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English translation: little monkey

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Spanish term or phrase:	monito (monito Guzmán)
English translation:	little monkey
Entered by:	sarahca

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17:47 Jan 18, 2012

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Children's sticker album

Spanish term or phrase: monito (monito Guzmán)

Hi, I'm translating a Spanish sticker album to UK English and have to translate the character of "monito Guzmán". Unfortunately, given that it is a sticker album, I don't have an image to help me. Does anyone have any good ideas of how to translate "monito" in this context?

"Este es Rollo, el Gnomo propietario del Hotel Plaza.
Es un verdadero tacaño: para ahorrar, sólo nos ha contratado a mí y al **monito Guzmán**"

"Guzmán es el **monito** que me ayuda en el trabajo.
¡Un factótum casi perfecto!"

Thanks for any ideas!

sarahca KudoZ activity Questions: 436 (8 open) (48 closed without grading) Answers: 314
Local time: 00:22

little monkey

Explanation:
No way to be certain, but I'm guessing Guzmán is a little monkey

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Note added at 7 mins (2012-01-18 17:54:24 GMT)
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For some reason I have a very vivid picture in my mind of a monkey wearing a bellboy's outfit...

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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:22

Grading comment

Yes, in the end I think it was just a little monkey and I was overcomplicating matters. Thanks very much!
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little monkey

Simon Bruni

he's only hired me and my monkey

Marian Vieyra

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little monkey

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 67

Grading comment

Yes, in the end I think it was just a little monkey and I was overcomplicating matters. Thanks very much!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Simon, thanks. Yes, that's a familiar image to me now you mention it. Here in Mexico they use "monito" for all sorts of figures of any size, which is why I wondered if there was some general word in English that's not coming to mind, but you're probably right that it's just a little monkey.

1 hr confidence:

he's only hired me and my monkey

Explanation:
a bit of alliteration never goes amiss...

Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 29

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