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English to Spanish: A snail´s memoirs General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English I´m a garden snail, also known as a common snail. I’m one of those with a dark green body and a brown shell. In that sense, I’m a gastropod, since I creep on my stomach (or at least, what it’s been convened to be called as such), and a mollusc, as far as I’m an invertebrate, a triploblastic coelom creature, bilaterally symmetrical, non-segmented, with a soft body and protected by a shell. This might be a rather accurate description of myself regarding, let’s say, the typology of my kind. As for the taxonomy, I guess you could say I belong to the so-called group of the Helix Aspersa, although sometimes I don’t identify with my kind, but this is a whole different matter. Once made the presentations, there’s not much left to be said about myself, except perhaps my name, but it so happens that last time I had a look at the registry, we were a few millions sharing the same name and surname. If we add the fact that nature wanted me to be hermaphrodite, it becomes even harder to find a name that fits both my feminine and masculine side. I don’t want to start an unnecessary discussion on this matter, so let’s simply say that I’m a common snail/snailess that lives in a garden/gardenette.
Translation - Spanish Soy un caracol de jardín, lo que se llama un caracol común, de esos con el cuerpo de un color verde oscuro y el caparazón marrón. En ese sentido, soy un gasterópodo en tanto que me arrastro sobre el estómago (o lo que algunos han convenido llamar así), y un molusco en tanto que soy invertebrado, protóstomo celomado, triblásico con simetría bilateral, no segmentado, de cuerpo blando y protegido por una concha. Eso es en cuanto a la tipología, y en cuando a la tiponomía, se podría decir que pertenezco al denominado grupo de los Helix Aspersa, aunque a veces no me identifico demasiado con los míos -pero eso es otro asunto-. Hechas las presentaciones, poco más cabe decir sobre mí, salvo quizá mi nombre, pero la última vez que miré el registro, éramos unos cuantos millones compartiendo el mismo nombre y apellido, y si a eso sumamos el hecho de que la naturaleza ha querido que sea hermafrodita, es aún más complicado encontrar un nombre que se adecue tanto a mi lado femenino como masculino. No quiero entrar en una discusión innecesaria a este respecto, por lo tanto, dejémoslo en que soy un/a caracol/a común/a de jardín/a
Swedish to Spanish: Raskrigaren General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - Swedish Idag skulle det ske. Peter Mangs var entusiastisk. Han hade drömt om det länge, i flera år. Planerat. Skaffat vapen. Tränat. Han skulle göra det andra bara talade om. Uppror. Likt Charles Bronson i Deat Wish skulle han städa undan skräpet. Följa en högre lag. Han skulle bli hjälte.
Translation - Spanish Hoy sería el día. Peter Mangs estaba lleno de entusiasmo. Llevaba soñándo con ello desde hacía mucho, durante años. Lo había planeado. Se había hecho con un arma. Había estado entrenando. Llevaría a cabo aquello de lo que otros solo saben hablar. Se rebelaría. Como Charles Bronson en El justiciero de la ciudad, se disponía a sacar la basura. Cumpliría una ley superior. Sería un héroe.
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Master's degree - Stockholms Universitet
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Years of experience: 7. Registered at ProZ.com: Jul 2020.
I´m Diego Kindler, freelance translator, fiction writer and linguist with over 13 years of experience working in the field of languages.
I come from a multicultural environment and I´ve always focused on helping people understand each other, both translating and teaching how languages work and how to optimize one´s resources in order to understand other laguages and cultures. I´m Spanish-Swedish, born in Madrid, and I developed my academic career in Stockholm. I´m back in Madrid since 2017, and I´ve worked as an in-house translator until 2019, and I established myself as a freelance translator ever since. As a writer, I´ve published my work in different media, both in Spain and Poland. My first novel (El tablero de parchís) is available in all formats, and I´m in the process of publishing my second novel.
Please, feel free to contact me for further information on my professional skills and services.
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