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. Butter
2. Alice's hair
3. At the bottom of a treacle-well
4. Two days wrong!
ELENA RODRÍGUEZ (1ºNA)
ResponderEliminar1.- He put butter.
2.- Alice’s hair.
3.- They lived at the bottom of a treacle-well.
4.- It was two days wrong.
1. butter
ResponderEliminar2. Alice,s hair
3. at the botton of atreacle-well.
4. two days wrong.
Verónica Peláez Baniela 2ºNI
ResponderEliminar1-The Hare put butter in the Hatter's watch.
2-Alice's hair.
3-The sisters lived at the bottomm of a treacle-well.
4-The Hatter's watch was two days wrong.
1.Butter
ResponderEliminar2.Alice´s hair.
3.At the bottom of a treacle-well.
4.Two days wrong.
1. He put butter but some crumbs must had go in as well.
ResponderEliminar2. Alice´s.
3. They lived at the bottom of a treacle - well.
4. It was two days wrong.
(Liliana García)
DiegoSierra
ResponderEliminar1. He put butter in the watch.
2. He refered to Alice's hair.
3. They lived at the bottom of a treacled-well.
4. The watch was 2 days wrong.
1. What did the Hare put in the Hatter's watch?
ResponderEliminarHE PUT BUTTER
2. Whose hair did the Hatter say "wants cutting"?
ALICE´S HAIR
3. Where did the three little sisters live?
THEY LIVE AT THE BOTTOM OF A TREACLE-WELL
4. How many days wrong was the Hatter's watch?
TWO DAYS WRONG
Vicky (1A)
1. He put butter on the Hatter’s watch.
ResponderEliminar2. The Hatter wanted to cut Alice’s hair.
3. They lived at the bottom of a treacle well.
4. It was two days wrong.
EDUARDO GARCÍA ALFONSO
Alberto Suárez García. 2º Int.
ResponderEliminar1. Butter.
2. Alice´s hair.
3. At the bottom of a treacle-well.
4. Two days wrong.