Tighten your belt! Acodeco requests to avoid unnecessary expenses
Analysis:
Cultural Equivalence: The phrase ¡Cuida el chenchén! is a panamanian coloquial phrase which means "Save your money". So, a similar english idiom was used which is "Tighten your belt" that means cutting back on expenses and live on a tighter budget.
Semantic Shift: the word "piden" was translated as "requests" which means "a formal or highly polite way of asking for something. It implies a recognized need and is used when you want to ensure the other person knows you are expecting a specific action.
Expansion (amplification): the word "evitar" got expanded into "to avoid".
Two companies compete for a 268.5 million dollar contract for Meduca's laptops
Analysis:
Word-for-word: From "dos compañías compiten" to "two companies compete".
Sequencial Shift (Transposition): Change in the sequence of words. From "por el contrato de $268.5 millones para laptops del Meduca" to "for a 268.5 million dollar contract for Meduca's laptops"
From Cannes to your closet: celebrity looks you can recreate everyday
Analysis:
Word-for-word: "Desde Cannes a tu closet" becomes "From Cannes to your closet"
Sequencial Shift (Transposition): "looks de celebridades que puedes replicar" becomes "celebrity looks you can recreate".
Semantic Shift: the word "día a día" got replaced to "everyday".
Reduction: The TL has less words than the SL.
Martin Scorsese acusado de "echar a los artistas a los leones" con storyboards hechos con IA
Analysis:
Word-for-word: "Martin Scorsese accussed of" becomes "Martin Scorsese acusado de"
Cultural Equivalence: "throwing artists under the bus" is replaced with a similar in idiom in Spanish "echar a los artistas a los leones" to maintain the message of betrayal.
Borrowing: the word "storyboards" got transfered from the SL to TL as it doesn't have a direct translation in Spanish.
Emily Blunt admite que estaba "bastante asustada" de Meryl Streep mientras filmaban "El Diablo Viste a la Moda"
Analysis:
Implication: "she was" became "estaba" omitting the pronoun as in spanish is not necessary to use a pronoun in the sentence.
Smeantic Shift: the word "making" became "filmaban" to reinforce better the message that they were filming a movie and not literally making it
Adaptation: the name of the movie The Devil Wears Prada gets translated to its localized name El Diablo viste a la Moda.
Como el ajedrez se convirtió en el pasatiempo preferido de la Europa medieval
Analysis:
Grammatical Shift: the order of the words was changed for the whole translation to fit the TL gramatically.
Expansion: The TL has more words than the SL.