Washington State Elections Glossary English ... - Yakima County

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Washington State Elections GlossaryEnglish - SpanishDevelopmentprocess for theElections GlossaryCurrently (as of May 2011), the glossary has more than 1,500 key electionsterms. The glossary was developed by bilingual staff of Yakima, Franklinand OSOS, over 6 months. The process was very time consuming, butmany interesting discussions were brought up about linguistics, culture andelections.The first consideration was our target language. The glossary is translatedinto Spanish using Mexican terminology, since most of the Spanish speakingcitizens in our state are from Mexico or of Mexican decent.We then compiled different glossaries: U.S. Election Assistance CommissionGlossary of Key Terminology 2007, Yakima County Glossary, Franklin CountyGlossary and L.A. County Glossary.We revised each term and translated it using references from: Diccionariode la Real Academia Española, Instituto Federal Electoral de la DirecciónEjecutiva de Capacitación Electoral y Educación Cívica de México,Wordreference.com, Fundéu, Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas de laReal Academia Española, Academia Norteamérica de la Lengua Española,and our own knowledge of the language and experience with translations.How to use theElections GlossaryThe glossary is divided into five columns so it’s compatible with thetranslation memory software Wordfast. The first column is the sourcelanguage (English) and the second column is the target language (Spanish).The third column explains in more detail the translation and it also states ifthe translated term is required. The forth column differentiates the type ofword, for example if it is an adjective, noun or verb. The subject of the fifthcolumn is under discussion.GenderFor the Spanish words that are determined by gender, the words are writtenin the masculine but an “a” has been added when applicable.CapitalizationCapitalization of words in English and in Spanish is different as reflected in theglossary. For example, in Spanish you capitalize words after a period and forproper nouns, and you don’t capitalize months, days and proper adjectives.AccentsAccents in Spanish are very important and can change the meaning a word.Accents are included in the glossary when necessary.May 2011 2
Washington State Elections GlossaryEnglish - SpanishCommentsLanguage is always evolving, and we need to make sure our glossary isconstantly changing to reflect our society as well as our elections processes.Comments and suggestions are encouraged in an effort to improve thequality of our Elections Glossary. Please contact cristina.labra@sos.wa.govfor comments or more information.May 2011 3
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