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. The Lobsters
2. Without a porpoise
3. She once tasted a lobster
4. The spoon
1- The lobsters.
ResponderEliminar2- Whithout a porpoise.
3- She had tasted it once before.
4- The spoon.
Verónica Peláez Baniela 2ºNI
ResponderEliminar1-You throw the lobsters out to sea as far as you can.
2-They wouldn't go anywhere without a porpoise.
3-She had tasted it.
4-He was permitted to pocket the spoon.
1. You throw the lobsters.
ResponderEliminar2. The would not go anywhere without a porpoise.
3. She had tasted a lobster before.
4. The Owl wwas permitted to pocket the spoon.
DiegoSierra
1. What do you throw out to sea as far as you can?
ResponderEliminarTHE LOBSTERS
2. No wise fish would go anywhere without what?
WITHOUT A PURPOSE
3. Where had Alice seen Lobster before?
SHE HAD TASTED IT
4. In one of the songs, what was the Owl kindly permitted to pocket?
THE SPOON
1. You throw the lobsters.
ResponderEliminar2. Without a porpoise.
3. She had tasted it before, but she prefered not to tell it.
4. The spoon.
1. You throw the Lobsters out of sea as far as you can.
ResponderEliminar2. They wouldn’t go anywhere without a porpoise.
3. Alice had tasted a lobster befote.
4. It was allowed to pocked a spoon.
EDUARDO GARCÍA ALFONSO
1.The lobsters.
ResponderEliminar2.Without a porpoise.
3.She had tasted it.
4.The spoon.
Alberto Suárez García. 2º Int.
ResponderEliminar1. The lobsters.
2. Without a porpoise.
3. She once tasted.
4. The spoon.