“If you really want to do something, you will find a way.  If you don’t, you will find an excuse”

El viernes 13 no fue el día de mala suerte para la clase pues nuestra invitada  invitada, Miryam Fernández , traductora jurada y empresaria , introdujo a nuestro alumnado en el mundo de la interpretación y la traducción con una animada clase interactiva. Queremos recoger en este blog nuestro agradecimiento a Myriam y compartir la opinión de varias alumnas que muestran el resultado del interés de este tipo de actividades en el aula : motivar a nuestro alumnado, conectar el aprendizaje en el aula con el mundo real, mostrarles la importancia que tiene aprender un idioma para su futuro, aprender sobre las diferencias de las culturas a través del idioma , mostrar ejemplos de mujeres emprendedoras .

¡Gracias Myriam !

SWORN TRANSLATION

On February 13th we had a talk by Miryam Fernández, a businesswoman and a sworn translator, who explained what her job is about and shared her experiences with us.

She told us many interesting things about the different types of translation, the kind she is specialised in and the different ways that translation and interpretation are present in our lives, even though we don´t always realise about it.

Regarding her personal experience she said that she has had both, funny and frightening moments during her career, but she loves her job and knows that bad moments are part of life too.

We have had a perfect hour, laughing and learning new things.

Sara Clare Menassa (3º B)

….. She also told us stories about her experiences in her  work , like interferences in the headphones with a taxi company ,or a very scary story about a mafia criminal that gave her a death threat if she said what she had heard.

I really enjoyed that talk and now I am thinking seriously about being a professional translator . I remember something she said and I liked the most :

“If you want to do it, you will find a way, if you don’t want to do it, you will find an excuse “

BLANCA GUTIERREZ  (3º B)