Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ante el silencio de los medios
English translation:
In the face of media silence
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Neil Greenough (X)
Nov 12, 2010 22:00
13 yrs ago
Spanish term
ante el silencio de los medios
Spanish to English
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Journalism
This phrase is taken from an article about the Government use of social networking sites. The above phrase is used as a possible reason as to why Governments are now using social networking sites.
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Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
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In the face of media silence
Against a backdrop of media silence,(the government has taken it upon itself to use social networking sites to get/give out the relevant information)?.
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Eileen Banks
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philgoddard
: In the face of.
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neilmac
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Aradai Pardo Martínez
Mexico
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as a response to the silence of the media
puede ser...
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Note added at 15 mins (2010-11-12 22:15:50 GMT)
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Viendo el párrafo entero, podrías llega a añadir "alternative":
an alternative response to the silence of the media...
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Note added at 15 mins (2010-11-12 22:15:50 GMT)
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Viendo el párrafo entero, podrías llega a añadir "alternative":
an alternative response to the silence of the media...
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neilmac
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Sí, tienes razón. Muchas gracias y buen fin de semana!
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David Hollywood
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given the fact that there is no response from the media
just to add to the fray :)
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Gerard Burns Jr.
United States
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United States
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Works in: Spanish to English, English, Portuguese to English
a way to bypass the media's silence
All the previous suggestions are good. This is an alternative, with a bit of 'localization' to English-language press and opinion writing style.
If i were doing the whole paragraph, I would render it as:
"Use of the Internet and social networks by the government of Ecuador is increasing. Is this an effort to increase [government] transparency, a media strategy, or a way to bypass the media's silence?".
Obviously the original (and all translations, therefore) run into a small logical problem. Obviously the media are not silent. They just are not discussing what the government wishes, or are discussing it in ways the government wishes they wouldn't....so, it would be best, even in the original, if what the media are silent on were specified. Perhaps your author does specify that very clearly in another sentence, and if so you may feel that you can insert it here, or perhaps what is being ignored is so obvious from everything else in the article that it isn't even necessary here.
If i were doing the whole paragraph, I would render it as:
"Use of the Internet and social networks by the government of Ecuador is increasing. Is this an effort to increase [government] transparency, a media strategy, or a way to bypass the media's silence?".
Obviously the original (and all translations, therefore) run into a small logical problem. Obviously the media are not silent. They just are not discussing what the government wishes, or are discussing it in ways the government wishes they wouldn't....so, it would be best, even in the original, if what the media are silent on were specified. Perhaps your author does specify that very clearly in another sentence, and if so you may feel that you can insert it here, or perhaps what is being ignored is so obvious from everything else in the article that it isn't even necessary here.
Discussion
"El uso de internet y redes sociales por el gobierno en Ecuador toma fuerza: ¿Es un intento de incrementar transparencia?, ¿una estrategia mediática?, ¿o una posibilidad ante el silencio de los medios?."