Archive for the 'Translations' Category



Modern Day Conquistadores


h1 Posted 5 days, 7 hours ago mid-morning by oso

My faithful fellow anglophones, as you may have noticed, the last two entries around here were written in Spanish. Sorry about that. But then, change is the spice of life, is it not? I’m contemplating the idea of publishing all future blog posts in both English and Spanish. That would be a lot of work. [...]

Lugo Takes Latin American One More Step Left


h1 Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago in the early morning by oso

I’m going to try to get back in the blogging habit by translating at least one newspaper article or blog post a day from Spanish into English. We’ll see how long it lasts. From today’s La Nación, here are reactions by various Latin American presidents to the victory of ex-bishop, Fernando Lugo in Uruguay’s Sunday [...]

[Translation] New Bloggers Use Poetry to Describe Their Communities, Feelings, Friends


h1 Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago in the early evening by oso

The new bloggers of Rising Voices outreach projects in Colombia, Bolivia, and Bangladesh are more than just up-and-coming citizen journalists. They have also discovered the power of prose to reveal glimpses of the human emotions that bring us together and the local differences that make each of our communities unique.