OT: Spanish (I think) translator help, please

This is how Babel Fish translated it: "2 bags render 100 playeras Its foam lasts and lasts and causes that two bags render 100 playeras 2 500 bags of g render 100 playeras ones carves 6 with dirty means, washing with load of 2,4 kg following the amount recommendada in the instructions If reusala solution anada 1/2 practi-cup but. In Guatemala for pequenas turns use1/2 practi-tazapor each 4.5 of clothes." My guess is that 2 bags give 100 washes? And only in Guatemala for smalls do you use 1/2 of something for each 4.5 (kilograms? That's about 10 pounds...) of clothes...Not much help but a bit entertaining...

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Much better than what I got from an online translator:

2 bags exhaust 100 beach ones

His hard and hard froth and it does that two bags exhaust 100 beach ones

2 bags of 500 g exhaust beach 100 height 6 with dirty way, washing with load of 2.4 kg following the quantity recommendada in instructions

If reusala solution adds 1/2 practi-cup more. In Guatemala for batches small use1/2 practi-tazapor every 4,5 of clothes.

or

2 markets yield 100 t-shirts

Its hard and hard foam and does that two markets yield 100 t-shirts

2 markets of 500 g yield 100 t-shirts size 6 with dirty middle, washing with load of 2.4 kg continuing the quantity recommendada in the instructions

If reusala solution anada 1/2 practi-cup but. In Guatemala for shows pequenas use1/2 practi-tazapor each 4,5 of clothes.

I've asked my Hispanic pastor to translate for me. I can translate simple stuff, but this is beyond my ability. I'll let you know.

I think I've got it, I don't speak much Spanish, but I've studies other romantic languages, so their are similar words and structure, so with looking some up I thin I've got it - though it doesn't actually help - see my translation!

2 bags conquers 100 t-shirts!

nothing instructional, but something along the lines of "the foam goes on and on, conquering 100s of t-shirts"

same as before followed by of size 6 with medium dirtiness, wash a load of 2.4kg using the volume recommended in the instructions. (2.5kg is a bit over 5 pounds, which is on the small side for even a small, low powered washing machine, which makes me wonder if it is intended for hand washing - do the pictures shed any light on this)

This sentence doesn't give general instructions, I'm pretty sure practi-taza is the name for a cup included with it, you might call it "practi-scoop", but it will be unique to that company, rather than some kind of size that you'd know if you speak spanish. The 2nd sentence then tells you that if you are in Guatemala to use 1/2 of of this measure per

4-5 items of clothing.

I suspect that the pictures are the main instructions referred to in the previous paragraph. Do you know which country this was intended for, I'm reading the way it refers to Guatemala, the way you might see something in the US say something specific about Puerto Rico. You say bags, can you feel what is in side them to see if there is a cup nestled in the top? If you can't feel that, then maybe these are supposed to be refills and the cup comes when you buy a box/bottle. As to how much the volume of a cup of this sort might be, I'm guessing around 6oz, but this brand could be different to brands I've used - though the volume per amount of clothes has seemed much of a muchness in the various places I've washed clothes. If the weight per load is 5lb for wherever this is from, I'm guessing a US front loader takes 15-20lb, so you'd multiply the amount needed by 3-4, but without the cup, that's going to give a wide range of values. Sorry that all adds up to be not very helpful, I afraid I don't think the all the measurements you need are there. If it's definitely machine rather than handwash stuff, I'd open one bag and do a test load. I'd go for 2 american cups on a big load and 1.5 on a medium sized one.

Cheers Anne

Here we go

2 bags will wash 100 tshirts The foam lasts and lasts so that 2 bags wash 100 tshirts.

2 bags of 500g will wash 100 medium stained t-shirts, washing 2.4kg per load, following the quantities recommended in the instructions.

If you re-use the solution, add another 1/2 measuring cup. In Guatemala for small ?? (not sure what tanda means but you're not in Guatemala so it doesn't matter) use 1/2 cup for 4.5kg of clothing.

When it refers to "practica-taza" that sounds very much like something that the manufacturer puts in the tub to help people get the dosage correct - is there something like that inside the pack? If it were just a generic cup it would just be "taza".

