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As this is a fairly large project, my group mates and I have decided to try to limit variance when it comes to organization. Laura has come up with a really fantastic idea: a table system. Here's an example from Section VI (The Basic Food Basket of the Rupa Rupa Region) of the Seven Basic Food Baskets. To the right, you'll see the original Spanish text by Javier Pulgar Vidal's Geografia del Peru: Las Ocho Regiones Naturales. The slender middle column is where I record my first attempt at translation. I stick to the grammar and sentence structure of how it was originally portrayed. If there are words or sentence structures that seem bizarre to me, I highlight them in yellow, as seen above. Sure, it then creates some sentences that do not sound even remotely correct in the English lexicon, but it does allow for me to avoid inserting my own editorial bias.  My translation partner, Laura, then pops in and adds her own suggestions in the third column. She reviews my work and...
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Hello everyone, So Laura and I are diving into our translations of Pulgar Vidal's Peruvian Geography work and it's been an exciting journey so far. We've met and exchanged our first projects, peer edited, and have officially handed them over to our faculty colleagues, Manual Fernandez, Paul Kaldjan, and Eric Torres. As an entire group we've met to discuss our process and ensure that we are taking steps in the same direction. Part of the fun has been figuring out what to do if we, as student translators, have a question. We've created a Google Doc that's a live document, allowing us to add in our questions as they arise and allowing Manny and Eric to consider and help resolve them. Here's a couple that Laura and I have identified so far: Question 1 If there’s a identified English “equivalent” to a fruit/vegetable/animal...etc. but it may not be common knowledge to every English speaker, should we lean towards that? Context: pg. 203 of Siete...
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Hi everyone! This is where I will be keeping a written record of the progress my team and I make in our independent study, the translation of Javier Pulgar Vidal's "Geografia del Peru". Please feel free to comment with your questions and suggestions on my posts. In the spirit of embarking on this new journey together... A traducir!
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