Tatiana Oliva Morales - Comparative typology of English and Spanish. Adapted story for translation and retelling. Book 2

Cover designer Tatiana Oliva Morales

© Tatiana Oliva Morales, 2020

© Tatiana Oliva Morales, cover design, 2020

ISBN 978-5-4498-6275-4 (т. 2)

ISBN 978-5-4498-3151-4

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Copying the methodology in order to use this book for writing a manuscript of a study guide, namely: filing foreign / Russian words in brackets or over their corresponding Russian / foreign equivalents, marking up sentences with special notation as shown in this study guide; reprinting, reproduction by electronic means or by any other means of the entire book or any part of it is allowed only with the written permission of the author.

The book consists of an exercise to translate a story, adapted according to the methodology © Linguistic Reanimator, from English into Spanish; and of 2 exercises for retelling of non-adapted Spanish and English versions of the same story. The exercises 1, 2 have keys. The story contains 1127 English / Spanish words. By complexity, it corresponds to levels B2 – C1. It is recommended for a wide range of people studying English and Spanish, as well as for native English speakers studying Spanish.

For «survival» in the environment without a translator – 120

For daily communication on general topics – 2000

For reading simple texts of general subjects – 4,000 – 5,000

Reading difficult texts – 10,000

Native Speaker Level – 10,000 – 20,000

This book can be used as a tutorial. If you need additional consultations or classes, you can contact me. Consultations / classes in person or via Skype are possible.

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All the English and Spanish language © Linguistic Reanimator Series books can significantly reduce the training period of a foreign language course and improve the quality of learning of new words and normative grammar by a student.

Their advantage is foreign words and (sometimes) transcription in brackets next to the word in a sentence. Using this technique, a student never studied English / Spanish before, having no vocabulary, can begin translating from Russian into English / Spanish, from Spanish into English or from English into Spanish.

The technique allows you to learn new English / Spanish words and phrases easily, and quickly; improving the skills of correct translation into a foreign language.

All the © Linguistic Reanimator Series books have been written for «my difficult students», for those who needed to obtain a large amount of high-quality knowledge in a short period of time. The latter is the aim of all the textbooks of this series.

The © Comparative typology of Spanish and English series books are recommended for English and Spanish teachers or lecturers; for pupils, students, as well as for a wide range of people, learning Spanish and English languages at school, university or independently, as well as for native English speakers learning Spanish.

… – there should be a definite or indefinite article in this place.

! – you should consider what preposition should be in front of the next group of words.

* – irregular verb.

we (nosotros) – English word / its Spanish equivalent.

you (Usted) 2. read (leer) 1. it (lo) – the numbers in front of the words mean their order in the sentence.

your (-) – this word does not need to be translated into Spanish.

white houses (casa.. blanco..) – you should change gender and / or number of the words.

had gone (ir..) – you should change the verb form.

Translate the story into Spanish.

Albert Veselovsky(Alberto Veselovsky) and(y) Methodius Ponebatko(Metodio Ponebatko) were(ser) childhood friends(amigos de la infancia) , as well as(así como) in (en) literature(literatura).

I must(deber..) say(decir) that(que) they looked like(juntos parecerse.. a) Pat and Patachon together(-) – Albert was(ser) excessively thin and tall(excesivamente delgado y alto) , and Methodius, on the contrary(por el contrario) , was(ser) short and fat(bajo y gordo).

Once(una vez) at the beginning(al comienzo) of (de) summer(verano) , the friends(… amigos) decided(decidir) :

– It is enough(ser.. suficiente) for(para) our families(nuestras familias) to live(vivir) and undermine their health(socavar su salud) in (en) a gas-polluted city(… ciudad contaminada con gas),

we must(deber..) move(mudarse..) to (a) the country(campo) , to (a) some(un) quiet, picturesque place(lugar tranquilo y pintoresco).

3. Health and inspiration(la salud y la inspiración ) 2. will be improved(mejorar.. ) 1. there(allí)!

So they decided and did(así decidir.. y lo hacer..:) – they moved(mudarse..) with(con) their(sus) families to (a) a quiet village(… pueblo tranquilo) with the poetic name «Lermontovo»(… nombre poético «Lermontovo»).

There(allí) the life(… vida) was(ser) bright and free(brillante y libre) , at the dawn(al amanecer) they went(ir.. a) swimming(nadar) in () the Volga River(… río Volga),

enjoyed(disfrutar.. de) sunrises and sunsets(amaneceres y atardeceres) , the harmony of nature(… armonía de la naturaleza) , the originality(… diversidad) of (de) the local flora and fauna(… flora y fauna local).

In (en) the forest(… bosque) , which(que) extended(extenderse) from(de) the village(… pueblo) and beyond(más allá) , there were(haber) wild boars and bears(jabalíes y osos salvajes) , sometimes(a veces) they entered(entrar) the territory(… territorio) of (de) the village, it was(ser) fascinating(fascinante).