NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECOGNIZES WOMEN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

october 7th, 2011

This year´s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to three women - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen. They were recognized for their "non-violent struggle for the safety of women and women´s rights to full participation in peace-building work.

From left to right: Tawakul Karman (Yemen), President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia) and Leymah Gbowee (Liberia). Source: BBC.com.uk 

Flag of Liberia

Flag of Yemen 

Translation of the Headline: 

"EL PREMIO NOBEL DE LA PAZ RECONOCE A ACTIVISTAS POR LOS DERECHOS DE LAS MUJERES".

Translation Techniques:

1. Addition: “(El) Premio Nobel de la Paz reconoce (a) activistas (por los) derechos (de las) mujeres”. Addition of many words in the translation.
2. Textual (syntagmatic) equivalence: “Nobel Peace Prize” to “El Premio Nobel de la Paz” and “women rights activists” to “activistas por los derechos de las mujeres”. Alteration in word order.

About the paragraph:

SA (specific argument): 

The reporter point out a fact innovative: three women (two liberians and a yemeni) were distinguished with the Nobel Peace Prize motivated to their peaceful struggle for gender equality and women's claims.

Source of the article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15211861

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2011