Degerundisation in Furrin

In Spanish etc., campsite > camping, carpark > parking, etc., but then in German happy ending > happy End. Who cares? End is a genital euphemism in English, so a happy ending in a London massage parlour loses nothing in translation. The Happy End of Georg Anton Benda's version of Romeo and Juliet is more of a struggle:

"The principle of empathically combining text declamation with music still has popular echo in our times, without of course any of the gangsta rappers knowing Benda." Hmm.

The Royal Spanish Academy: patronising lardy-arsed suits pigging your tax euro?

The local branch of the Canute Society is campaigning against the (incorrect and correct) use of English in advertising:

The RAE "no es una startup." Confirmation in this video.

¡Numancia romana!

Buenos días. pic.twitter.com/gIJ3hr1TqN

— Maestro Ciruela (@Master_Plum) May 19, 2016

Tralala.

Untranslatability

To the extent that she is not merely chucking us clickbait, Elena Horrillo's piece on supposedly untranslatable Spanish expressions suggests she hasn't read the English Wikipedia article, some of which has been translated into Spanish. Translating difficult expressions, sayings and proverbs like those cited was already a minor industry in the late Middle Ages (anyone heard of Erasmus?). I think the untranslatability meme is more recent, but I'd be happy to be proved wrong.