Sunday, August 22, 2004

Interpretation job on Sunday morning

I was awakened by the ring on my mobile phone. It was the agency calling for an interpretation job at the Barcelona court. I was a bit reluctant to get the job because it's a long way here in Cornellá to the center of Barcelona. And the thing is it's Sunday! However, when I heard that there was a big compensation of almost the double I usually get from my other regular-job-providing agency, my mouth just uttered the word yes.

The job was about (again) child abuse. This time around the father of the child charged his wife of maltreatment. The funny thing though is that his wife filed a few days ago a lawsuit for abuse. It seems that his wife is a battered person not only his daughter.

The only problem I have had with this work was with the word "denuncia" (report/file a complaint) in Spanish. I was a bit hesitant to translate into "reklamo" (claim - it may mean only verbal claim without any formal complaint) since the term in Spanish implies more serious action. So I decided to use the near equivalent "naghain ng demanda" (filed a complaint/lawsuit). It was indeed understood by the father.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about the word 'sakdal' to express the Spanish 'denuncia'?

According to the "U.P. Diksiyonaryong Filipino," 'sakdal' means: (1) pagdulog ng sinuman sa hukuman upang humingi ng katarungan hinggil sa kasalanang ginawa ng ibang tao; (2) anumang paratang o sumbong na iniharap sa hukuman.

I do admit that 'sakdal' is on the 'malalim' side, so that, in the long run, your rendering of 'denunciar' as 'maghain ng demanda' was probably better and more readily understood.

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