and yet it´s such a small word that makes such a big difference

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AND YET ... IT´S STRANGE HOW SUCH A SMALL WORD CAN MAKE SUCH A BIG

DIFFERENCE!

How would you translate the following words in bold within the

sentences given? Render the whole extracts in Spanish.

YET (in SIMMS, Karl ed., Translating Sensitive Texts: Linguistic Aspects,The Netherlands, Rodopi, 1997)

1. She manages to be frm yet kind with the kids. (p. !)

". She tried hard all #ear yet still $ailed to rea%h her $orm. (p. !)

3. Margaret &hat%her has been %onstr'%ted, inented, anal#ed, not to sa#satiried and *eered at d'ring the ten #ears o$ her premiership. +'t neerbe$ore has she been s'b*e%ted to a $'ll $eminist anal#sis as the woman rimeMinister who allows no other woman into her -abinet, who permits hersel$ tobe photographed onl# among men, who appears to take other womenserio'sl# onl# in their domesti% role yet who has done more damage towomen as mothers, ho'sewies and $amil# %arers than an# other rimeMinister this %ent'r# (/ebster 1909 ba%k %oer). (p. 2)

SUH (in 345M6S, ames, Translated! Papers on Literary Translation andTranslation Studies, &he 8etherlands, Rodopi, 1992 )

1. &he appalling thing reall# is not that there are, %omparatiel#, so $ew suchst'dies, b't that so man# o$ the st'dies that hae been made are sohaphaard, so pie%emeal, so normatie. ("nd paragraph, p. 01)

". 'ring the past :'arter %ent'r#, o$ %o'rse, s%holars hae also deoted agreat deal o$ thinking, i$ not o$ resear%h, to the translation pro%ess as such.(2th paragraph, p. 01)

;. Sho'ld he, in his 6nglish translation o$ %'lt'ral theor# such that he %anidenti$# %onteAt'al, interteAt'al and sit'ational elements in the teAt in amanner a%%eptable to other s%holars. (1st paragraph, p. 9!)

!UT (in BICDS ERFEIGD, Ma. &eresa, Ambiguity eys nglish " Spanish,+'enos Dires, 'nken, "!!")


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1. H&he %lerk was but a bo# with ros# %heeks and hair almost as #ellow asthe motels sign.J

(p. 53)

". H/hat do #o' want to knowJ

HDn#thing whi%h might be releant. Lo' m'st be anAio's to know what%a'sed the fre.JM% Kenna $or%ed a smile. H!ut $or #o', Im told, there wo'ld hae been a

traged#.J (p. @2)

;. 3ad she but possessed a %o'ple o$ tho'sand po'nds, the thing wo'ldhae been eas# eno'gh. (p. @@)

4. &here is no i%e so simple but ass'mes some mark o$ irt'e on hiso'tward parts. 3ow man# %owards, whose hearts are all $alse as stairs o$ sand, wear #et 'pon their %hins the beards o$ 3er%'les or $rowning Mars. (p.@9)

@. &here was a gra%e and %ompos're in her whi%h 3ester %o'ld not help butadmire. (p. 57)

. &here wasnt a da# b't what it rained. (p. !)

!"# ( “Weight”, in NIXON, Carl, Fish´n´ Chip Shop Song, New Zealand, intage,!""# )

1. &he son p'lled the ben%h press oer beneath the light. oing bac$% he$et%hed the d'mb>bells, rolling them ahead o$ him with his $oot. 3e 'nhookedthe weight belt $rom its nail. (par. 17)

". 3eat had radiated $rom his palm and seemed to soak downwards. &hinkingbac$ now, the son remembered that it was s'mmer and that the s'nlight,whi%h seemed to go on late into the night, had leaked thro'gh the perspeAsk#light aboe him. (par. "2)

;. 3e was wearing an old &>shirt, almost too small $or him now, and his $athersaw how the light %ast shadows 'nder the %'re o$ his %hest and along theridges at the bac$ o$ his arms. (par. ;7)

2. &he# worked together so that the bar was neer 'nbalan%ed and wo'ldnot Ni%k 'p and %rash down onto the %on%rete. 4ne h'ndred and eight#po'nds. &he son retrieed the "!s $rom where the# sat and, on a whim,slipped them bac$ on. (par. 2!)

@. 3e was read# to snat%h it 'p and awa# when his sonOs strength waseAha'sted and the weight threatened to $all bac$ . +'t his son lowered thebar again and then p'shed it slowl# bac$ 'p, wobbling it onl# slightl# as hiselbows lo%ked. (par. 27)


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. +'t his son shook his head. H4ne more.J 3is oi%e was a %reak. 3e s'%kedin more air and then the bar traelled down. It pa'sed oer the %hest andthen began to in%h bac$ 'p. (par. @1) 7. Dnd then the weight was at the top o$ its ar% and his $ather was g'iding

the bar bac$ into its %radle, rattling and %langing. (par. @2)

0. 3e trembled and strained, his $a%e red. 3is teeth gro'nd together and hislips p'lled bac$ . 3is e#es s%rewed down into p'%kered holes. (par. 2)

9. 'sh.Dwa#.

!ac$ 'p to where his son was waiting. (par. 71)

1!. D$ter his son had walked bac$ to the ho'se and the door had %losed, he

stood alone in the darkness with onl# the light $rom the naked b'lb. (par. 0")

and yet it´s such a small word that makes such a big difference

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