Morag, your translation was much better than mine and Babel Fish's! LOL...

Thanks everyone for the translations. I usually pay $1 per box of powder or liquid laundry detergent at a dollar store about 10 miles away from me. A new dollar store just opened much closer to me and I asked the owner if she could order me 10 cases of what she had in the store for laundry detergent. This isn't what I wanted, but figured that it might work if I could figure out the language.

There is a picture of "Mr. Clean" on the front of the bags, but he's labelled "Maestro Limpio", not exactly a virile sounding name for the muscle-bound bald guy.

Most of the writing is so small I can barely read it with a magnifying glass, and there is a picture of a "cup" in front of a washing machine for the instructions, but it isn't included.

I guess I'll experiment with a bag and see how well it washes before I hand them out at the food pantry.

Denise

QI

Maybe I can help you just a little bit with the "If you re-use the solution, add another 1/2 measuring cup" instruction. I remember my granny with a washer that did re-use the wash water. The grandkids thought it was a fun production to run a hose from the washer and drain the hot water and suds to a huge, separate sink. After the white clothes had been rinsed and rinsed, the work clothes would be washed with that first supply of soapy hot water. I suppose that's when that 2nd half cup of soap would be added to boost the cleaning power. With today's low water and low sudsing washers, yes, indeed, you do need to conduct your very own experiments to see what amount would be effective. Polly

Hey, my first washer was a Maytag with a suds-saver feature, so you could pump the wash water into a tub while the first load rinsed, then pump it back in and wash another load. It was especially useful if you had a water shortage or inadequate septic system. We bought that washer in 1968. And when you wash with a wringer washer, like my mother did when I was growing up, you have the washer with soapy water and a tub (or two) of clear water for rinsing. You start with the whites, progress through the light colored to the dark colors, finishing off with the dirty overalls or perhaps a few throw rugs. It would probably be helpful to add extra soap with later loads. When you have to make your own soap, carry water in, heat it on the stove, and then carry the used stuff back out, you don't use fresh soap and water for each load :) (Okay -- so Mom didn't make her own soap -- she used the homemade lye soap my grandma made in a huge black pot over an open fire in the back yard, but she did all the rest.)

Boy, do I feel like an old-timer now! And I complain when the elevator to the basement is busy and I have to walk down one flight of steps to move the clothes from the washer to the dryer!

Julia > Maybe I can help you just a little bit with the "If you re-use the solution,

Ooh! I lived in Germany for a few years and our washer emptied into the bathtub! Not sure if that's normal ....

In any case, it made doing a load of clothes AND a bath at the same time very, very, hard to do! :)

And here's one more. I love the Hispanic pastor at our church.

2 bolsas rinden 100 playeras 2 bags take care of 100 t-shirts.

Su espuma dura y dura y hace que dos bolsas rindan 100 playeras

the sud last a long long time and that is why 2 bags takes care of 100 t-shirts

2 bolsas de 500 g rinden 100 playeras talla 6 con sucio medio, lavando con carga de 2.4 kg siguiendo la cantidad recommendada en las instrucciones

2 bags of 500 gr. is anough for 100 t-shirts size 6 half dirty, washing them by loading 2.4 kg following the recommended amount in the instructions.

Si reusala solution anada 1/2 practi-taza mas. En Guatemala para tandas pequenas use1/2 practi-tazapor cada 4,5 de ropa.

If you are going to reuse the solution left add 1/2 of the measuring cup. In Guatemala when the amount is small you can use 1/2 of the practi-taza (cup provided?) for each 4.5 of clothing.

Thanks again for the help. It cracks me up to think that 2 bags will wash "100 size 6, slightly dirty T-shirts". Heaven forbid that they should be size 7.

I tore a bag open and used 1/4 cup (2oz) of the soap for a normal load of laundry, (sorry, no size sixes around here) and it worked just fine on both whites and DH's very dirty work jeans.

Denise

QI

I couldn't get past the 'slightly dirty' part. The size 6 little folks here in the Swamp take getting dirty with wild abandon. Polly