This is a new challenge for all of us. We are translating into English a short extract taken from an outstanding novel of Spanish literature. We'll be aware of the difficulties that a translator has to face when doing such a task. We'll be able to share our experience with our classmates and see how many different points of view there are and how different a book can be depending on who the translator is. I hope you'll enjoy it; I'm sure I will. La heroica ciudad dormía la siesta. El viento sur, caliente y perezoso,empujaba las nubes blanquecinas que se rasgaban al correr hacia el norte. En las calles no había más ruido que el rumor estridente de los remolinos de polvo, trapos, pajas y papeles, que iban de arroyo en arroyo, de acera en acera, de esquina en esquina, revolando y persiguiéndose, como mariposas que se buscan y huyen y que el aire envuelve en sus pliegues invisibles. ...
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MARINA VIJANDE QUINTANA (2ºNI)
ResponderEliminar1. Five
2. Because she boxed the Queen's ears
3. Ten
4. She put them into a large flower-pot that stood near
5. Because it disappeared
6. A flamingo
1.five
ResponderEliminar2. because she boxed the Quenn´s ears
3.ten
4. she put them into a large floer.pot that stood near.
5. because it disappeared
6. a flamingo
Verónica Peláez Baniela 2ºNI
ResponderEliminar1-Five splashed paint on Two.
2-She was sentenced because she boxed the Quenn's ears.
3-They had ten children.
4-Alice hid them into a large flower-pot.
5-It couldn't be beheaded because it disappeared.
6-The mallet was a flamingo.
1.-Five splashed paint over Two.
ResponderEliminar2.-Because she boxed the Quean’s ears.
3.-They had ten children.
4.-She put them into a large flower-pot.
5.-Because it had disappeared.
6.-The mallet was a flamingo.
1.Five
ResponderEliminar2.Because she boxed the Queen´s ears.
3.Ten children.
4.She put them into a large flower-pot.
5.Because it disappeared.
6.The mallet was a flamingo.
1. Five splashed paint on Two.
ResponderEliminar2. She was sentenced beacuse she boxed tje Queen's ears.
3. They had 10 children.
4. She put the gardeners into a large flower-pot.
5. The Cheshire Cat couldn't be beheaded because it had disappeared.
6. A flamingo.
DiegoSierra
1. Who splashed paint on Two?
ResponderEliminarFIVE
2. Why was the Duchess sentenced to execution?
SHE BOXED THE QUEEN´S EARS
3. How many children did the King and Queen have?
TEN
4. Where did Alice hide the gardeners?
SHE PUT THEM INTO A LARGE FLOWER-POT
5. Why couldn't the Cheshire Cat be beheaded?
BECAUSE IT DISAPPEARED
6. What was the mallet?
A FLAMINGO
1. Five.
ResponderEliminar2. Because she boxed the queen´s ears.
3. Ten.
4. Into a large flower - pot.
5. First, because they couldn´t see its body, and finally because it disappeared.
6. It was a flamingo.
1. Five splashed paint on two.
ResponderEliminar2. Because she had arrived late to the croquet game.
3. They had ten children.
4. She hid them into a flower-pot.
5. He couldn’t be beheaded because he was only a head.
6. The mallet was a flamingo.
EDUARDO GARCÍA ALFONSO
Alberto Suárez García. 2º Int.
ResponderEliminar1. Five.
2. Because she boxed the Queen´s ears.
3. Ten.
4. She put them into a large flower-pot.
5. Because it disappeared.
6. A flamingo.