The Translation and Popularization of Highly Specialized Scientific Titles in the Spanish and French-Speaking Press
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https://doi.org/10.24310/TRANS.2020.v0i24.6093Keywords:
Translation of scientific titles, news translation, popularization of science, translation strategies, English/Spanish/French, digital mediaAbstract
English is the lingua franca of science and its popularization is indispensable for modern societies. This paper analyzes the translation-popularization of highly specialized scientific titles—from English into Spanish and French— as newspaper headlines in the digital edition of ABC, El Mundo, EL País, La Presse (Canada), Le Figaro and Le Monde. Using a descriptive methodology, we study how these titles are translated from highly specialized English into popularized Spanish and French and we contrast their translation in the six newspapers mentioned above. The results of this study demonstrate some homogeneity in the headlines leading to 'glocal' translation.
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