Without any doubt, each World Cup is an event that fires up passions and moves multitudes across the world. And even though it’s a sport known in almost every country, with common rules understood by all, it presents an endless list of linguistic and cultural considerations that we must not overlook, all the less so […]
Las aventuras de Hijitus (The Adventures of Hijitus) was an animated series created by the great Spanish cartoonist Manuel García Ferré, first broadcasted in 1967. Ever since, it has formed part of the cultural heritage of Argentina, not only for its tender and humorous cartoon episodes, but also because it perfectly reflects Argentine idiosyncrasies, primarily […]
In a previous post (Derby or Clásico?), we looked at some of the soccer terms which, by virtue of the incessant flow of Latin American players to Spain, the European media and fans ended up adopting. In particular, we highlighted the increasingly widespread use in the Iberian Peninsula of the term clásico to designate those […]
As a Spanish-speaking translator, one straddling the ancestral variant of the language and its rioplatense lineage, I am often fascinated by the marked differences that exist between the expressions of these groups of Spanish speakers, depending on the side of the pond they happen to have been raised in. In some areas, Latin-American Spanish has […]
The FIFA World Cup is one of the great spectacles known to man. It carries more weight for some people than for others, but it is a part of everyone’s life. It is a common topic of conversation, even for those who are not normally soccer fans, even in countries whose teams are not participating […]
The World Cup is still the center of attention for so many of us around the world, capturing our attention on a daily basis. Some teams have had to suffer the unpleasant early trip home already while others have remained to fight it out and earn the right to hoist the coveted Jules Rimet trophy […]
This is the ultimate football (soccer) season. Nearly everyone is talking about their team, cheering on the players and going wild with each shot, regardless of which team takes it. In certain countries where the sport is most popular, families and friends, or even strangers in a bar, gather together to share their “passion for […]
I am in the midst of a true culture war here in Argentina, and all I have for protection is my trusty blanket. I was watching a broadcast of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” the other night that was subtitled in Spanish for consumption throughout the South American Spanish-speaking countries, including Argentina, and his guests […]