Once again, a request for our Spanish speakers:

[ret5hd]

will you translate this:
Que porqueria de ciudad, pero que podian esperar de la capital de un pais donde el presidente es un EXPRESIDIARIO

this is babelfish's translation:
That porqueria of city, but which they podian to hope of the capital of pais where the president is a EXPRESIDIARIO

[katinmn]

1. Babelfish not too helpful here!

:)

[Jim__]

2. I think pais is "country"

But in Spanish, the i has an accent. I think Babblefish may not be able to get it because of accents.

Podian, I think is a form of "podia" - "could".

Also, diario -the end of EXPESIDIARIO may be "daily".

But, I don't know much Spanish and I can't make sense of the whole sentence.

[Cerridwen]

3. porqueria is rubbish, trash

podian is they, them (I think)

esperar can also mean wait rather than hope

pais is lands or perhaps country

expresidiario gave me nothing but presidiario gave me prisoner, convict

It appears it may be saying that the city's rubbish which is waiting (to be removed?) in the capital of the country, is criminal.

Of course, my Spanish is limited and I could be so wrong and it really says "The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain"

:D

Ah, I see below, presidente is ex-presidiario, perhaps, ex-convict, ex-felon???

[ugarte]

4. I'd like to see the next sentence because it seems truncated

but basically it says: "What a poor excuse for a city, but what can you expect from a country where the president is a...?"

I'd need to see what follows.

[ret5hd]

6. No that is the entire post:

it is a "reply" to a video i posted about caracas. If (and only if) you are interested, this is the link. I am not advertising this video, i was merely wanting to know this persons response.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46mAY_GhPS8

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. RIGHT WING PIECE OF SHIT. See my accurate translation below.

[seemunkee]

12. Nice video

[ret5hd]

14. thank you very much.

[seemunkee]

15. Was that from a vacation?

My brother is going down there in December.

[ret5hd]

18. Yes...tell him that...

it is an absolute MUST to see the Belle Artes district. We were overwhelmed by the beauty of the museums there and the "Parque Central". Simply take the subway (fast, safe, and VERY cheap) to the Belle Atres stop, and a very short walk. Also in the same general area are those two huge towers that are in the video...there is a huge shopping area under those towers that reminded me of "Blade Runner".

[Cocoa]

5. Porqeria seems to mean "filth"

and also seems to be the name of a town in Colombia.

http://maps.fallingrain.com/perl/map.cgi?kind=illum&scale=-5&x=480&y=360&xcenter=-76.3333&ycenter=8.5500&lat=8.5500&long=-76.3333&name=El%20Porqueria&c=

[Joanie Baloney]

7. Try this on for size

This is my take:

"What a pig-sty of a country, but what do they expect of a capital of a country where the President is an "'Ex-press-Diario'" Not sure of the double/triple meaning of the Expresidiario - I know there is a newspaper in Mexico called El Diario - and there's "express" and Ex-prez in there as well.

Make more sense in context to you?

JB

[ret5hd]

8. yes, thank you very much...I wonder if Expresidiario means "dictator"?

[Joanie Baloney]

11. Hmmm..

dictador=dictator

But, the common, implied meaning might be that.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. "What a filthy city, but what could one expect from the capital of a...

...country where the president is a former prison inmate?"

Where did THAT come from? Edit: now I know. Stupid fucker.

[ret5hd]

13. and to you, CPD, as always, thanks.

[calico1]

17. That's how I read it...

prison inmate.

"Que porqueria de ciudad, pero que podian esperar de la capital de un pais donde el presidente es un EXPRESIDIARIO"

What a junky(trashy, shitty, no good)city, but what could they expect from a city capital where the president is an ex-con."

"presidio" means prison in Spanish. Unless there is some other meaning. That's the only one I know.

[ninkasi]

16. Try posting in the Latino/Hispanic forum

Lots of fluent Spanish speakers there, and I'm sure you could get a good translation from one of them.