saffron
10th October 2010, 09:28 PM
Yes I know i should write this in Spanish and place it in another place.
I have found the coverage of this incident on the BBC fascinating, particularly in the last 48 hours and wondered what coverage it is receiving in the USA and Spain. I read el País sometimes and know they have covered it well. In the UK the BBC has 24 hour news and I have read they sent 75 staff to the mine - more to follow. Tim Willcox has been reporting from there for nearly 3 weeks.
The interesting thing for me is, as the news has intensified, they are showing many of the interviews in Spanish particularly as Tim Willcox has a degree in Spanish and is doing his own translating. The more usual way is to fade out the Spanish and have the translation as a voice over - very annoying. On Spanish/ USA TV do they sub title or drown out?
I now know words for hammer, drill, squashed and rejoicing but can get by without them.
I have been impressed by the excellent English of many of the chilean politicians - not just their comprehension and vocabulary, but their accents. Apart from Nick Clegg most English politicians are very poor at other languages.
Lets hope there is a happy outcome, though the mine is unlikely to reopen and the poor locals are likely to become even poorer.
I have found the coverage of this incident on the BBC fascinating, particularly in the last 48 hours and wondered what coverage it is receiving in the USA and Spain. I read el País sometimes and know they have covered it well. In the UK the BBC has 24 hour news and I have read they sent 75 staff to the mine - more to follow. Tim Willcox has been reporting from there for nearly 3 weeks.
The interesting thing for me is, as the news has intensified, they are showing many of the interviews in Spanish particularly as Tim Willcox has a degree in Spanish and is doing his own translating. The more usual way is to fade out the Spanish and have the translation as a voice over - very annoying. On Spanish/ USA TV do they sub title or drown out?
I now know words for hammer, drill, squashed and rejoicing but can get by without them.
I have been impressed by the excellent English of many of the chilean politicians - not just their comprehension and vocabulary, but their accents. Apart from Nick Clegg most English politicians are very poor at other languages.
Lets hope there is a happy outcome, though the mine is unlikely to reopen and the poor locals are likely to become even poorer.