From Module's description of the assignment: "Select 3 Articles Headlines with just one sentence about the topic. 3 in Spanish and 3 in English.
Example (from the Guardian: "Former prisoners and hostages urge Starmer to secure release of Jimmy Lai. - (Call for UK PM to act urgently over pro-democracy campaigner win solitary confinement) - So the translation in Spanish would be "Ex presos y rehenes instan a Starmer a conseguir la liberación de Jimmy Lai."
Example from Spanish: (From La Prensa) ‘Le estamos poniendo el cascabel al gato’: subdirector de Ipacoop defiende cancelación de cooperativa del Suntracs
'We are putting the bell on the cat': Ipacoop deputy director defends cancellation of Suntracs cooperative ....So here there is a literal translation of the panamanian idiom that is not effective in English...🙂 )
This is one example from English and one from Spanish. Find 3 of them and copy them on your web page or on a google doc.
Remember to choose headlines that may be a little tricky for the iinterest of the translation..."
Here I used Generalization to translate the word "culillo" as this is a slang used in Panamaian culture and has no common equivalent to use. Thus, making frightened a more appropiate approach to the SL word. inste
Here I used Generalization to translate the word "chifeado", as this is a slang used in Panamaian culture. Decided to go with generalization instead of equivalence as we have "ghosted" in English, but this is often more used in texting scenarios rather than in-person interactions.
Here, I used Equivalence to translate the word "faltín" to "foul" as it is not a common word, but rather an expression used in English. As an example: "You're foul for this", when somebody does or says something out of place.
For the word "Influencer", I used borrowing as the borrowed word is from the target language. In this case, 'influencer' is a native English word that originated from a source language.
Translating "los baños" to "toilets," I applied Modulation as I changed the way the idea is expressed to make it natural and precise in English, according to the context.
Here I used Functional Equivalence to translate "25-year-old" to "de 25 años" as this is the equivalence used in the Spanish language as a norm. As we cannot say "25 años de viejo" if we tried to use Literal translation, for example.
For "with no obvious" I used modulation to translate it. It translates to "sin signos evidentes".
“Week-long search” → “Tras una semana de búsqueda.” Here, Transposition was used (from adjective to noun phrase) → the English compound adjective “week-long” is transformed into a noun phrase “una semana de búsqueda.”
“Aviones de guerra anfibios” ← “Amphibious war planes”
Here I used Transposition (from noun to adjective) → the English noun phrase is reordered into a Spanish adjective phrase to fit Spanish syntax.
“Unidad” → “Unit” Here I used Modulation → chose “unidad” instead of a stricter “escuadrón,” since it’s more natural in Spanish headlines.
“Derriba” ← “Takes out”
Here I used Equivalence → “takes out” in a military context isn’t literal, but rendered as “derriba” (“shoots down/destroys”) in Spanish.
Here, I used Functional Equivalence to translate "former Philippines president" to "expresidente de Filipinas" as this is the equivalence used in the Spanish language.
For "charged" to "acusado", I used Legal Equivalence to translate it.
Lastly, for "ICC" to "CPI", I used Functional Equivalence. This is the acronym in Spanish. International Criminal Court to Corte Penal Internacional.