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May 30, 2023 wezg

Frida Kahlo: feminist, selfie queen, queer icon and style muse

Encargo de traducción: llega a Reino Unido unas de las exhibiciones más interesantes sobre Frida Kahlo, en la que se presentan algunas de sus pertenencias personales, enseres, ropa y fotografías de su vida. Te piden que traduzcas el texto que

May 26, 2023 wezg

La Santa Muerte en el Reino Unido #centuryofgaga

(English Translation of article below Spanish version here) La muerte es la única garantía que tenemos. Incluso el nacimiento no está garantizado. La muerte llega a todo: a cada roca, a cada árbol, a cada mono, a cada vaca, a

May 14, 2023 wezg

Las Maras – Mara Salvatrucha – MS-13

Tres de las principales y más violentas pandillas de El Salvador han manifestado su interés en abrir un diálogo con el Gobierno para desmovilizarse e integrarse a la sociedad, según informó esta semana el diario local El Faro. Se trata

January 12, 2023 wezg

Review: The Motorcycle Diaries – by Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara

I’ve read three of Che Guevara’s other books, the theory on guerrilla warfare and the diaries of his campaigning in the revolutions of Cuba and Bolivia. The Motorcycle Diaries precede these other critical works and document Che’s travels across Latin

December 3, 2022 wezg

Review: In The Shadow of Papillon – Seven Years of Hell in Venezuela’s Prison System – by Frank Kane with John Tilsley

Frank Kane and his girlfriend, Sam, after their business was failing in the U.K. made the fateful decision to become cocaine drug couriers in Venezuela. Whilst attempting to fly out from the airport on Caribbean Island, Isla de Margarita, the

November 4, 2022 wezg

Tapas

Tapas have become a gastronomic institution that’s imitated across the globe, from California to Canberra. The problem is that when you eat tapas outside Spain, they’re not the same at all. International-style tapas restaurants are chic, expensive, and not like

October 14, 2022 wezg

Review: A Great Perhaps? Colombia: Conflict and Convergence – by Dickie Davis, David Kilcullen, Greg Mills and David Spencer

David Kilcullen has had a few books included on my shelf recently. As a military expert on Guerrilla Warfare, I was thrilled to find this new book on the Colombian Civil War which he coauthors with a group of specialists

September 1, 2022 wezg

Review: When Plants Dream – Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism, And the Global Psychedelic Renaissance – by Daniel Pinchbeck and Sophia Rokhlin

I am an ayahuasquero and regard myself as a shaman. This book is a study on Ayahuasca, the Amazonian ‘Vine of the Soul’ and one of the most ancient medicines known to man. The authors enthusiastically explore the history and

August 31, 2022 wezg

Comorbidity – Specialized Translation (Diabetes)

Español La diabetes mellitus es una enfermedad metabólica heterogé- nea y compleja. La Organización Mundial de la Salud estima que en el mundo hay más de 220 millones de personas con diabetes mellitus, cifra que para 2030 muy probablemente se

June 30, 2022 wezg

La ONCE

La ONCE, una historia de unión y superación Corrían los años treinta cuando varias asociaciones españolas de invidentes comenzaron a organizar las primeras rifas para obtener ingresos. Buscaban liberarse de una condición histórica ligada a la mendicidad y a la

March 31, 2022 wezg

Mario Vargas Llosa

Entrevista a Mario Vargas Llosa —¿Está usted de acuerdo en que el concepto de América Latina, al igual que otros conceptos del siglo diecinueve, no es más que una ficción que ya ha perdido su sentido y ha pasado de

January 31, 2022 wezg

Teatro Calderón in Valladolid

[Translation of Marketing Text] Instructions: Please translate pages 10,12 and 13 of 68 in the larger PDF. The smaller PDF has the specific pages in one file. Please do not leave any gaps and do not provide more than one option when translating

March 1, 2021 wezg

Review: Even Silence has an End – My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle – by Ingrid Betancourt

Ingrid Betancourt was one of the most high profile political prisoners in the world during her captivity in the Colombian Jungle at the hands of the FARC-EP, Colombia’s left wing communist guerrillas. A brutal civil war has raged for the

March 1, 2021 wezg

Review: Even Silence has an End – My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle – by Ingrid Betancourt

November 30, 2019 wezg

Wez G – Narcocorridos Volumen 2

Tracklist#1 El Narco de Narcos – Crecer Germán2 El Gallero – Código FN3 Popurri de Corridos (En Vivo Jesus Maria) – Enigma Norteño y La Septima Banda4 Baraja de Oro – Chalino Sanchez5 El Cartel de Cali – Furia Norteña6

