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Spanish to English: Hollywood y El Star System General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Source text - Spanish En Estados Unidos, el cine tuvo un éxito arrollador, por una peculiar circunstancia social: al ser un país de inmigrantes, muchos de los cuales no hablaban el inglés, tanto el teatro como la prensa o los libros les estaban vedados por la barrera idiomática, y así el cine mudo se transformó en una fuente muy importante de esparcimiento para ellos.
Viendo las perspectivas de este negocio, y basándose en su patente sobre el kinetoscopio, Thomas Alva Edison intentó tomar el control de los derechos sobre la explotación del cinematógrafo.
El asunto no solo llegó a juicio, de Edison contra los llamados productores independientes, sino que se libró incluso a tiro limpio.
Como consecuencia, los productores independientes emigraron desde Nueva York y la costa este, donde Edison era fuerte, hacia el oeste, recientemente pacificado.
En un pequeño poblado llamado Hollywood, encontraron condiciones ideales para rodar: días soleados casi todo el año, multitud de paisajes que pudieran servir como locaciones, y la cercanía con la frontera de México, en caso de que debieran escapar de la justicia.
Así nació la llamada Meca del Cine, y Hollywood se transformó en el más importante centro cinematográfico del mundo.
Translation - English In the United States, cinema has been an overwhelming success, by a peculiar social circumstance: being a country of immigrants, many of whom do not speak English, both the theater and the press or books were forbidden by the idiomatic barrier, and so the silent film became an important source of entertainment for them.
Seeing the prospects of this business, and basing it on his patent for the kinetoscope, Thomas Alva Edison attempted to take control of the rights of exploitation for cinematography.
The matter not only came to trial, Edison versus the independent producers, but it led to a shooting spree.
Consequently, the independent producers emigrated from New York and the East Coast where Edison was strong to the West, recently pacified.
In a little town called Hollywood, they found ideal shooting conditions: sunny days nearly year-round, a multitude of landscapes that could serve as locations, and proximity to the Mexican border, in case they needed to escape from justice.
This was how the Mecca of Film was born, and Hollywood transformed into the most important cinematographic center in the world.
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Years of experience: 7. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2017.
Noreen Duffy is a Spanish and English translator with 6 months of experience. She is a recent graduate of University of Massachusetts Boston’s Spanish/English Translation Certificate Program. She also obtained a BA in Latin American Studies from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She previously lived and worked in El Salvador, where she worked with CIS (the Center for Exchange and Solidarity) as an English teacher and an elections observation volunteer.
Noreen is fluent in both Central American and Iberian Spanish, and has experience translating in both dialects. When not translating, Noreen does editing and review for a financial documents company in North Carolina. When she’s not working, Noreen teaches English to refugees and tries to find time to knit and spin. She also enjoys exploring local breweries and wineries with her partner, and makes a mean chocolate chip cookie.
