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Spanish to English: Novela EN CHINA DOS VECES LA VIDA , autor: Enrique Posada Cano (Colombia) General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - Spanish (del libro 'En China dos veces la Vida'
autor: Enrique Posada Cano, capítulo 2)
Empezó a escuchar cómo del radio-receptor salían voces en castellano. El locutor anunció el comienzo del noticiero de Radio Pekín para el mundo hispano y, al hablar de la próxima cosecha de la primavera, dio cifras astronómicas sobre el consumo de arroz de los chinos. Silvestre no pudo dejar de pensar que en China la vida era un milagro de cada hora y cada minuto. ¡Claro! -se dijo-, si los chinos son novecientos millones, de los cuales setecientos millones a lo menos son adultos, y si cada día se comen, supongamos, media libra de arroz, son ciento setentaicinco millones de kilos de arroz diarios.
Translation - English (from the novel 'China - A Life Twice Lived',
by Enrique Posada Cano, chapter 2)
He began to hear Spanish speaking voices coming out of the loudspeakers, announcing the start of Radio Peking news for the Spanish speaking world. They spoke of the first spring harvest, giving astronomical figures on the consumption of rice of the Chinese people. Silvestre couldn’t stop thinking that in China life was a miracle, every minute of every hour. Of course, he thought, if there are nineteen hundred Chinese, six hundred thousand of which would be adults, and if they ate, let’s say, half a pound of rice every day, the daily consumption would be seventy-five million kilograms of rice.
Spanish to English (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters) English to Spanish (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters)
Profile: Translator and Interpreter for more than 30 years,
mainly as a freelancer.
Professional
attributes: reliable, accurate, flexible rates, language quality assurance
processes, capable and willing to learn new software systems.
Services:
Translation, Transcription (intra- and interlingual), Reviewing,
proofreading/editing, chat translation, book translations
Availability:
Continuous online work. Regular travels to Italy, Mexico.
Occasional travel to USA.
Current
activities: working as onsite/remote Health Interpreter (phone, video) with
Spanish, Italian and English.
Fields/sectors:
COVID-19, health care, marketing, literature, tourism, education, research,
consular/immigration matters, investigations/law enforcement.
Achievements:
Managed and coordinated a language service in a healthcare facility for 8
years: interpreting, coordination, bookings management and education.
Literary
translation achievements: Spanish to English novel (Colombian
author), 2 bilingual Italian-English publications. Requests welcomed.
Background:
Born in Venezuela, lived, studied and worked in: Russia (when it was the former
USSR), Italy, Portugal, Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Australia.
Academic studies:
in Australia, China, Italy: languages, interpreting, translation, writing and
editing, clinical hypnotherapy.
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