September 19, 2019 wezg

Review: Viva La Revolución by Eric Hobsbawm

This is my first venture into respected leftist author, Eric Hobsbawm’s work. The book was compiled after the author’s death in 2012 and is a collection of his writings on Latin America after he spent over forty years passionately exploring

November 14, 2018 wezg

‘A Tribute To Venezuela’ at Kapu, Cardiff, 14.11.18

Once the richest country in Latin America, Venezuela is now broke thanks to the collapse of the oil industry and general mismanagement of the economy. For the last 6 years people has been starving, Caracas has been the most violent

November 3, 2018 wezg

Review: Gangster Warlords – Drug Dollars, Killing Fields and the New Politics of Latin America – by Ioan Grillo

This is the second of Ioan Grillo’s books that I have read and I found this volume equally as good as my first encounter with this talented British journalist. Gangster Warlords focuses on 4 separate crime gangs across the Americas.

January 23, 2018 wezg

Review: Narrating Narcos: Culiacán and Medellín – by Gabriela Polit Dueñas

The author is exploring the impact of local culture on the artistic output of Narcoculture in the form of literature and art in two specific par excellence Narco cities in Latin America. We are introduced to the Culichis of Culiacán

January 22, 2018 wezg

Review: Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas – by Elijah Wald

Whilst planning to do a university translation dissertation on some aspect of narcoculture I was drawn to this work (in English – also simultaneously released bilingually with a Spanish version) by American author and folk musician, Elijah Wald. Having been

January 13, 2018 wezg

Review: Fiesta en la Madriguera – by Juan Pablo Villalobos

This is a narconovela, a Spanish language work of fiction set in the narco world of drug trafficking. The young Mexican author, Juan Pablo Villalobos presents ‘ Party in the Rabbit Burrow’, a short, fast-moving look at life behind the

December 20, 2017 wezg

Estereotipos en ‘Ocho Apellidos Vascos’

En la película Ocho apellidos vascos, Rafa, de origen andaluz, se enamora de Amaia, vasca, y decide dejar su Sevilla natal para ir a buscarla a Euskadi. Después de unos días en Argoitia decide escribir un correo electrónico a sus

December 12, 2017 wezg

Review: Catalonia Since The Spanish Civil War – Reconstructing the Nation – by Andrew Dowling

This book focuses on the study of the important Spanish region of Catalonia in the modern age. Catalonia has a strong claim to being an independent state, dating back to its time as the Kingdom of Aragon. There is a

October 18, 2017 wezg

Spain’s Catalan Crisis / Catalonia’s Spanish Crisis – Lecture by Dr Andrew Dowling at Cardiff University, 18.10.17

In light of recent developments in Catalonia that have grabbed international attentions, this lecture was convened by Cardiff University’s Catalan specialist, Dr Andrew Dowling, in order to enlighten us on the subject. It was recognized that the audience was comprised

December 15, 2016 wezg

No Es Necesario Viajar Para Aprender Un Idioma Extranjero

Has leído en Internet que el antiguo ministro de Educación español ha expresado públicamente que no es necesario viajar para aprender un idioma extranjero. Como estudiante de idiomas, ¿qué opinión tienes al respecto? Soy estudiante de traducción en la universidad

December 5, 2016 wezg

Account For The Nationalist Victory In The Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War lasted for three years from 1936 to 1939 and was ultimately won by the Nationalists. This victory was far from certain at various points of the conflict and this essay shall explore the many factors that

June 16, 2015 wezg

Review: Santa Muerte – Mexico’s Mysterious Saint Of Death – by Tony Kail

This book documents the rapidly growing Mexican folk faith that is ‘Santa Muerte’ or ‘Saint Death’. The iconic image of the skulled woman with a scythe gives hope to many discomforted souls on the fringes of Mexican and indeed global

January 12, 2015 wezg

Guerrilla Heroico

Discuss how textual and visual representations of the Rebel Army during and after the Cuban Revolution contributed to the myth of the heroic guerrilla in Latin America. The original iconic 1968 stylized ‘Guerrilla Heroico’ Che Guevara imagecreated by Jim Fitzpatrick,

January 12, 2015 wezg

Guerrilla Heroico

December 17, 2014 wezg

Careers in Translation and Interpreting Event, Aston University, 17.12.14

On 17th December, with my translation (BA) colleague, Isabelle, from Cardiff University, we headed up the train tracks to the Midlands to the Careers event at Aston University. http://translation.blogs.aston.ac.uk/2014/11/18/careers-in-translation-and-interpreting/ The day’s talks promised to offer multiple perspectives on the different

December 17, 2014 wezg

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