Technical Translation II - Techniques and peer analysis

EN: "Time is money." → ES: "El tiempo es oro."

• Literal

• Equivalence

• Calque

• Modulation

EN: "Cloud computing" → ES: "Computación en la nube"

• Borrowing

• Modulation

• Calque

• Adaptation

EN: "Firewall" remains as "firewall" in Spanish.

• Literal

• Borrowing

• Equivalence

• Transposition

EN: "After the installation, restart your computer." → ES: "Después de instalar, reinicie su computadora."

• Transposition

• Literal

• Modulation

• Calque

EN: "He barely missed the train." → ES: "Por poco pierde el tren."

• Calque

• Adaptation

• Literal

• Modulation

EN: "ZIP code" → ES: "código postal"

• Borrowing

• Modulation

• Adaptation

• Equivalence

EN: "User interface" → ES: "Interfaz de usuario"

• Literal

• Calque

• Equivalence

• Borrowing

EN: "It's raining cats and dogs." → ES: "Está lloviendo a cántaros."

• Literal

• Calque

• Equivalence

• Transposition

EN: "The software uses a firewall." → ES: "El software utiliza un firewall."

• Adaptation

• Borrowing

• Literal

• Modulation

EN: "Skyscraper" → ES: "Rascacielos"

• Calque

• Literal

• Equivalence

• Transposition