Dec 20, 2001 20:50
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English term
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Native in: Spanish 
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Saturday night special
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Un diseñador gráfico habla del símbolo, en este caso, un arma de fuego, creado para unir varios aspectos de una cobertura periodística.
"Three weeks after the special report on violence, an assassination attempt was made on President Reagan. The weapon - an ordinary "Saturday night special"- was a natural choice for a symbol to connect an unusually large number of stories on different aspects of the event."
"Three weeks after the special report on violence, an assassination attempt was made on President Reagan. The weapon - an ordinary "Saturday night special"- was a natural choice for a symbol to connect an unusually large number of stories on different aspects of the event."
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A Saturday Night Special is a cheap hand gun (pistola / revolver).
There was an assassination attempt on Reagan with a Saturday Night Special gun. This is why it is used as a symbol by the graphic designer.
However, the term is also used to refer to a tv programme which has been put together in a hurry. The last three lines of your text suggest that the symbol of the Saturday Night Special gun also represents the linking of various stories as one might have in a Saturday Night Special programme.
See references for more details.
How you translate it will depend on whether you want to keep the play on words (which I don't think you can do without an extensive footnote!).
There was an assassination attempt on Reagan with a Saturday Night Special gun. This is why it is used as a symbol by the graphic designer.
However, the term is also used to refer to a tv programme which has been put together in a hurry. The last three lines of your text suggest that the symbol of the Saturday Night Special gun also represents the linking of various stories as one might have in a Saturday Night Special programme.
See references for more details.
How you translate it will depend on whether you want to keep the play on words (which I don't think you can do without an extensive footnote!).
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Comment: "Por tu explicación y teniendo en cuenta mi contexto usaré "armas comunes y corrientes". Da la idea: un intento de magnicidio cometido no con un arma sofisticada sino con un arma común y corriente (también barata) que se puede comprar en cualquier lado.
El arma es el símbolo usado para enlazar varios artículos en una revista que tratan del mismo tema.
Gracias por tu explicación y por el enlace al glosario, excelente.
Saludos,
Clarisa Moraña"
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armas baratas....
de bajo calibre, que se pueden llevar fácilmente entre la ropa.
Their speciality: churning out easily concealed, small-caliber weapons at prices starting around $50. Jennings calls them ''affordable'' guns. Law enforcement officials call them ''junk guns,'' or ''Saturday night specials.http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_33/b3642008.htm
Espero te sirva esta información.
Saludos,
Bye
Their speciality: churning out easily concealed, small-caliber weapons at prices starting around $50. Jennings calls them ''affordable'' guns. Law enforcement officials call them ''junk guns,'' or ''Saturday night specials.http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_33/b3642008.htm
Espero te sirva esta información.
Saludos,
Bye
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