Project 5

Fragment 1 (00:15 – 00:20)

Original:

“Today I want to tell you three stories from my life.”

Translation:

“Hoy quiero contarles tres historias de mi vida.”

Techniques:

• ✔️ Literal translation

Fragment 2 (00:21 – 00:25)

Original:

“That’s it. No big deal.”

Translation:

“Eso es todo. Nada del otro mundo.”

Techniques:

• ✔️ Equivalence

Fragment 3 (00:30 – 00:35)

Original:

“The first story is about connecting the dots.”

Translation:

“La primera historia trata sobre conectar los puntos.”

Techniques:

• ✔️ Literal translation

Fragment 4 (01:00 – 01:05)

Original:

“I dropped out of Reed College after the first six months.”

Translation:

“Dejé la universidad Reed College después de los primeros seis meses.”

Techniques:

• ✔️ Syntactic adjustment

• ✔️ Literal translation

Fragment 5 (01:20 – 01:25)

Original:

“Then I stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months.”

Translation:

“Luego me quedé como oyente durante otros 18 meses.”

Techniques:

• ✔️ Modulation

Fragment 6 (02:00 – 02:05)

Original:

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward.”

Translation:

“No puedes conectar los puntos mirando hacia adelante.”

Techniques:

• ✔️ Literal translation

Fragment 7 (02:05 – 02:10)

Original:

“You can only connect them looking backwards.”

Translation:

“Solo puedes conectarlos mirando hacia atrás.”

Techniques:

• ✔️ Literal translation

Fragment 8 (02:15 – 02:20)

Original:

“So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”

Translation:

“Así que tienes que confiar en que los puntos de alguna manera se conectarán en tu futuro.”

Techniques:

• ✔️ Syntactic adjustment

• ✔️ Literal translation

✔️ Literal Translation

Se usa cuando hay equivalencia directa:

• “connect the dots” → “conectar los puntos”

✔️ Modulation

• “drop-in” → “oyente”
  adaptación al contexto educativo

✔️ Syntactic Adjustment 

• cambios de orden:

  • “looking forward” → “mirando hacia adelante”

✔️ Equivalence

• “No big deal” → “Nada del otro mundo”