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Lingofable

A 4-part Spanish story series

Lost in Mistranslation

Perdida en la mala traducción

  1. Part 1: Flattery Sold Separately

    B2 Spanish · 5 min read · Free

    Estefanía flew to Tokyo with jars of mole, her life savings, and a forty-dollar translator that turns every compliment she says into an elegant little insult. Somehow, the more she offends, the better the deal is going.

  2. Part 2: Brutally Honest, Batteries Included

    B2 Spanish · 5 min read

    Twelve executives in identical ties, one jar of mole, and a translator that turns 'I hope you like it' into 'your sauces are boring anyway.' Estefanía is about to become Tokyo's favorite rude foreigner — and the customer support chat has some explaining to do.

  3. Part 3: Now Installing: Medieval Courtesy

    B2 Spanish · 6 min read

    Good news: the translator finally got an update. Bad news: it now addresses fruit vendors as 'venerable merchant of celestial orbs' — and Estefanía's biggest dinner just got moved to tonight.

  4. Part 4: Mole Needs No Subtitles

    B2 Spanish · 4 min read

    Her translator lied in insults and then lied in medieval poetry, so tonight Estefanía switches it off and lets forty minutes of toasted chiles make her final pitch to the Harada empire.