Water-Hyacinth infestion control at Pateira de Fermentelos / Processo de controlo do jacinto-de-água na Pateira de Fermentelos (Águeda, Portugal)

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I've been having some publications "on the streets", and this leaflet is one of them. It's about the intervention for the control of the water-hyacinth infestation we have here in a beautiful lake named "Pateira de Fermentelos". "Pateira" derives from the Portuguese word "pato" for duck, and the lake received this name for the abundance of this type of water fowl. Also, I've made a number of translations and other linguistic chores related with this environmental project, which involved bringing an aquatic harvester from Canada.

But now about the leaflet, I really enjoyed this project as it made me recollect many things related with the object of the leaflet and my grassroots involvement in its implementation and success. I honestly hope the leaflet becomes a great vehicle for information and action against this aquatic infestation. In terms of translation-specific issues I simply had to establish some criteria about keeping the colourfulness of the text so that the idiosyncrasies of the specific environment were maintained on the English output.

I'm working in the English translation of a book related with the lake "Pateira de Fermentelos". I'll keep you updated about this...

Presentation about the Municipality of Águeda, Portugal (Portuguese and English texts)

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A small translation project into English; nevertheless, the final purpose was important and the translation was obviously crucial...