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Spanish to English: Meeting Point General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - Spanish Al principio se observaron a distancia y con algo más que suspicacia. Eran los dos únicos occidentales en aquel barrio, aún sin contaminar, aún profundamente chino. La mayoría de expatriados tendían a asentarse en las mismas zonas de Beijing. Espacios cerrados en los que llevaban una vida endogámica, muy similar a la que hubieran podido llevar en cualquier otra capital del mundo. Ellos no. Ellos eran, y se sabían, diferentes: dos exploradores aguerridos que caminaban por sendas no pisoteadas. Habían descubierto aquel rincón cargado de autenticidad y, por lo tanto, de charme, de it y de quid., y sólo ellos conocían el auténtico Beijing. Naturalmente, ambos lo consideraban suyo en exclusiva. Complicaba aún más las cosas el hecho de que hubieran aterrizado en el barrio casi al mismo tiempo. Difícil establecer quien había plantado primero su bandera. Para colmo, uno era de Buenos Aires y el otro de Paris, y es un hecho universalmente reconocido que los oriundos de estas dos capitales son la crème de la crème, lo mejorcito que da el sistema planetario (hasta nuevo aviso de astrólogos o sonda espacial).
Translation - English At first they watched one another from a distance and with no small degree of mistrust. They were the only Westerners in this neighbourhood still free of contamination, still deeply Chinese. Most expats tended to settle in the same old areas of Beijing. Enclosed spaces where they carried out the same incestuous lifestyle they could equally have had in any other capital anywhere else in the world. But not them. They were different, and they knew it. Two battleworn explorers treading paths as yet untrodden. They had discovered this hidden-away corner seething with authenticity, and therefore charm, ‘it’, and ‘quid’, and only they knew the authentic Beijing. Naturally, each of them considered the place his and his alone. The fact that they’d both landed in the neighbourhood at almost exactly the same time only complicated matters; hard to say which had been in and planted his flag first. To top it all off, one of them was from Buenos Aires and the other from Paris, and it’s a truth universally acknowledged that the natives of both these cities are the crème de la crème, the very best that the alignment of the planets has to offer (pending further notice from astronomers or space probes).
French to English: Transsingularities. The cognitive foundations of shamanism in Northern Asia General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Anthropology
Source text - French Il y a quelques années, la chamane touva Saiana a été appelée par une famille pour soigner un chasseur pris d’une crise de folie. La famille expliqua : « Il est ainsi depuis hier, depuis qu’il est rentré de la chasse. Il ne reconnaît plus ni sa femme ni sa mère. » Saiana fit attacher le chasseur et ordonna qu’on le fouette. Pendant qu’on le fouettait, il criait et chantant : « Et allez-y, frappez, continuez ! » La chamane mena un rituel et le chasseur s’endormit. Le lendemain, il raconta : « J’ai erré longtemps dans la taïga. Sur le retour, j’ai tiré un écureuil. Il avait le poil long, très épais. Je n’avais jamais vu ça, je me suis dit : qu’est-ce que c’est que cette bête. Personne ne me la prendra. » Et il jeta l’écureuil. Poursuivant sa route, il entendit des voix, des rires très forts autour de lui. Il courut à la maison, et ne se souvient pas comment il est rentré. Saiana qui me racontait ce cas conclut : « Cet écureuil n’était pas un écureuil ordinaire, c’était un serviteur du maître du lieu ».
Les Touvas connaissent de nombreux cas de rencontres avec des animaux d’aspect étrange, qui se sont avérés en rapport avec des « maîtres de lieu », c’est-à-dire des esprits de la forêt. Et c’est à des humains singuliers, les chamanes, qu’ils s’adressent pour résoudre les problèmes, les angoisses, les maladies qui surgissent après ces dangereuses rencontres.
Translation - English Some years ago, the Tuva shaman Saiana was called upon by a family to heal a hunter who had been struck by a fit of madness. The family explained: “he’s been like this since yesterday, since he came back from hunting. He no longer recognises his wife or his mother.” Saiana had the hunter tied up and gave the order for him to be whipped. While he was being whipped, he cried out and chanted: “Come on, hit me, keep going!” The shaman performed a ritual and the hunter fell asleep. The next day he recounted: “I wandered for a long time through the taiga. As I was coming back, I shot a squirrel. He had long hair, very thick. I had never seen anything like it and I thought to myself: what is this creature? No one’s ever going to take it from me.” And he threw the squirrel away. As he went on with his journey, he heard voices and very loud laughter around him. He ran home, but couldn’t remember how he got there. Saiana, who was telling me about this case, concluded: “This squirrel was no ordinary squirrel; it was a servant of the master of the place”.
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I am offering translation services into English from Spanish, German or French. I am a native English and French speaker with a Masters degree from the University of Cambridge in Spanish and German with a specialism in Translation. I have wide-ranging professional translation experience in academic, historical, literary and commercial fields, and can offer personalised and bespoke services depending on the needs of my clients. I offer an interactive service with the option to go through each job in detail with the client until both parties are fully satisfied with the final text. My rates are fair and competitive, but may vary according to the length and complexity of a text, as well as the client’s time requirements. I work freelance and am happy to accept commissions from anywhere in the world.
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