Tuesday, September 9, 2008

I'm not fluent yet...

I'm learning Portuguese. It's a daily process. One that will continue every single day that I'm here. I have a lot to learn.

For example, in my last post I said that the theme of the retreat was, in English, "Defeating Giants." Well, after reading my roommate's blog (who is fluent in Portuguese), I realized that I was wrong. The theme, translated into my mother tongue, is "Facing Giants."

Just thought I'd let you know. :-)

2 comments:

Cris said...

No worries Lancy, the literal translation is "Challenging Giants" so the true meaning lies somewhere between "facing" and "defeating." It's up for contextual interpretation.

Unknown said...

yeah Challengin Giants would be the best way to say it ;)
Love you Girls!!