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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Journalism / Race for disabled people
Spanish term or phrase:vigilante de la prensa
CONTEXT: "El espejo en el que se mira la Gran Carrera Anual de la Agrupación, la Maratón de Paralímpicos de Buenos Aires, dio origen a más de 12.000 artículos en la prensa escrita, según datos de los vigilantes de la prensa en Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay y Perú."
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Press: The Bombshell from Moscow - TIME www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,969383,00.htmlSim...
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12 Feb 1990 – But some editors and **press monitors** criticized CNN for going public with unconfirmed information. "It's a fundamental of journalism: one-source ...
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OK, as we can´t decide on monitor or watchdog, I suggest
PRESS OBSERVERS
We can win on the road in SPL says McIntyre / Sport / The Pars ...
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Wapedia - Wiki: Operation Crossroads
wapedia.mobi/en/Operation_Crossroads?t=4. - Cached
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Some of the 114 **press observers** expressed disappointment at the effect on ships. The New York Times reported, prematurely, that "only two were sunk, ...
Mephistopheles Returns | Features and Reports | CARkeys www.carkeys.co.uk/features/mephistopheles-returns - Cached
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15 Jun 2001 – In action, the Fiat was so diabolical that **press observers** dubbed it Mephistopheles, which sounds suitably operatic in its Italian form of ...
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inside out - a jaxxland perspective: May 2011
insideoutswansea.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html - Cached
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31 May 2011 – Most press observers think that Andrew Lansley is already being manoeuvred out the door by a spectacular lack of support from Downing Street ...
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The Social Affairs Unit - Web Review: The End of the Newspaper ...
www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/001137.php -
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5 Oct 2006 – ... soon will have done - was the cover story recently of the Economist, and it is the top talking point among all journalists and press observers. ...
I have to disagree slightly with FVS and Phil, althought what they say is correct. However, it seems that the term is used more loosely in the query sample simply to refer to people with an eye on the media, not necessarily an official body. Am not happy with either monitor/watchdog for the reasons below, hence my stab at it.
Maybe the term 'watchdog' has different meanings in different areas but to me a 'watchdog' is an organisation that protects rights or makes sure companies/individuals or whatever are toeing the line and abiding by regulations, i.e. consumer watchdog, advertising watchdog etc.
Thanks for piping up Phil. I think that you can look at this two ways: that watchdogs are making sure that this event is receiving the correct press coverage (there are disability watchdogs), or that the writer was way off base using the word "vigilantes" (which always seems to refer to watchdog groups) and should have used "servicios de recortes de la prensa" or something similar. Looking now, I did find something that apart from the weirdness of the use of the word "vigilante", would support Lisa's answer based on the mention of 12,000 articles: PDF] EQUIDATOS, .. Servicio de Monitoría y Recortes de Prensa ' Tel ...
www.puntacana.org/news_items/Espanol/.../Salvaremos_Al_Gavi... de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida
EQUIDATOS, .. Servicio de Monitoría y Recortes de Prensa ' Tel: 809-683-3881 /Fax: 809-563-5215. Listín DiarioÜ m; Hoylï] ElDía Sección' ' l" Fecha (87:15 Í Mi ... I don't have time to read this document, but as you pointed out, as I may have misinterpreted the translation problem, I should do something more constructive to help out!
To be fair to Simon, "vigilante de la prensa" does seem an odd choice of phrase, because when you Google it, it does refer to watchdogs. However, that makes no sense in this context - the text seems to be saying that the event generated lots of press coverage, which is a good thing.
That's precisely what we're talking about, Jenni - though they don't just clip articles, they tell you what the media are saying. Watchdog is wrong - it means a body that makes sure the media behave themselves.
I voted for "watchdog" instead of "monitor" (which sounds much better to me) because when I dipped into Internet, I saw too many "clipping" services who stated that they were press monitors. I don't think that "monitor" is incorrect, but it could be confusing.
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