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Kelley Johnson

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entertainment

cinema

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Sample Translation History of the film industry

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Source (Spanish)	Target (English)
Hollywood y el Star System	Hollywood and the Star System
En Estados Unidos, el cine tuvo un éxito arrollador, por una peculiar circunstancia social: al ser un país de inmigrantes, muchos de los cuales no hablaban el inglés, tanto el teatro como la prensa o los libros les estaban vedados por la barrera idiomática, y así el cine mudo se transformó en una fuente muy importante de esparcimiento para ellos.	Cinema in the United States had overwhelming success due to one social peculiarity: it was a nation of immigrants, many of whom could not speak English. This language barrier cut them off from the theater, press, and books. Thus, silent films became a very significant source of entertainment.
Viendo las perspectivas de este negocio, y basándose en su patente sobre el kinetoscopio, Thomas Alva Edison intentó tomar el control de los derechos sobre la explotación del cinematógrafo.	Seeing this business' prospects, and on the basis of his kinetoscope patent, Thomas Alva Edison tried to take control over the rights to operate the film industry.
El asunto no solo llegó a juicio, de Edison contra los llamados productores independientes, sino que se libró incluso a tiro limpio.	Edison's case against the so-called independent producers not only went to trial, but even won the first time around.
Como consecuencia, los productores independientes emigraron desde Nueva York y la costa este, donde Edison era fuerte, hacia el oeste, recientemente pacificado.	As a result, independent producers immigrated from New York and the East coast, where Edison's power was strong, to the recently pacified West.
En un pequeño poblado llamado Hollywood, encontraron condiciones ideales para rodar: días soleados casi todo el año, multitud de paisajes que pudieran servir como locaciones, y la cercanía con la frontera de México, en caso de que debieran escapar de la justicia.	In a small town called Hollywood, they found ideal filming conditions: almost year-round sunny weather, a multitude of landscapes that could serve as location sites, and a close proximity to the Mexican boarder just in case they needed to escape the law.
Así nació la llamada Meca del Cine, y Hollywood se transformó en el más importante centro cinematográfico del mundo.	And that is how the so-called Mecca of Cinema was born and how Hollywood became the world's most important film center.

My Experience

Experience

1 yr.

Education

2009 MA/MS at Universidad de las Américas, Puebla
2007 BA/BS at College of Charleston

Memberships

Midwest Association of Translators and Interpreters (Joined: 2015)
Chicago Area Translators and Interpreters Association (Joined: 2015)

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December 2024

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Translated 7 translation units
in the fields of entertainment and cinema

Language pair: Spanish to English

Feb 12, 2016

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