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¿Quién tradujo este texto a tu idioma?

¿Quién tradujo este texto a tu idioma?
Who translated this text into your language?
From Lesson 135:Preterite j-stems (dije, traje, conduje)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Quién tradujo este texto a tu idioma?

Why is it tradujo and not "tradució"?
Tradujo comes from the verb traducir (to translate). Verbs ending in -ducir are irregular in the simple past tense (Pretérito Indefinido). They change their stem to include a j (these are known as j-stems). Because of this, the third-person singular form is tradujo rather than following the regular rules.
Why is the verb in the "he/she" form if we don't know who translated it?
The question word quién (who) acts as a singular subject, so it always takes the third-person singular form of the verb, which is tradujo here. If you specifically expected the answer to be multiple people, you would use the plural quiénes and the plural verb form tradujeron.
Why do we use a for "into your language" instead of en?
In Spanish, the verb traducir uses the preposition a to indicate the language you are translating into. English speakers often want to use en (in) or another word for "into", but for translating from one language to another, you must use a (like traducir al español or traducir a tu idioma).
Why is it este texto and not esto texto?
Texto is a masculine singular noun. The word for "this" right next to a masculine singular noun is always este. The word esto is a neutral pronoun used only when you don't actually name the object, such as when pointing at something unknown and asking "What is this?" (¿Qué es esto?).

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