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Regardless of language, the message is the same (Original Post)
BainsBane
Nov 2013
OP
One ad in Spanish I remember: "Mujeres y pelotas de beisbol: El aprende a pegar a las dos."
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
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CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)1. Someone made a mistake
Experiencia means experience.
Experimenta means experiment and that changes the translation dramatically.
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)2. Oh, my. You're right
And this is the UN
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)3. I found a different graphic
That was too creepy given recent threads here on DU
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)4. One ad in Spanish I remember: "Mujeres y pelotas de beisbol: El aprende a pegar a las dos."
Translation: "Women and baseballs: He learned to hit them both." Should be a couple accent marks in that sentence but it's not possible on here.
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)5. I found this one I like better
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)6. "When a man mistreats a woman he ceases to be a man"? Is that it?
My Spanish, sadly, is far from fluent.
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)7. Yes, exactly.
It's directed at a culture of machismo.