Trouble understanding translation

Question

In listening to a video on LomasTv, a came across the following sentence that I am having dificulty understanding the word selection of the spanish speaker. The sentence is: "a la fecha también me encuentro realizando mi servicio social" which is translated: "Currently, I am also doing my social service." It would seem that "a la fecha también estoy haciendo mi servicio social" would be a more logical choice of words or should the translation above be: " to date I also find myself doing social service". using the reflexive?

Some clarification or enlightenment would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jim

Answer 1

I would recommend being careful using English subtitle translations of Spanish movies or television (or vice versa). I have often seen terse English translations that completely missed all of the nuances of the spoken Spanish it was supposedly translating. This is either done out of laziness or to make reading the subtitles quicker, but either way it is often not a useful tool for fully understanding Spanish.

In my opinion it is best to only use subtitles as a way to check the english translation of specific unknown nouns or verbs, but not to worry about the overall translation and to try and "feel" it based on the rest of the context.

Answer 2

Your translation is closer to the literal translation, though I would say, "at this date". You'll find that word-for-word literal translations don't always flow the same way as an idea-for-idea translation.