Portugese ? Translate this text ?

[Brains]

What is my Brazilian cleaner trying to tell me ?
"excuse not able to go today to the world today and can be Durate week I see another excuse to see"

I'm guessing she has put her original Portuguese message into some sort of translator. When I do the same I get the following in Portuguese. What does in mean in English ?
"é desculpa para poder ir hoje para o mundo de hoje e pode ser Duarte semana vejo outra desculpa para ver"

 

[Hacienda71]

My wife (who is Brazilian) could tell you but she is working till later. I suspect she was trying to say sorry she can't make it, but the online translator has skewed the English and translating it back has made it worse. If you ask her to send you the message in Portuguese I can get it translated for you.

 

[Stephenite]

I would believe her to be saying: "I have noticed you flirting with me for a while now. At first, i tried to ignore it. But you have awoken something in me I thought long lost. I'm not sure i can continue working for you. My head is spinning. I cannot breathe. See you next week."

 

[ianrauk]

Give me a rise you cheap bastard...

 

[ayceejay]

She can't come this week as it's Duarte's (Edwards) week for which she takes responsibility.

 

[Hacienda71]

It means, Sorry I can't make it today but I should be able to in the middle of the week, barring any other excuses. However there is a spelling mistake which means that during appears as Duarte. At least that is what my Mrs thinks although even she said it isn't clear.

 

[Fnaar]

My postilion has been struck by lightning

 

[ASC1951]

My postilion has been struck by lightning

Mon aeroglisseur est rempli de gimnottes.

 

[Brains]

It appears there is a long history of mistranslation between English and Portuguese

English as She Is Spoke is the common name of a 19th-century book written by Pedro Carolino, and falsely additionally credited to José da Fonseca, which was intended as a Portuguese-English conversational guide or phrase book, but is regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour, as the given English translations are generally completely incoherent.

The humour appears to be a result of dictionary-aided literal translation, which causes many idiomatic expressions to be translated wildly inappropriately. For example, the Portuguese phrase chover a cântaros is translated as raining in jars, whereas an idiomatic English translation would be raining buckets.

It is widely believed that Carolino could not speak English, and that a French-English dictionary was used to translate an earlier Portuguese-French phrase book, O Novo guia da conversação em francês e português, written by José da Fonseca. Carolino likely added Fonseca's name to the book without his permission in an attempt to give it some credibility. The Portuguese-French phrase book is apparently a competent work, without the defects that characterize English as She Is Spoke

 

[Aperitif]

Good thread, Brains! Excellent translating prowess by 'the members' put a smile on my face before heading inwards to the smoke - thanks!

 

[RhythMick]

So the Monty Python sketch is based on a real book? Excellent.

My hovercraft is full of eels.

 

[rich p]

I remember finding these phrases from a grammar book Eric Newby came across in "A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush", amusing.
'How long have you had a goitre?'
'I have nine fingers; you have ten'
'A dwarf has come to ask for food'
'I have an intention to kill you'

 

[threebikesmcginty]

"I can't be arsed picking up after you lazy nobbers this week, get off your sorry arses and clean your own farking house". Maybe.

 

[Aperitif]

[QUOTE 2681666, member: 1314"]I work with a Portugese bloke. I'll ask him.[/quote]
Ask him what - to pop round and do the cleaning for Brian S? Cheeky sod, User!

 

[hopless500]

So the Monty Python sketch is based on a real book? Excellent.

My hovercraft is full of eels.