This site uses cookies.
Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site,
while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.
For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
English to Spanish: Stream of Tears General field: Other Detailed field: Journalism
Source text - English Stream of Tears
On August 15, 1982, XXXXXXXXXX, 41, stepped into his rubber raft and began his descent south down the Green River towards the outer edge of Seattle’s city limits. It was a trip he had made on many occasions, yet this time would be different. As he drifted slowly downstream, he noticed a middle-aged balding man standing by the riverbank and a second, younger man sitting in a nearby pickup truck. XXXXXXX suspected that the men were out for a day of fishing.
He asked the older man if he had caught anything. The man replied that he had not. According to XXXXXXXXX’s book, XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, the man standing then asked XXXXXX if he found anything, to whichXXXXXX replied, “Just this old singletree.” Soon after the two men left in the old pickup truck and XXXXXX continued to float down the river. Moments later he found himself surrounded by death.
As he peered into the clear waters his gaze was met by staring eyes. A young g black woman‘s face was floating just beneath the surface of the water, her body swaying beneath her with her with the current. Believing it might be a mannequin, XXXXXXXX attempted to snag the figure with a pole. Accidentally, the raft overturned as he tried to dislodge the figure from a rock and XXXXXX fell into the river. To his horror, he realized that that the figure was not a mannequin, but a dead woman. Seconds later he saw another floating corpse of a half nude black woman, partially submerged in the water.
Translation - Spanish Caudal de Lágrimas
El 15 de agosto de 1982, XXXXXXXXXX, de 41 años, se subió a su balsa de hule y comenzó su descenso hacia el sur del Green River, rumbo a la orilla limítrofe de la ciudad de Seattle. Era un viaje que había realizado en muchas ocasiones, esta vez, sin embargo, sería diferente. Mientras era empujado lentamente por la corriente descendente, pudo ver a un hombre calvo, de mediana edad, que estaba parado en la orilla del río; había un segundo hombre mas joven que se encontraba sentado cerca de una camioneta. XXXXXX supuso que los dos hombres habían ido a pescar.
XXXXXXX le preguntó al hombre mayor si había podido pescar algo, el hombre contestó que no. De acuerdo con el libro de XXXXX y XXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, el hombre que se encontraba parado, luego le preguntó a XXXXXX si ėl había pescado algo, a lo cual XXXXXXX respondió: “Solo esta vieja yunta”. Poco después, los dos hombres se retiraron en su vieja camioneta, mientras que XXXXXXX continuaba flotando a lo largo del río. Momentos más tarde se encontraría rodeado por la muerte.
Cuando XXXXXXX se asomó a las claras aguas, su mirada fue capturada por unos ojos que le miraban fijamente. Era la cara de una joven mujer negra que flotaba justo debajo en la superficie del agua cuyo cuerpo oscilaba con la corriente. Creyendo que era un maniquí, XXXXXXX intentó enganchar la figura con un palo, pero al tratar de separarla de una roca, la balsa accidentalmente se volteó y XXXXXX cayó al río. Horrorizado se dio cuenta que la figura no era un maniquí, sino una mujer muerta. Segundos después vería a otro cuerpo semidesnudo de una mujer negra el cual flotaba parcialmente sumergido en el agua.
More
Less
Experience
Years of experience: 23. Registered at ProZ.com: Mar 2009. Became a member: Jun 2009.
Credentials
English to Spanish (Court Interpreter Program -SCSI, verified) English to Spanish (Certified Medical Interpreter NBCMI, verified) Spanish to English (Certified Medical Interpreter NBCMI, verified)
Memberships
ATA, California Healthcare Interpreting Association, JTP, NCTA
Software
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint
