Over a City Bridge : A Memoir in English and Spanish
Over a City Bridge : A Memoir in English and Spanish
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Author(s): Cole, Tom
ISBN No.: 9781791616762
Pages: 164
Year: 201901
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 13.11
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
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IntroductionI wrote my first four bilingual memoirs composing first in Spanish and translating each essay to English. It seemed much easier to me as I could translate the Spanish to English almost instantaneously and so it saved time. Because of that, however I have lamented in previous memoir introductions that I feared this practice might have resulted in a lower quality essay in English since my Spanish isn't nearly as good as my English. Accordingly, I've decided this time to first write them all in English and see what happens. I'm halfway through this fifth bilingual memoir as I now write and I must say that it doesn't seem very much harder to do it this way. Perhaps I've worried unnecessarily as a quick look through my earlier memoirs doesn't leave me with the impression that the essays in English leave very much to be desired in the way of literary style and it is a relief to have come to that conclusion.Years ago I used to go to open mic nights and singer/guitarists would wait their turn and when they finally took the stage they'd always tell the long suffering audience the life story of any song they were about to perform: "I wrote this song when I got mugged in Juarez, Chihuahua and they took all my money and my huaraches as well. I had been having the most wonderful time when suddenly.


" I always wished they'd let the song do the talking as I immediately grew impatient with the unwelcome introduction.And so perhaps it is with this introduction. And thus, I now mercifully invite you to just read the stories.IntroducciónCompuse mis primeras cuatro memorias bilingües escribiendo primero en español y luego traduciéndo cada ensayo al inglés. Me parecía mucho más fácil hacerlo así ya que podía traducir el español al inglés instantáneamente y esto ahorraba tiempo.A causa de eso, sin embargo, he lamentado en las introducciones de otras memorias que temía que esta costumbre podría haber producido ensayos en inglés de baja calidad ya que mi español no es para nada tan bueno como mi inglés. Así que he decidido esta vez escribir los ensayos primero en inglés y luego ver lo que pasa. He escrito la mitad del libro ahora y no me ha parecido mucho más difícil hacerlo de esta manera.


Tal vez me he preocupado sin razón; una ojeada por mis memorias anteriores tampoco me hace creer que los ensayos en inglés carezcan del estilo literario y es un alivio haber visto esto. Hace años yo iba a "Noche de Micrófono Abierto" y los cantantes esperaban su turno con sus guitarras y al subir al escenario al final, siempre contaban el cuento de la vida de la canción que iban a interpretar. "Yo compuse esta balada cuando me habían robado en Juarez, Chihuahua tomando no solamente mi dinero.


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