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This might seem like an odd request but here goes.
As some of you are aware I sell patterns on ETSY. A lady in Spain bought one of my patterns (which wasnt an easy thing to do as she has no English and I have no spanish and she seemed very unfamiliar with Paypal etc)
Any hows I sent her the patterns in good faith, which she cant understand. I did try to explain to her that I only had Australian /American terms. I am very keen to help this lady as I feel her frustration. She is desperate ( for whatever reason) to make a kangaroo.
She has a translater helping her, but I wondered if someone out there was able to give me in Spanish what the equivalent crochet terms are.
Here is her message: (I think she writes in Spanish then uses a program to convert to English)
"Hello, I am *****, an españa girl.He/she buys you some patterns of some kangaroos and I cannot translate them with the translator that I have, he/she doesn't leave me.I make it with the translator because me not you English.As I have to translate it by hand, could you send Me the abbreviations? Do your patterns also interest me, but I can translate them then, do I sit down it but doesn't it rot them to you to buy. Your you know some way to translate them? If you know it, tell it to me."
Now my problem is I think in Australian British terms, then translate to American USA terms.
I have no idea where Spanish fits into the language. Do they use USA or British, or is this different all together?
I found this reference: http://members.tripod.com/TheCrochetNetwork1/crochetuniversity/foreigncrochet.html
Is there anything else I should know?
Can someone please advise me on what I should do here? I really dont want to cause her any more angst and would appreciate any help.
Many Thanks as this has me puzzled.
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