sound bite

Question

All the politicians use them; when I looked on WR I got:
sound bite n nf cita jugosa
sound bite n nf fragmento de entrevista

not very catchy, to me, the second seems clumsy, and I don't get the first one.

Is there anything a bit more catchy'

Answer 1

Ouch! Hey, you're the one who berated himself for using the word "basically."
Well, I still feel I've a while to go yet...

Thanks for the translation.
I was 7 (just) for the first moon landing and was in awe even then- we all were; crowding round our little b+w tv.

BTW I went for 'humano' as I thought it might go a little better with 'humanidad'.

Answer 2

you're turning into a grammar dweeb. Well I guess you did that a while ago.

Ouch! Hey, you're the one who berated himself for using the word "basically."
But, yes, I am fascinated by all things languistic.

The standard translation of Armstrong's phrase is "Un pequeño paso para un hombre, un gran salto para la humanidad," which remedies his error, thereby at least saving him from disgrace in the Hispanic world.

I remember going over to my cousin's house (because they had a better TV) to watch the first moon landing. I had my 5-foot-tall model of the rocket, and was pretty excited. I remember looking up at the moon and being awed that there were two men walking around on it at that moment.

Answer 3

-5 to myself for using the word basically!

Answer 4

Armstrong was supposed to say ...He he. Now I'm wondering if YOU should get out more as you're turning into a grammar dweeb. Well I guess you did that a while ago.
Off at a slight tangent, this is my best attempt:
Este es un paso pequeño para un humano, un (OK I'm gonna give up on giant leap ... something like gran brinco I'm sure sounds wrong) para humanidad
....I'm sure someone can improve or knows how the original was reported.

Answer 5

'This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'

That one goes down in history as the biggest flubbed line ever. Armstrong was supposed to say "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," but he left out the article, so the resulting statement made no sense, as "man" and "mankind" both mean the same thing.

Answer 6

Thanks. I started a discussion on another site wondering about Spanish sound bites which I ended up calling:
Spanish sound bites/citas jugosas en español
I was basically looking for famous quotes within the hispanic community that are in the conciousness of everyone, such as:
'This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'
or even
'I did not have sex with that woman'

The only one I know in Spanish is:
«¿Por qué no te callas'» (El Rey manda callar a Hugo Chávez)

Answer 7

Tad, you've gotta stop changing your avatar. We're getting lost. {wink}

I don't think you're going to find an exact translation of sound bite. Each language has certain things that are unique to it. They become popular for some reason in that language, but not in others. I agree that no one is likely to say "extracto de una entrevista grabada escogida por su causticidad" very often, but they might just say "extracto" when it would be understood from the context.

Give us your exact context, and maybe a native can translate it into a natural sentence.

Answer 8

Sorry I've just seen that cita is a quote as well as a meeting, so that could give something like 'juicy quote' for cita jugosa? That would be what I'm looking for.