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About three years ago, when I started translating #literature, I had some trouble remembering the Spanish conventions for writing dialogues. Fortunately enough, at that time, I had the most dedicated editor (Analía, if you are around, I am completely grateful for your patience in explaining the rules to me over and over again every time whenever I kept “messing it up”). Eventually, it all became automatized and, now, I use these conventions without even realizing it.
Spanish is my mother tongue, yes, but, as everything, it is a question of practice, and it is not so frequent to find formal contexts that call for the use of these “rules”. Academic texts hardly ever include dialogue and informal contexts, well... raise of hands those of you who even use punctuation when anxiously texting a friend to tell them all that someone else has told you. Correctness in transcribing dialogues is most of the times neglected, and it is only when we are writing or translating #literary or #journalistic texts that we realize we are full of doubts regarding this issue. These days, while doing some editing jobs, I noticed that other people were having the same trouble with the transcription of dialogues. That's why I thought it would be useful to write this post with a quick reminder of the main conventions.. I hope you find it useful!
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It’s not so difficult after all, is it? If you have any doubt regarding this issue or any other, please, feel free to contact me!
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AuthorVirginia Castro is an Argentinian English-Spanish translator who works mainly in the field of editorial translation, helping authors and copywriters build an international audience. She holds a bachelor's degree in translation from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina and is currently specializing in literary translation and transcreation. She strives daily to produce texts that reflect the author’s mind and soul, enabling publications to cross borders and seas so that more and more readers can enjoy them. ArchivesCategories |