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Spanish to English: Screenplay Synopsis General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Source text - Spanish Esteban es un joven treintañero que se cree capaz de resolver cualquier problema que se le presente en la vida: cuando murió su padre, se hizo cargo del taller de confección; logró tener su casa propia para vivir sin sobresaltos; y ahora piensa en casarse con Julia, la primera novia de su vida, con quien convive desde hace 5 años. Sin embargo la realidad le va a dar un golpe sorpresivo, de esos que uno no es capaz de ver venir: el mismo día en que él compra los anillos para proponerle matrimonio al amor de su vida, ella lo espera con las valijas preparadas para abandonarlo.
Translation - English Esteban is a young thirty-something who believes he is capable of solving any problem life throws his way. When his father dies, he takes over the family tailor shop, manages to get his own place, where he lives carefree, and starts thinking about marrying his first and only girlfriend, Julia, who he has been living with for five years. But then, reality throws him a surprise punch, one of those you never see coming. On the very day that he buys the engagement ring and plans to propose to the love of his life, he comes home to find her waiting with her bags packed.
Spanish to English: Academic Paper General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Agriculture
Source text - Spanish Las redes sociales como mecanismo de construcción identitaria
Los vínculos sociales no constituyen meros canales de acceso y/o distribución de recursos, aún en los grupos más pobres de la sociedad. Como indica uno de los trabajos mencionados (Robison y otros, 2003), todos los intercambios personalizados incluyen componentes de índole emocional, que inclusive pueden modificar el valor de los bienes intercambiados.
Desde esta perspectiva, las redes sociales también pueden ser visualizadas como mecanismos de construcción de representaciones e identidad. Los aportes de Bourdieu resultan un clásico en este sentido, cuando indica que “el intercambio transforma las cosas intercambiadas en signos de reconocimiento, y a través del reconocimiento mutuo y el reconocimiento de la pertenencia al grupo que él implica, produce “el grupo” y determina al mismo tiempo los límites del grupo”-. En la experiencia identitaria intervienen aspectos objetivos y subjetivos, una situación social y una historia personal, pero también la red de relaciones, en donde el lugar propio se determina en relación al otro y en contraposición a él. Entonces, reflexionar acerca del contenido de las interacciones, preguntarnos por aquellas otras que pudiendo estar presentes no lo están, nos permite entender en qué medida o desde qué punto de vista, las redes aportan a los procesos de construcción identitaria. Particularmente, si estos procesos implican una deconstrucción de identidades previas.
Translation - English Social Networks as a Mechanism of Identity Construction
Social ties do not constitute mere channels of access to and/or distribution of resources, even in society's poorest groups. As one of the aforementioned papers (Robison et al., 2003) points out, all personalized exchanges include elements of an emotional nature, that may even modify the value of the goods exchanged.
From this perspective, social networks can also be seen as mechanisms that construct representations and identity. Bourdieu's contributions are classic in this sense, when he points out that "exchange transforms the things exchanged into signs of recognition and, through the mutual recognition and the recognition of group membership which it implies, reproduces the group and, by the same token, reaffirms the limits of the group." The identity experience involves subjective and objective aspects, a social situation and a personal history, but also a network of relationships, where one's own place is determined in relation to the other and in contrast to him. Therefore, reflecting on the content of the interactions and on other interactions that could be taking place but are not allows us to understand to what degree or from which point of view networks contribute to processes of identity construction, particularly if these processes imply the destruction of former identities.
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Since 2011, I have been helping my clients seize opportunities by
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