Fruit is weighed … where?

La fruta se pesa en caja. Gracias.

Can you spot the differences in the sentences?
It’s not a good translation to English.

1. 1. Article ‘the’ not necessary.
2. 2. Wrong preposition: should be ‘at’.
3. 3. Although una caja might be ‘a box’, in the context of a supermarket this should be ‘checkout‘.
4. 4. (Manners!) – ‘Thank you’ equivalent to ‘gracias’ not included,  and conspicuous by its absence – blank space!

Someone in the supermarket’s administration office knows about la voz pasiva – “…is weighed…” (instead of the active voice, “weighs”), but didn’t check how to say ‘caja’ in the context of a shop or store. Remember, avoid literal translations – and check with a native speaker.

In the box?

No, I’d like to put my fruit in a bag – please, and then have it weighed at the checkout.

Google Translate from Spanish to English:

…. and the correct English as spoken by a native, translated to (Google Translate’s version of) Spanish:

See also: Terrible translations