English Novel
English Novel
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Style: Understated, simple, close to characters' thoughts
Topic: love and problems as a teenager
''Eleanor, a chubby 16-year-old girl with curly red hair, and Park, a 16-year-old biracial Korean boy, meet on a school bus on Eleanor's first day at the school and gradually connect through comic books and mix tapes of '80s music, sparking a love story. ''
https://uglynikki.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/eleanor-and-park.pdf
Chapter 2
Even if Eleanor could avoid the bus today, even if her fairy godmother showed up with a pumpkin carriage, she’d still have to find a way to get back to school tomorrow morning.
And it’s not like the devil-kids on the bus were going to wake up on the other side of their beds tomorrow. Seriously. It wouldn’t surprise Eleanor if they unhinged their jaws the next time she saw them. That girl in the back with the blond hair and the acid-washed jacket? You could practically see the horns hidden in her bangs. And her boyfriend was possibly a member of the Nephilim.
That girl – all of them – hated Eleanor before they’d even laid eyes on her. Like they’d been hired to kill her in a past life.
Eleanor couldn’t tell if the Asian kid who finally let her sit down was one of them, or whether he was just really stupid. (But not stupid-stupid … He was in two of Eleanor’s honors classes.)
Capítulo 2
Aunque Eleanor evitara coger el autobús aquel día, aunque su hada madrina apareciera con una carroza de calabaza, de todos modos tendría que encontrar la manera de llegar al instituto por la mañana.
Y estaba claro que los niños diabólicos del bus no se iban a despertar con el pie derecho al día siguiente. En serio. A Eleanor no le habría sorprendido que las cabezas les empezaran a dar vueltas la próxima vez que los viera. En cuanto a aquella chica rubia de los asientos del fondo, la de la chaqueta lavada en ácido... Habría jurado que tenía cuernos debajo del flequillo. Seguro que su novio era miembro de los Nefilim.
Esa chica —y todos los demás— habían detestado a Eleanor antes de verla siquiera. Como si hubieran sido contratadas para matarla en una vida pasada.
Eleanor no podía decir si el chico asiático que finalmente la dejó sentarse era uno de ellos, o si simplemente era realmente estúpido. (Pero no estúpido-estúpido... Estaba en dos de las clases de honor de Eleanor).
Translation Techniques
Literal - Equivalence - Borrowing - Adaptation