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Please complete and return to Verónica
Albin vero@veronicaalbin.com
before February 18, 2006.
1. Please translate the following text into Spanish
Tale of Love and Loss
Friday, December 16, 2005
A haunting, melancholy fable, "Tony Takitani" is the kind
of film that could seem tedious from a mere description. Approached
with the right mind-set, however, it's a hypnotic mood piece on
love and loss, one that knows —at 75 minutes—not to
overstay its welcome.
Tony Takitani (played by Issei Ogata) is a socially awkward illustrator
who's more interested in drawing machines than humans. Raised by
his saxophone-playing father (also Ogata), he's content with his
solitary life, until he falls for and weds co-worker Eiko (Rie Miyazawa).
Almost all the plot is related through voice-over narration, which
is occasionally spoken by the on-screen characters. Action within
scenes is minimal, as the camera glides laterally past moments that
seem hermetically sealed by its gaze.
2. Please translate the following
text into English
Malamor
Una película colombiana que, lejos de las estructuras comerciales,
se atreve a retratar el dolor de una adolescente.
Guión y Dirección: Jorge Echeverri.
Las películas del bogotano Jorge Echeverri avanzan como un
poema plagado de adjetivos en la búsqueda de un público
que esté a la altura de sus ambiciones artísticas.
Están seguras de que allá afuera, en algún
lugar, tiene que haber alguien dispuesto a hacer rimar sus escenas
simbólicas, alguien listo a comprender sus epígrafes
fundamentales (en Malamor, retrato surrealista de los últimos
diez días de una adolescente enamorada del hombre equivocado,
se trata de una frase sobre el paso del tiempo atribuida a William
Faulkner), alguien preparado para comprender que no todas las películas
son dramas filmados, que algunas pueden aspirar a ser intrincados
tejidos de imágenes.
The following exercises are meant
to be difficult. Don’t get discouraged! They will help me
gauge where the participants stand in their understanding of written
English. Your answers will help me design further exercises for
the workshop in order to address weak points.
3. Please translate the following sentences (and one title) into
Spanish
n The man who whistles tunes pianos.
n The old man the boat.
n The cotton clothing is made of grows in Mississippi.
n The horse raced past the barn fell.
n I convinced her children are noisy.
n She explained beam convergence in her physics class.
n He bought her a brand-new car.
n Standing on the white rocks, she kissed him.
n Fishing for catfish is boring.
n Pat’s best qualities are accountability and responsibility.
n The airport’s facilities are extraordinary.
n The hotel has many amenities.
n Newt hit the clown with a Twinky on his head.
n The teacher is Norwegian.
n We could hear the jets of Air Force One last Tuesday.
n “Understanding Computers.”
n Her husband of 45 years died yesterday.
These next exercises will allow me to gauge the participants’
knowledge of linguistic differences. They are also difficult. Don’t
get discouraged! 4. Please translate
the following sentences (and one title) into English
n El pan, mojado en la salsita, está
delicioso.
n Doña Gertrudis, amargada, salía cada vez menos de
la casona.
n Vi a la Lola caminando por la calle.
n Miguel cruzó el río nadando.
n Ese muchacho debe de ser el novio de Ana.
n Ese debe ser nuestro avión.
n El gobierno del presidente Fox no ha cumplido.
n El amor en los tiempos del cólera
5. This is a very difficult one, but
try to translate the following English sentence into Spanish. (It
is a proper sentence!)
Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Thank you!
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