Translation exercise, all levels, Spanish - English: Larry King se divorcia
Have a shot at this translation, not too difficult
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omg...seven wives, none less, this man is crazy, talking about "tropezar en la misma piedra" ..
Corrections next week
El conocido presentador de televisión estadounidense Larry King presentó el miércoles los papeles de divorcio poniendo fin a 13 años de matrimonio con su séptima esposa, Shawn Southwick. King ha estado casado con siete mujeres, pero éste es su octavo divorcio debido a que previamente se volvió a casar con una de sus ex esposas, para luego, de nuevo, separarse legalmente de ella. Se apuntó que la mayor preocupación del «showman» es «el bienestar de los dos hijos que nacieron de este matrimonio», de 11 y 10 años. Después de que los abogados de King presentaran los papeles ante la corte, los asesores de su ex mujer, que se dedica al mundo de la música, también presentaron los documentos de divorcio en Los Ángeles. Ambas partes citaron diferencias irreconciliables, y, según «Radar Online», Shawn acusa a King de haberle sido infiel con su propia hermana.
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Last Wednesday Larry King, a popular American TV host, showed his divorce documents putting an end to a 13-year marriage with his seventh spouse Shawn Southwick. King has been married to seven women, this one, however, is his eighth divorce as he previously remarried one of his ex-wives only to legally separate once again soon afterwards. It seems that the biggest concern of the showman is well-being of the children, aged 11 and 10, born by this marriage. After King’s lawyers presented the documents in court, the counselors of his ex-wife, who is a worldwide musician, also produced the divorce documents in Los Angeles. Both parties read out different irreconcilable disparities and, according to Radar Online, Shawn accuses King of being unfaithful to her with her own sister.
Well known American television announcer Larry King presented his seventh wife Shawn Southwick this Wednesday with divorce papers, ending 13 years of marriage. King has been married seven times but this will be his eighth divorce because he was married to one woman twice, but they were only legally separated and later divorced. A major concern of King's is his two children from this marriage ages ten and eleven. After King's lawyers presented the divorce papers to the court, his wife, who is dedicated to the music world, had her lawyers present divorce papers in LA. Both parties site irreconcilable differences as the cause for divorce. Radar Online reported that Shawn also said that King had been unfaithful and had slept with her sister.
I know that this is not word for word accurate, parts were (and are) very unclear to me, but since it was a news article I tried to translate it into a form that is similar to how it would be written or spoken in the news here in the USA. In other words I pretended to be a translator for a news agency.
I have never know Shawn to be used as a female name in English...ShawnA, yes.... Shawn is (almost) always masculine, in my experience...just trying to help people studying English.
El conocido presentador de televisión estadounidense Larry King presentó el miércoles los papeles de divorcio poniendo fin a 13 años de matrimonio con su séptima esposa, Shawn Southwick. King ha estado casado con siete mujeres, pero éste es su octavo divorcio debido a que previamente se volvió a casar con una de sus ex esposas, para luego, de nuevo, separarse legalmente de ella. previamente que la mayor preocupación del «showman» es «el bienestar de los dos hijos que nacieron de este matrimonio», de 11 y 10 años. Después de que los abogados de King presentaran los papeles ante la corte, los asesores de su ex mujer, que se dedica al mundo de la música, también presentaron los documentos de divorcio en Los Ángeles. Ambas partes citaron diferencias irreconciliables, y, según «Radar Online», Shawn acusa a King de haberle sido infiel con su propia hermana.
The well known American television presenter, Larry King, filed the divorce papers on Wednesday ending 13 years of marriage to his 7th wife Shawn Southwick. King been married to seven women, but had been eight times divorced due to a remarriage with one of his ex-wives, and then again, legally separating from her. The most important thing now to the showman is the well being of the two sons that were born out of this marriage, one 11 years old and another age 10. After King's lawyer presented the papers before the court, his ex-wife who is in the music industry had her legal advisors also present divorce documents in Los Angeles. Both parties cited Irreconcilable differences and according to"Radar Online" Shawn is accusing King of having been unfaithful with her own sister.
Se apuntó que la mayor preocupación del «showman» es «el bienestar de los dos hijos que nacieron de este matrimonio», de 11 y 10 años.
I have seen several mistakes with this sentence:
se apuntó
it was said, they said, it was published, it was indicated...not "it seems, it appears...."
que la mayor preocupación
del «showman»
...that the main concern of the showman, the showman's main concern,
el bienestar de los
dos hijos
I will accept both children and sons, as you can really not tell from the Spanish text if it is a son and a daughter or two sons.
Shawn acusa a King de haberle sido infiel con su propia hermana.
This is not clear in Spanish, it could actually mean, with his or her sister. But let's just guess it was with her sister
que se dedica al mundo de la música,
This does not mean she is dedicated to...but simply that she works in the music industry. May be you know from context that this woman is actually a musician, but in the Spanish text this is not clear, she could be a manager or representative of a musician.
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I don't understand how se dedica al mundo de la música means she is a musician? - sanlee
HI sanlee, it is unclear in Spanish, is it not the same case in English?
I think we could gather that a person who works in the world of music might be a musician, a manager, a singer, a vocalist - an arranger, a composers, producers....
El conocido presentador de televisión estadounidense Larry King presentó el miércoles los papeles de divorcio poniendo fin a 13 años de matrimonio con su séptima esposa, Shawn Southwick. King ha estado casado con siete mujeres, pero éste es su octavo divorcio debido a que previamente se volvió a casar con una de sus ex esposas, para luego, de nuevo, separarse legalmente de ella. Se apuntó que la mayor preocupación del «showman» es «el bienestar de los dos hijos que nacieron de este matrimonio», de 11 y 10 años. Después de que los abogados de King presentaran los papeles ante la corte, los asesores de su ex mujer, que se dedica al mundo de la música, también presentaron los documentos de divorcio en Los Ángeles. Ambas partes citaron diferencias irreconciliables, y, según «Radar Online», Shawn acusa a King de haberle sido infiel con su propia hermana.
The well-known American television personality, Larry King, presented divorce papers on Wednesday, putting an end to a 13-year marriage with his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick. King has been married to seven women, but this is his eighth divorce due to previously re-marrying one of his ex-wives, though later, once again, legally separating from her. The greatest concern of the showman is the "well-being of the two children born of this marriage.", 11 and 10 years old. After King's lawyers presented the papers before the court, the counselors of his ex-mate, who is dedicate to the world of music, also presented divorce documents in Los Angeles. Both parties cited irreconcilable differences, and according to "Radar Online", Shawn accuses King of having been unfaithful with her own sister.
... con su propia hermana
Two translations with "his own sister" and half a dozen with "her own sister". Is it reasonable to assume that if it were with his sister, then the adjective "incestuous" would have been used (lending credence to the "her" translations)?
tropezar en la misma piedra
Heidi - I love this expression!
¡Me encanta esta expresión!
Still time to participate here, corrections on Wednesday, my monitor died
Que gacho! Isnt shawn a man's name? What does asesor mean?
