TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES

ANREA PATRICIA PEREZ COD: 40670356

GROP: 551037-12

TUTOR

DINA ESPERANZA BONILLA

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OPEN AND

DISTANCE (UNAD)

BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

CEAD- ACACIAS

OCT- 2017

TASK 1. TRANSLATION

GM crops

PARAGRAPH 5

Rejecting these arguments, opponents of genetic modification point to the enormous risks that could be involved. While fears of "mad corn disease" are as yet purely hypothetical, other risks seem more realistic. Greatest of these is perhaps the fear that genetically modified crops can naturally interact with other plants, producing super-resistant weeds that could create chaos in agriculture. According to the Government's own advisory body English Nature, genetic crops "pose a threat to all wildlife". In a recent paper, English Nature scientists stressed that the introduction of genetically modified plants might dramatically reduce plant diversity in Britain, destroying fragile ecosystems and leading to the rapid disappearance of certain species of plantlife, insects and birds.

Cynics might reply that species of plant life, insects and birds have been disappearing for years already.

In the short term, the arguments seems unlikely to go away. American farmers are already mass producing genetically modified crops, and so far there has been no reported disaster. That does not mean that disasters are impossible. In ten or twenty years' time, we may have a better idea of how likely, or unlikely they are; in the long run the argument about genetic modification will sort itself out one way or another. Until then, it is up to each individual to weigh up the pros and the cons and decide if the risks outweigh the advantages or not.

Rechazando estos argumentos, los opositores a la modificación genética apuntan a los enormes riesgos que podrían estar involucrados. Si bien el miedo a la "enfermedad del maíz loca" es aun puramente hipotético, otros riesgos parecen ser más realistas. El mayor de estos es quizás el temor de que los cultivos genéticamente modificados puedan interactuar naturalmente con otras plantas, produciendo malas hierbas resistentes que podrían crear caos en la agricultura. Según el propio cuerpo asesor del Gobierno, Nature English, los cultivos genéticos "representan una amenaza para toda la vida silvestre”. En un artículo reciente, los científicos ingleses de la Naturaleza destacaron que la introducción de plantas genéticamente modificadas podría reducir dramáticamente la diversidad de plantas en Gran Bretaña, destruyendo ecosistemas frágiles y llevando a la rápida desaparición de ciertas especies de vida vegetal, insectos y aves.

Los cínicos podrían responder que especies de vida vegetal, insectos y aves han estado desapareciendo desde hace años.

En el corto plazo, parece poco probable que los argumentos desaparezcan. Los agricultores estadounidenses ya producen en masa cultivos genéticamente modificados, y hasta ahora no se ha informado de un desastre. Eso no significa que los desastres son imposibles. Dentro de diez o veinte años, podemos tener una mejor idea de qué tan probable o improbable es; a la larga, el argumento sobre la modificación genética se resolverá de una manera u otra. Hasta entonces, corresponde a cada individuo sopesar los pros y los contras y decidir si los riesgos superan las ventajas o no.

TASK 2. REFLECTION

After making a complete reading of the PARAGRAPH 5 and in order to obtain a general idea of

the work, the first thing to do is to document about the genetically modified crops with the

intention of having a certain degree of knowledge about the subject and to relate it with the

concepts and word to translate in this text, in every translation it is always important that there is

a coherence to give more clarity in what you want to convey for this reason cannot always be

accurate for what makes it necessary sometimes omit or adjust words to give one give precision

and clarity to the reader in the translation; At the moment of translation I find many difficulties for

what I take the Modulation Techniques since a reformulation is done both lexical and structural

to achieve a more correct phrase in the LM.

TASK 3. CHART

TASK 5. PRESENTATION

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Referencies

Bosco, G. (n.d.). Translation Techniques. Retrieved Oct 05, 2017, from http://www.interproinc.com/es/blog/translation-techniques Preciado, P. D., & Silva, M. (2007). English Translation Techniques [Ebook]. Retrieved Oct 05, 2017, fromhttps://books.google.com.co/books?id=5MG8xLyZOYkC&lpg=PP1&dq=petra%20translations%20techniques&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=petra%20translations%20techniques&f=false Umbral Digital