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Source text - Spanish Se nos invita a desentendernos de las grandes decisiones que el Ejecutivo toma sabiamente por nosotros, a estar de vuelta cuando la realidad demuestra que no hemos llegado demasiado lejos. Con los datos que sirven puntualmente el CIS y otras empresas de sondeos, el Gobierno se reafirma en su creencia de que todo va sobre ruedas y que, en consecuencia, no sólo no hay nada que rectificar, sino que, muy al contrario, lo que procede es insistir en hacer las cosas tal y como se han hecho hasta aquí. En hacerlas apoyados en pactos parlamentarios nunca explícitos en contrapartidas, haciendo comulgar al personal con ruedas de molino disfrazadas de gobernabilidad y estabilidad.
Lo que nos espera es la reiteración hasta el infinito de una imagen que en tantos aspectos recuerda a la madrastra de Blancanieves preguntándose ante el espejo ¿quién es más guapo que yo? La madrastra es, naturalmente, el Gobierno, el espejo, las encuestas del CIS, los medios de comunicación oficiales y oficiosos y el largo listado de amigos y favorecidos por privatizaciones y otras hierbas del florecido jardín del neoliberalismo económico que nos enriquece.
A la postre, mira por dónde, quieren demostrarnos que Isidoro-Churchill tenían razón. Los ciudadanos podemos aburrirnos porque el Gobierno vela por todos nosotros. La cuestión está en saber si no hay demasiado interés en que estemos tranquilos, en que nos aburramos antes de tiempo. Antes, en definitiva, de alcanzar objetivos que nos permitan afirmar que estamos dentro de una democracia plena. O camino de ella y no, como se quiere que estemos, en el limbo no precisamente de los justos sino en el de los inconscientes.
Translation - English We are invited to not concern ourselves with the big decisions taken on our behalf by the Cabinet in their wisdom and to ignore it when reality demonstrates that we have not got very far. Using the information provided from time to time by the CSI and other polling companies, the Government affirms its belief that everything is ticking along nicely and, consequently, not only is there nothing to put right, on the contrary, they insist that things should continue to be done exactly as they have been up until now.They gain support through Parliamentary pacts in which the quid pro quo is never made explicit using railroading techniques disguised as governability and stability.
What awaits us is the eternal playing out of the scene so reminiscent of Snow White’s stepmother asking the mirror, ‘Who is the fairest of them all?’ Naturally, the stepmother is the Government and the mirror, the CSI surveys, the official and extra-official channels of communication, the long list of friends and those favoured by privatisations and the other treasures in the chest of economic neoliberalism with which we are blessed.
When all is said and done, they want to show us that Isidoro-Churchill were right. Surprise, surprise! We citizens can sit back and relax because the Government is watching over us all. The question is whether there is too much interest in our not worrying, in us getting bored before our time. Specifically, before we gain knowledge which would confirm to us that we have a full democracy. Or are on the road to one and not, as they might wish, in the limbo not exactly of the righteous but rather of the oblivious.
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Years of experience: 18. Registered at ProZ.com: Sep 2008.
My name is Kate Harris and I have worked with languages throughout my life. I speak fluent French and Spanish. I completed the online translation course with International House in 2007, receiving very positive feedback from the course tutor, and was awarded the Institute of Linguistics Diploma in Translation in August 2009. I enjoy translating and have always had positive feedback from my clients. I am keen to continue building on my experiences to date. My rate for the job would be 0.03 GBP per word.
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