# Any spanish speakers??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanish-speakers/112255>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 3, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanish-speakers/112255 "2002-06-03T23:01:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanish-speakers/112255/1 "2002-06-03T23:01:08Z")

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We just got this e-mail at work. can anyone translate it? Altavista babelfish was useless.

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> señores me gustaria que me indicaran si pueden en español que es lo que pasa con mi tarjeta de credito y que nesecitan para que yo pueda jugar a las carreras de perros.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![hegel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cab0a1/32.png) [@hegel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hegel)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanish-speakers/112255/2 "2002-06-03T23:07:36Z")

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“señores me gustaria que me indicaran si pueden en español que es lo que pasa con mi tarjeta de credito y que nesecitan para que yo pueda jugar a las carreras de perros.”

Gentlemen:

I would like for you all to tell me (if you can, in Spanish) which is going on with my credit card and that which you all need so that I will be able to play the dog races.

(End rough translation by American student who’s taken Spanish for seven years).

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**Author:** ![hegel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cab0a1/32.png) [@hegel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hegel)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanish-speakers/112255/3 "2002-06-03T23:09:23Z")

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“señores me gustaria que me indicaran si pueden en español que es lo que pasa con mi tarjeta de credito y que nesecitan para que yo pueda jugar a las carreras de perros.”

Gentlemen:

I would like for you all to tell me (if you can, in Spanish) what is going on with my credit card and what you all need so that I will be able to play the dog races.

(End rough translation by American student who’s taken Spanish for seven years).