EGYPT'S NEW DEMOCRATS READY TO DEFEND NILE

september 30, 2011

By David Arnold 

If Egypt and Sudan join the Nile water partnership, the decisions the basin makes will be difficult, and will require new relationships among those who feed Lake Nasser and those who take from it. 

Source of the Map: Voice of America

Translation of the Headline:

"LA NUEVA DEMOCRACIA EGIPCIA DISPUESTA A DEFENDER EL RIO NILO" 

Translation Techniques:

1. Addition: "(La) nueva democracia egipcia dispuesta a defender (el río) Nilo". Addition of many words in the translation.
2. Modifying type 2: "Egypt's new democrats" to "La nueva democracia Egipcia". Modifying the original sentence.  

About the paragraph:

SA (specific argument): The reporter emphasize the necessity to set up new agreements between the countries who share and use Nile river and Lake Nasser and its difficulty to take punctual decisions about it, if Egypt and Sudan sign the new water partnership.

DO (discourse organizer): The reporter makes us aware about the importance and strategic position that Nilo river represents and its impact in the relationship between the countries who share that basin for water use in various activities. 

CT (Central Theme): The importance of Nile river waters for strategical and geopolitical relations in East Africa. 


Glossary

• Basin: A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river. 
• Partnership: More generally, a relationship of two or more entities conducting business for a mutual benefit. 

• Source of the article: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Egypts-New-Democrats-Ready-to-Defend-Nile-130848308.html

The Nile River