Hábitos alimentarios entre la población escolar del medio rural*

TRANSLATION ANALYSIS

Compare these alternatives and explain the differences. Discuss your ideas with at least one of your colleagues.

Criterion A: content

Mediante una encuesta cerrada, pasada sin previo aviso a los alumnos, se recogen los alimentos que habían tomado el día anterior repartidos según las diferentes comidas...

The food, which they had eaten the day before, divided according to the different meals, was collected...

...pupils recorded the food they had eaten the day before.

El 34% no consumen fruta en todo el día. El 34% no consumen legumbres en todo el día.

...34% did not eat either fruit or pulses in the whole day.

...34% did not eat fruit and 34% did not eat pulses.

Podemos concluir que nuestros escolares tienen una mala calidad en su alimentación...

We conclude that the quality of diet in children receiving primary education in rural Granada is poor.

We conclude that the quality of diet in these primary school children in rural Granada is poor.

Criterion B: vocabulary, terminology, register

Conocer los hábitos alimentarios...

To know the quality of the eating habits...

To evaluate the quality of the eating habits...

Diseño. Estudio transversal, sobre una muestra aleatoria y estratificada por cursos escolares.

... a transversal study...

...a crossover study...

...a cross sectional study...

Mediante una encuesta cerrada, pasada sin previo aviso a los alumnos...

...a closed inquiry is given by surprise to each pupil.

...a survey was conducted without prior warning...

Criterion C: Translation brief and orientation to target text type

Method

Research Methods & Procedures

Criterion D: written expression

Analyse the schoolchildren eating habits, in terms of quality, in order to...

To analyze the quality of school children's eating habits in order to...

El 46% no consumen verduras en todo el día.

Less than a half (46%) does not eat vegetables...

Less than half (46%) do not eat vegetables...

El 72,28% consumen bollería...

More than two thirds (72.28%) eat...

Nearly three quarters (72.28%) eat...

Planteamos iniciar medidas correctoras, en colaboración con los profesores, sobre los problemas detectados.

...measures related to the detected problems.

...measures related to the problems detected.

*Source text: Pena Blanco, G.; Fernández-Crehuet Navajas, M.N.; Villanueva Tamayo, E.; Ruiz Jaldo, J.V. & Vázquez Hermosos, M.A. Hábitos alimentarios entre la población escolar del medio rural. Atención Primaria, Vol 18. Num 8. 15 de noviembre 1996. Pp. 452-465.



©Adapted from Robinson BJ (2003)