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alocutario

English translation: readers (in this context)

18:36 May 7, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism / paper
Spanish term or phrase: alocutario
Estimados: necesito traducir la palabra alocutario en el siguiente contexto:

"Se examina en las formas discursivas empleadas por los medios gráficos para referirse a sus enunciadores (positivos y negativos) y para conformar su pacto de lectura con sus alocutarios"

Se entiende por alocutario a las personas o temas a los que se refieren los editoriales. No los receptores.

Yo pensé en allocutary pero no estoy seguro. ¿Qué opinan?
Por otro lado, enunciadores lo traduje como speakers pero tampoco estoy muy seguro

Muchas gracias
Federico Pasquale
Italy
Local time: 23:33
English translation:readers (in this context)
Explanation:
If I were translating this, I wouldn't worry about the refinements of the definition because the context leaves no doubt.

One could also say 'audience', but it seems more logical to make a pact with individuals than a collective.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 14:33
Grading comment
Thank you Muriel
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3readers (in this context)
Muriel Vasconcellos
1interlocutors
neilmac


Discussion entries: 3





  

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alocutarios
readers (in this context)


Explanation:
If I were translating this, I wouldn't worry about the refinements of the definition because the context leaves no doubt.

One could also say 'audience', but it seems more logical to make a pact with individuals than a collective.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 14:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
Grading comment
Thank you Muriel
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interlocutors


Explanation:
I'm guessing they mean something along these lines...

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Note added at 12 hrs (2018-05-08 07:34:47 GMT)
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As Muriel notes, it's just a fancy-pants way of saying readers/audience/subscribers... etc.
The people they interact with.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2018-05-08 07:36:30 GMT)
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http://www.dictionary.com/browse/fancy-pants

Example sentence(s):
  • Local Journalism and its Interlocutors...

    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/interlocutor
    https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2017-12/Local%20Journalism%20-%20the%20decline%20of%20newspapers%20and%20the%
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 23:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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Asker: muchas gracias

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