in the mobility patterns of children in our city. The "school routes" are not exclusively educational projects, their goal is to enable children to move safely and independently through the streets and to reclaim the use and enjoyment of public space. Therefore, these projects directly affect the city as a whole and affect all areas of local or municipal governance that have competencies in the design, habitability and safety of public space.

 

[Tandem Graham]

Hola, having cycled from Rabanal to Ponferrada I think I can translate this one: proceed with caution next 15 km. Just for info from Cruz de Fero the road drops over 1000 metres in those 15km. Cheers

And the advice is well-founded. In 2017 despite cautionary stops to cool the rim brakes on our laden tandem, we managed a spectacular and loud sidewall blow out on the final bend entering El Acebo, startling those taking refreshments in the adjacent bar!

 

[Baba John]

pendiente - sinónimos y antónimos - WordReference.com

pendiente - sinónimos de 'pendiente' en un diccionario de 200.000 sinónimos online

www.wordreference.com

This thread is yet another example why it is important to learn more languages. Especially such a wonderful one as Spanish.

Si...

 

[MichelleElynHogan]

To the original Poster;

School Crosswalk. Stop. Look. Listen.

 

[MariaSP]

We are walking to Finisterre/Fisterra and saw this in a couple of places on the way out of Santiago. Google translate is baffled. Does anyone know what it says?

The first word is 'colecamiños', kind of 'school paths'. Some towns have a programme in place to encourage kids to walk to school by themselves. As part of this, they've created several routes/paths to each school for kids to follow. Along these routes there are either people making sure kids cross streets safely or signs, like this one, to remind kids to be careful when crossing.

To do something 'con ollo' (or 'con olliño') in Galician means to do it carefully.

 

[MariaSP]

Just for the record....my wife has always referred to earrings as 'aretes'.

'Aretes' is common in Latin America. In Spain we normally call them 'pendientes'.

 

[Pelegrin]

The first word is 'colecamiños', kind of 'school paths'. Some towns have a programme in place to encourage kids to walk to school by themselves. As part of this, they've created several routes/paths to each school for kids to follow. Along these routes there are either people making sure kids cross streets safely or signs, like this one, to remind kids to be careful when crossing.

To do something 'con ollo' (or 'con olliño') in Galician means to do it carefully.

Eu nunca digo "olliño". Non soa ben para min. Digo máis ben "ollo pequeno". Pero claro, pode ser que outros o digan.
I never say "olliño", it doesn't sound well to me. I rather say "ollo pequeno" (small eye). But of course, maybe other people say it.

 

[MariaSP]

Eu nunca digo "olliño". Non soa ben para min. Digo máis ben "ollo pequeno". Pero claro, pode ser que outros o digan.
I never say "olliño", it doesn't sound well to me. I rather say "ollo pequeno" (small eye). But of course, maybe other people say it.

'Olliño' e 'ollo pequeno' poucas veces son sinónimos. Non lle podes dicir a alguén 'ollo pequeno co que fas' ou 'non me mires con eses ollos pequenos'.

'Olliño' and 'ollo pequeno' are rarely synonyms. You can't tell someone 'small eye what you do' or 'don't look at me with those small eyes'.

 

[Kathar1na]

I just want to say how much I enjoy reading the comments about what native speakers see / hear / understand. All this "undercurrent" is impossible to translate or to convey to non-native speakers in particular when they are not very familiar with context and background ... and not only when it's about idioms and similar fixed expressions. Thanks.

 

[Pelegrin]

'Olliño' e 'ollo pequeno' poucas veces son sinónimos. Non lle podes dicir a alguén 'ollo pequeno co que fas' ou 'non me mires con eses ollos pequenos'.

'Olliño' and 'ollo pequeno' are rarely synonyms. You can't tell someone 'small eye what you do' or 'don't look at me with those small eyes'.

Eu digo "coidado (ou coidadiño) co que fas" e "non me mires con eses ollos".
Sorry difficult to translate into English.

 

[Jeff Crawley]

I don't know ... but your post reminded me of this roadsign before the descent from Cruz. Obviously the authorities used Google translate.

View attachment 134485

Not "powerful earrings" then?

 

[Peregrinopaul]

Not "powerful earrings" then?

No, but I was enjoying the thought of being an outstandingly strong cyclist.

 

[JabbaPapa]

It's quite unintuitive, but the first word means basically :

Kids walking to school ! (and implicitly, Look Out !)

Then :

Look out before crossing

 

[Luisito76]

We are walking to Finisterre/Fisterra and saw this in a couple of places on the way out of Santiago. Google translate is baffled. Does anyone know what it says?

Hello!
Apparently it means:
Wayrunners. Cross with caution.

 

[WGroleau]

Context, context, context. You need to know more than words if you want to translate well.

And why one should never trust machine translation for anything truly important. Google and DeepL are better than most, but I have seen Google add or remove a negative in Spanish/Italian to make the meaning opposite. And if it does the with languages that close to English, imagine what it might do with a language not from western Europe! But you don't have to imagine—a Chinese friend, female, had a baby and this is the message to her after Bing "translated" it:

Wine is the fragrance of the old, wine is the old wine

Friends are the good old

Recently, three friends who are my age have become a monk. Lin Zhixing has also been promoted. In addition to admiring his bravery, he has also worked up a cold sweat. #LinXing, who got married in 20 seconds, is among them. 33 million prepared children. A woman who knows how to overcome the freedom of slimming, and is alone. It is certainly a terrifying thing to stay with a helpless little life forever.
In the first week of the birth of my elder brother, I hope he still has any sense of motherhood, he jumped up and thought that he would have postpartum depression. Fortunately, the post-enzyme exploded. In the busyness of breastfeeding, I slowly felt the happiness and joy of my mother. But at the same time, working as a family is still the most difficult challenge for a child to face. The most honest and consistent advice of his life is the first year of the pregnancy and divorce period, you will know how great the potential of those stages is!!
I will comfort you the way a mother consoles her child. You too will take comfort in Jerusalem. Isaiah 66:13
Blessings to my friend, God preserve, and everything is safe and victorious!!

 

[Kathar1na]

translation

I guess that it is well-known that there is no shortage of silly, meaningless, funny, awkward, and wrong translations?

 

[Teej41]

'Aretes' is common in Latin America. In Spain we normally call them 'pendientes'.

Yes, she's from Colombia.