Syria's Assad warns of 'earthquake' if West intervenes

By Jim Muir

Oct 30, 2011

 Source: www.bbc.co.uk/

1 In a rare interview with the UK's Sunday Telegraph newspaper, Mr Assad said 

2 involvement risked transforming Syria into "another Afghanistan". The UN has renewed 3 its call for the repression to end, and China has warned Syria the situation cannot 

4 continue. More than 50 civilians and members of the security forces were killed on 

5 Saturday, according to the two sides. Activists said 21 civilians were killed and that 

6 army tanks had shelled a historic district in the city of Homs.

Translation of the Headline:

"El Presidente de Siria, Assad advierte que habrá un “terremoto” en el país si Occidente interviene en crisis."

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yrjXhWFhPk

Translation Techniques:

1.-Addition: (El) (Presidente de) Siria, Assad advierte (que) (habrá) (un) “terremoto” (en) (el) (país) si Occidente interviene (en) (la) (crisis). (Addition of many words in the translation).

2.-Omission: Syria's Assad warns (OF) 'earthquake' if West intervenes. (The word “OF” is omitted).

About the paragraph:

Comunicative Function (CF):

1.-Expositive Text: 

a) Line 5: “…according to the two sides.”

 

b) Line 5:” Activists said 21 civilians were killed”

Source of the article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15508630