Spanish For Social Change

This translation jumped out at me in the chapter Occupy: prehistories and continuities by Samantha Shakur Bowden. Not sure where she got it...

The University of Geneva's interpreting department has a fabulous sounding program called InZone , the Center for Interpreting in Confli...

I often hear people keep the term caudillo when going into English.  But many audiences will not understand this term and all of its cultu...

Another great term from the video I posted last week, which is well worth a watch. It's a pleasure to see subtitles so well done. Congra...

Great rendition by compa Eric Schwartz in the great video below, also about land grabs in Colombia.  (Ojo, he also renders Proceso de Comun...

I have previously rendered despojo as disposession, but this rendition could have more impact for political purposes if it fits the context...

Collins (astounding that they would have a term like this) renders it as baja colectiva por enfermedad como forma de protesta.  It seems to...

This is the translation used by the organization Mujer in Toronto for their domestic violence campaign with this title. As part of the camp...

As in the dregs of society, la hez de la sociedad. The of 'society' part can get dropped in slang English, as in, 'look at the d...

ok, this is obvious, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who has heard and read the false cognate of capacitate used instead! It might...

femicide and feminicide are two different things as the Guatemalan Human Rights Commission puts it: What is femicide? Femicide is def...

Amazing debate in the Colombian Congress today about Uribe's paramilitary ties.  I'm in awe and deep gratitude for the courage of ...

Gorgeous music video below with some of my all time favorite committed artists: Silvio Rodriguez, calle 13, and Gael García-Bernal, with Eng...

Young men in Colombia have to show their military passbook to get a job or go to university.  It serves as proof that they have done their ...

Really hideous to have to be blogging this term, but it's being used regularly in reports on Buenaventura, Colombia, where there is a se...

Strangely, Oxford dictionaries renders this as community protest, but it points to something much larger and wider. You could of course go ...

while I'm revising past translations, here's another option for grounded, that I've posted about before as arraigado. Sasana, ...

I've posted before about the term token, and tokenism , but recently ran across this version of it in a text in Spanish that I think I...

Reviewed an academic article for a journal today that offered this fabulous translation in reference to the factors that create a 'caldo...

A couple weeks ago I had the strange and fabulous experience (in a beauty salon in Bogota no less) of having someone I didn't know recog...

Yesterday's vote (in Colombia) marks a turning point in the struggle for peace. I'm full of sighs of relief today! Great map o...

definido en este lindo video

This was the translation offered by Ginny Bouvier in her fabulous analysis of the Colombian presidential election, reposted below. (pic is ...

In the 'interpretips' video below Marjory Bancroft, of voice of love , offers suggestions for protecting yourself as an intepreter w...

citando la fabulosa Amy Goodman (traducida por el equipo de DN): "¿Qué es la neutralidad de la red? Es el principio fundamental de ...